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CloudFlare vs wkhtmltopdf: What are the differences?

Developers describe CloudFlare as "The Web Performance & Security Company". Cloudflare speeds up and protects millions of websites, APIs, SaaS services, and other properties connected to the Internet. On the other hand, wkhtmltopdf is detailed as "Convert HTML to PDF using Webkit (QtWebKit)". wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are command line tools to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the QT Webkit rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a display or display service.

CloudFlare and wkhtmltopdf are primarily classified as "Content Delivery Network" and "File Conversion" tools respectively.

wkhtmltopdf is an open source tool with 8.32K GitHub stars and 1.17K GitHub forks. Here's a link to wkhtmltopdf's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, CloudFlare has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2300 company stacks & 712 developers stacks; compared to wkhtmltopdf, which is listed in 10 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of CloudFlare
Pros of wkhtmltopdf
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    Easy setup, great cdn
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    Free ssl
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    Easy setup
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    Security
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    Ssl
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    Great cdn
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    Optimizer
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    Simple
  • 44
    Great UI
  • 28
    Great js cdn
  • 12
    Apps
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    HTTP/2 Support
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    DNS Analytics
  • 12
    AutoMinify
  • 9
    Rocket Loader
  • 9
    Ipv6
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    Easy
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    IPv6 "One Click"
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    Fantastic CDN service
  • 7
    DNSSEC
  • 7
    Nice DNS
  • 7
    SSHFP
  • 7
    Free GeoIP
  • 7
    Amazing performance
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    API
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    Cheapest SSL
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    SPDY
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    Free and reliable, Faster then anyone else
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    Ubuntu
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    Asynchronous resource loading
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    Global Load Balancing
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    Performance
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    Easy Use
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    CDN
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    Registrar
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    Support for SSHFP records
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    Web3
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      No support for SSHFP records
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      Expensive when you exceed their fair usage limits
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      What is CloudFlare?

      Cloudflare speeds up and protects millions of websites, APIs, SaaS services, and other properties connected to the Internet.

      What is wkhtmltopdf?

      wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are command line tools to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the QT Webkit rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a display or display service.

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