Cloudflare versus Internet Speed at a Glance

We compared Cloudflare ★★★★☆ with Internet Speed at a Glance ★★★☆☆ and concluded that Internet Speed at a Glance is a better speed test than Cloudflare in many ways. Whether Internet Speed at a Glance is the ideal speed test for you depends on your purpose.

Internet Speed at a Glance is ideal if you want to quickly check whether your current internet speed meets your expectations.

If you want a more accurate speed test, you'd better use Cloudflare.

A radar chart comparing Cloudflare with Internet Speed at a Glance on the aspects of accuracy, data usage, speed, security, privacy, usability, accessibility and informativeness

The radar chart above is based on the results of our standardized speed test test. The results speak for themselves.

Strengths of Cloudflare

By far Cloudflare's strongest point is its information provision.

Even before you start the test, it becomes clear what happens to your IP address and how many megabytes (maximum) are needed for a test.

Cloudflare runs multiple tests in succession. Each test clearly shows what the results are.

Cloudflare also scores well in terms of ease of use. For example, you can easily pause the test. Furthermore, Cloudflare is ad- and cookie-free.

It is therefore not surprising that Cloudflare also scores high on the Usable speed tests and Privacy respecting speed tests lists.

Strengths of Internet Speed at a Glance

The most striking feature of Internet Speed at a Glance is the speed of this speed test. An estimate of the download speed is given directly in the form of a range.

The speed test is ad- and cookie-free, data-efficient and highly accessible using standard, no-frills HTML5.

Internet Speed at a Glance is therefore an ideal speed test if you are not looking for accuracy, but for a quick impression of your internet speed.

Internet Speed at a Glance indicates what should be possible without any problems with the measured internet speed.

Our recommendation

Based on our knowledge of speed testing, we believe the best speed test for you depends on your needs.

In practice, we regularly use Internet Speed at a Glance when the question arises whether there are any WiFi problems.