We compared Cloudflare ★★★★☆ with RealSpeed ★★★★★ and concluded that RealSpeed is a better speed test than Cloudflare.
This is mainly because RealSpeed measures your router speed and your device speed.
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 RealSpeed
The strongest point of RealSpeed is without a doubt that this speed test performs two speed tests. One from the router and one from the device in use. Both speed tests are accurate.
This gives you direct insight into whether your ISP delivers the promised speed. This makes it immediately clear what the cause is of any performance problems.
RealSpeed starts up instantly, doesn't show ads, and seems fairly frugal in terms of data usage (although we can only determine this at 50%, as we couldn't determine data usage during the router test).
Our recommendation
Based on what we know about speed tests, if we had to choose between these two speed tests, we would choose RealSpeed over Cloudflare. The deciding factor is the accuracy of RealSpeed in both the router test and the device test.