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karmic plaza Apr 20, 2024, 10:02 AM

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Helo everyone,
Sorry, just a noob here that couldn't find an answer online or in the docs.
My questions is, if I set 5 WAF Custom Rrles, is there a charge for the traffic being blocked/processed for example?
I know that there is a charge for the WAF - Rate limiting rules ($0.05 per 10k processed requess) but are the WAF - Cusom Rules free of charge no matter the amount of traffic being processed?
Why am I asking? Because I know that a specific IP address is using a bot on my page and I want to apply a JS Challege for that IP and I know that thousands of requests will be blocked so I want to avoid being charged a lot before I realise it.

Thank you!

clear ridge Apr 20, 2024, 10:07 AM

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no

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and the charge for waf ratelimit rules was for the old ratelimiting

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both waf and ratelimiting is free now

karmic plaza Apr 20, 2024, 10:14 AM

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oh really? is there a documentation explaining this?
thank you for the reply!

jade fractal Apr 20, 2024, 12:51 PM

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karmic plaza oh really? is there a documentation explaining this? thank you for the reply!

Announcement blog: https://blog.cloudflare.com/unmetered-ratelimiting
This doc describes the old with a banner telling you to use new: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/
Pricing: https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/
Shows included without addon cost for all plans:

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No part of the Cloudflare WAF has pay-as-you-go pricing anymore, the only thing that costs is different plan levels which have different features or quotas allowed

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