DDoS-Guard review

DDoS-Guard sells DDoS protection for websites, applications, networks and infrastructure, plus protected hosting and cloud services. Its protection covers attacks across L3–L7, and the service includes traffic scrubbing, analytics and attack reporting. The listed scrubbing capacity is up to 4 Tbps; that is the provider’s stated capacity, not a promise that every customer gets dedicated capacity at that level.

The product is aimed at site owners and infrastructure teams that need mitigation alongside hosting, rather than a standalone monitoring dashboard. DDoS-Guard also offers protected VDS/VPS and dedicated servers. Its homepage lists real-time traffic, availability, attack and anomaly views, while attack reports can be exported as printable PDFs. Bot mitigation and a proprietary CAPTCHA are listed for spam and bot attacks.

Pricing depends on the service and selected limits or features. The website’s domain plans start at $100 per month, with higher tiers adding domain capacity, dedicated IPs, reports or custom rules.

DDoS-Guard’s appeal is breadth: it combines network and application-layer mitigation with hosting options, analytics and reporting. That can suit teams trying to cover a website and its underlying infrastructure through one provider. The stated scrubbing capacity is up to 4 Tbps, and the plans list unlimited legitimate traffic and bandwidth.

The analytics and reports are useful operational features on paper. DDoS-Guard says customers can monitor traffic, availability, attacks and anomalies in real time, then review attack and traffic details in printable PDF reports. Bot mitigation and a proprietary CAPTCHA add another layer for spam and bot traffic.

The plan ladder also makes some inclusions clear. According to the listed monthly prices, Basic costs $100 for one domain and has a support response time of up to two hours. Normal is $250 and adds a dedicated IP, with a listed response time of up to 40 minutes. Medium costs $600 for three domains and includes L7 attack reports; Premium at $1,000 adds custom protection rules for five domains. These are stated response times, not a published uptime or mitigation guarantee.

The entry price is a real barrier: the listed Basic plan is $100 per month for one domain, and there is no free plan. The pricing information lists a 15% annual-billing discount, but fixed annual totals are not published. A free trial is also not published. Costs rise quickly if you need the features gated to higher tiers: L7 attack reports start at Medium ($600 per month), custom rules at Premium ($1,000), and custom pages at Enterprise ($2,500).

Domain caps are explicit: Basic and Normal cover one domain, Medium three, Premium five and Enterprise ten. The published plan details do not specify what happens if you need more domains, nor do they publish individual prices for other services or add-ons. The listed support response times range from two hours on Basic to ten minutes on Enterprise; the source does not describe them as resolution guarantees.

There is also an access concern for some visitors. Reddit users report getting stuck in manual verification loops, including people using Tor and VPNs. Those posts are anecdotal, but they flag a trade-off: a security check that frustrates legitimate users can create support work for site owners.

The listed plans start at $100 per month for Basic, covering one domain. Normal is $250 for one domain and a dedicated IP; Medium is $600 for three domains and L7 attack reports; Premium is $1,000 for five domains and custom protection rules; Enterprise is $2,500 for 10 domains and custom pages. The sharpest jump is from Premium to Enterprise: $1,500 more per month. The listed annual-billing rates are $85, $212.50, $510, $850 and $2,125 per month, respectively—a 15% discount. Fixed annual totals are not published, so confirm the amount and billing terms before signing.

All plans list unlimited legitimate traffic and bandwidth. DDoS-Guard says it charges no overage fees for mitigated attack traffic or legitimate bandwidth. There’s no free plan, and a free trial is not listed. Add-on prices and charges for services outside these plans are not published in the pricing information we reviewed, so ask for a quote if you need hosting or other services.

Plan a switch around the domains and services you need protected: the listed plans cap coverage at one, three, five or 10 domains. Before moving, confirm with DDoS-Guard what DNS, routing or application changes your setup requires, who will make them, and how rollback works. The product information we reviewed does not spell out migration steps or tools, so get those details in writing before changing live traffic.

The published materials also do not specify data-export formats, contract lock-in, or an offboarding process. Ask how you can retrieve traffic and attack reports, and whether those reports remain available after cancellation. The Reddit feedback available to us is limited: users report access loops, but it does not establish how common they are or whether they affect protection or support. Treat that as a reason to test account access and confirm support escalation before relying on the service—not as proof that migration itself is difficult. If you’re leaving, arrange replacement protection before redirecting traffic and verify the new setup before ending the old service.