RedirectIQ vs Cloudflare Redirects
Cloudflare is an excellent CDN and security platform. It also offers two separate redirect products — Bulk Redirects and Single Redirects — each with different capabilities and limits. Here is an honest comparison of all three options.
| Feature | RedirectIQ | Cloudflare(Bulk + Single Redirects) |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose-built for redirect management | ||
| Static redirects — free tier | 100 | 10,000 (Bulk Redirects) |
| Dynamic redirects (wildcards, named params) — free tier | 100 | 10 (Single Redirects) |
| Dynamic rules — entry paid plan | Unlimited ($15/mo, all domains) | 25 ($25/mo per domain) |
| Wildcard + named param syntax (e.g. /posts/[slug]) | Expression editor required | |
| Named param capture without writing regex | ||
| Static + dynamic rules in one unified tool | ||
| Bulk CSV import | ||
| Redirect analytics (click counts per rule) | ||
| Non-technical team members can manage rules | ||
| No DNS proxy required | ||
| Multiple domains — entry paid plan | 20 domains ($15/mo total) | 1 domain ($25/mo each, Single Redirects) |
| DDoS protection | ||
| CDN / proxy for your whole site | ||
| Web Application Firewall (WAF) | ||
| DNS management |
Pricing comparison
Cloudflare Bulk Redirects is account-level and cheap for static-only redirects. Single Redirects — the dynamic product — is per zone and gets expensive fast across multiple domains.RedirectIQ is per account and covers both static and dynamic rules in one place.
/posts/[slug] → destination): simple syntax on RedirectIQ. Requires Cloudflare Business ($250/mo per zone) plus writing regex expressions.When Cloudflare is the right choice
Cloudflare Bulk Redirects is a good fit if you have a large number of simple, static URL mappings and are already using Cloudflare for DNS. The free tier supports up to 10,000 static redirects per account — no other tool matches that at zero cost.
Cloudflare is also the obvious choice when your redirect rules are part of a broader need: DDoS protection, a WAF, CDN, or DNS management. If you need all of that infrastructure anyway, consolidating redirects there makes sense for small redirect sets.
When to use RedirectIQ
RedirectIQ is purpose-built for redirect management — static and dynamic — in a single tool. It is the right choice when:
- •You need dynamic redirects — wildcards, named parameters, path passthrough — without learning Cloudflare's expression language or paying $250/mo per domain for regex support.
- •You have a mix of static and dynamic redirect rules and do not want to manage two separate Cloudflare products with different rule formats.
- •Your marketing or SEO team needs to manage redirects without Cloudflare access or engineering involvement.
- •You need per-redirect click analytics — which rules are being hit and how often.
- •You manage multiple domains and want all redirect rules in one dashboard at a flat price.
- •You need to bulk import rules via CSV — from a site migration, a GSC export, or an SEO audit.
Migrating from Cloudflare to RedirectIQ
- 1List your existing rules from Cloudflare — Bulk Redirects URL lists and Single Redirects expressions from the dashboard.
- 2Convert to RedirectIQ's CSV format: three columns —
source_path,destination,type. Static rules copy over directly. Dynamic rules replace Cloudflare expression syntax with named params like/posts/[slug]. - 3Connect your domain to RedirectIQ and bulk import the CSV.
- 4Verify each redirect using our free redirect checker.
- 5Delete the corresponding rules from Cloudflare once verified.