Detection, Mitigation & Response

Detect and mitigate DDoS attacks in under 1 second, respond automatically, and keep your users informed.

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1-Second Detection
Know the instant traffic spikes. PPS checked every second.
Attack Classification
Identifies 7 attack families with protocol-level confidence scores.
Node Firewall Rules
Per-server iptables, null-routes, CDN rules & scripts.
Cloud Scrubbing
Auto-divert to Cloudflare, OVH, or Hetzner on attack detection.
BGP Mitigation
Auto-deploy FlowSpec, RTBH blackhole & rate-limiting via BGP.
Multi-Channel Alerts
Discord, Slack, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, SMS, email, webhooks.
PCAP Capture
Full packet capture with AI-powered forensic analysis.
Layer 7 Detection
HTTP flood, credential stuffing, API abuse & bot detection.
Automated Runbooks
Chain mitigation steps into automated incident response playbooks.
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Who Uses Flowtriq

From indie hosts to ISPs, see how teams like yours use Flowtriq to detect and stop DDoS attacks.

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Hosting Providers
Protect every node across your fleet. White-label for your customers.
ISPs & Transit
Per-node detection across your backbone. FlowSpec and RTBH in seconds.
MSPs / MSSPs
White-label DDoS monitoring under your brand. New revenue, zero build.
Game Server Hosting
Keep players online during attacks. Per-server protection at $9.99/node.
iGaming & Sportsbooks
Uptime during peak events. Automated mitigation, zero manual intervention.
VoIP & Cloud Calling
Protect SIP trunks and media servers. No call drops during attacks.
Proxy Providers
Per-node port detection and blocking. Keep exit nodes clean.
Game Studios
Launch-day protection for multiplayer backends. Deploy before launch.
Telecom Carriers
Protect core network infrastructure. FlowSpec and RTBH automation.
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Industry Research

What every DDoS tool gets wrong

We read hundreds of real user reviews from PeerSpot, G2, Gartner, and network engineering forums. Nine pain points kept coming up, across every major vendor. Here is what we found.

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Universal Problems
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A Comic in 9 Panels

The Adventures of Server Nerd

Meet our hero: a network admin who has seen some things. Every panel is a real pain point from real users. Scroll through to see how the story changes.

#1: The Invoice
CHAPTER ONE $250K?!
"Your DDoS protection quote came in." "...two hundred and fifty thousand dollars?" "That is just the appliance. Professional services are extra."
With Flowtriq
"$9.99 per node, per month. Public pricing. No sales call. No surprise fees."
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#2: The False Alarm
3 AM BLOCKED
"The payment gateway is down." "It was the DDoS tool. It thought Stripe was an attack." "...Again?"
With Flowtriq
"Adaptive baselines learn your actual traffic patterns. No static thresholds to babysit. Stripe stays up."
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#3: The Dashboard
MEANWHILE... CLI > _
"Where is the dashboard?" "You are looking at it." "This is a terminal." "Yes."
With Flowtriq
"Real-time attack timelines. PCAP browser. Runbook automation. Built this decade, for humans."
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#4: The Alert That Goes Nowhere
ALERT! BEEP
"Attack detected!" "Great, now what do we do?" "That is not really our department."
With Flowtriq
"Detected. FlowSpec deployed. Scrubbing announced. Slack notified. All automatic, under 2 seconds."
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#5: The Impossible Hire
HR DEPT $0
"We need a dedicated DDoS security engineer." "The budget for that is zero dollars." "Cool, cool, cool."
With Flowtriq
"pip install ftagent. Run the setup wizard. Detection is live in 30 seconds. No PhD required."
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#6: The Walled Garden
LOCKED NOPE
"Can it integrate with our existing BGP speaker?" "It only works with ours." "We do not use yours."
With Flowtriq
"ExaBGP, GoBGP, BIRD 2, FRRouting, Cloudflare, webhooks, whatever you already run."
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#7: The Morning After
NEXT DAY GONE
"What hit us last night?" "No idea, the attack data expired five minutes after it ended."
With Flowtriq
"Full PCAP capture on every attack. Pre-attack ring buffer. Classified, timestamped, downloadable forever."
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#8: The Rack Job
DATA CENTER 42U
"Where do we install the appliance?" "Bay 14, but you need a 2U slot, 32 GB RAM, and six weeks of professional services."
With Flowtriq
"There is no appliance. Three commands. Works on any Linux box, anywhere."
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#9: The Customer Call
RING RING ???
"Our customer wants to know what happened during the attack." "I will open a spreadsheet." "We have 400 customers."
With Flowtriq
"Each customer gets a unique report link. AI-generated summary included. They check it themselves."
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The 9 Problems

Every vendor shares the same blind spots

Click any card to read the full deep dive, with real user quotes, how we address it, and where we are still improving.

01

Pricing

"It is an expensive product, so there is room for improvement in terms of pricing."
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02

False Positives

"Sometimes it blocks legitimate traffic. If a legitimate user is trying to access the server continuously, the product suspects that this is a DoS traffic file."
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03

Terrible GUI

"The look and feel of the management console is like you're using technology from five or six years ago."
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04

Detection Only

"If it had an actionable piece to it... you need to find a way to make it actionable."
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05

Expert Required

"The real question is can a rookie in IT use it? This is the real issue."
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06

Vendor Lock-in

"Should be more open to third-party systems, in the sense of coordination between mitigation centers."
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07

No Forensics

"Once an attack that lasts for five minutes is done, the data is no longer there."
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08

No SaaS

"If we could decouple the hardware and software, making it more easily available for the customers..."
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Honest Comparison

How every DDoS tool stacks up

The same 9 pain points, scored across every major vendor. Click any row to read the full deep dive.

Solved Partial Not addressed In progress
Pain Point Flowtriq Arbor Radware FortiDDoS Corero Kentik Nokia Wanguard OSS Tools ntopng WEDOS
Affordable
Low false positives
Modern GUI
Detection + Mitigation
Easy setup
Vendor agnostic
Attack forensics
SaaS / cloud-native

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