Case Study: Geizhals.at strengthens scraping and DDoS protection with Cloudflare

Geizhals.at saves 18 hours a month defending against scrapers with Cloudflare

Geizhals.at, an ecommerce price comparison site, faced challenges protecting its proprietary pricing data from web scrapers and defending against sophisticated DDoS attacks. To protect its competitive advantage and reputation for constant uptime, the company partnered with vendor Cloudflare to implement its Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Magic Transit services.

Cloudflare provided a seamless, automated solution that blocked automated attacks before they reached Geizhals.at's infrastructure. This eliminated the need for manual interventions and saved the team an average of 18 hours per month previously spent on anti-scraper defenses. As a result, Geizhals.at maintains its always-online status with minimal internal effort, with Cloudflare's reporting often being the only way the company knows it has been targeted by a DDoS attack.