Cloudflare to offer DDoS protection at no extra costs during a DDoS attack’s peak. Surge protection kicks in when DDoS mitigation firms can’t handle the full attack without affecting other customers. Most companies make a large chunk of their profits via what’s known as surge protection. The move is bound to rock the DDoS industry, which usually asks customers to pay extra fees for surge protection, or even kick customers off their network in rare cases when the company’s network is unable to handle the attack.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/cloudflare-now-provides-unmetered-ddos-mitigation-without-extra-costs/