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Best alternatives to Cloudflare Optics (2026)

6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Cloudflare Optics, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Cloudflare Optics: reviews, users and permissionsBest Developer Tools extensions

Cloudflare Optics today

≈10K users4.5★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago5 permissions

Cloudflare Optics alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Chrome Cloudflare Helper

    A Chrome extension to detect whether the response is coming from a Cloudflare CDN and display its cache status.

    ≈2K users4.0★ from 10 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago2 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Cloudflare Optics
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
    Chrome Cloudflare Helper alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    CloudFlare Purge Plugin

    This extension can purge the CloudFlare cache for the current page of your CloudFlare enabled website

    ≈10K users4.6★ from 34 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Cloudflare Optics
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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  3. 3

    Dr.FLARE

    Get insights of your Cloudflared website. Provides an easy way to see benefits with Cloudflare.

    ≈2K users4.8★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago8 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Cloudflare Optics
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (8 vs 5)
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  4. 4

    Claire

    Shows an orange cloud in the omnibar when you are browsing a site that uses Cloudflare

    ≈8K users4.6★ from 56 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Cloudflare Optics
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  5. 5

    WizExtend

    Get real-time security alerts and context-aware insights in your cloud portal.

    ≈20K users5.0★ from 30 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago14 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Cloudflare Optics
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (14 vs 5)
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  6. 6

    User-Agent Switcher and Manager

    Spoof websites trying to gather information about your web navigation to deliver distinct content you may not want

    ≈300K users4.0★ from 277 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago6 permissions
    • About 30× more users than Cloudflare Optics
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
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Cloudflare Optics alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Cloudflare Optics?

By users, the most popular alternative is User-Agent Switcher and Manager with ≈300K users and a 4.0-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Chrome Cloudflare Helper.

Which Cloudflare Optics alternative has the best rating?

Claire has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 56 ratings.

Is there a Cloudflare Optics alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Chrome Cloudflare Helper asks for 2 permissions, against 5 for Cloudflare Optics.

How many alternatives to Cloudflare Optics are there?

We list 6 close alternatives to Cloudflare Optics on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.