'''Deflect.ca'''
Is a free(and will always be free) open source non-commerical system made for activists by activists. Sign up for a site is straight forward, simply visit [https://deflect.ca| Deflect].
Deflect is sensitive to the sensitivity of its users and can upon request securely destroy all logs.
'''CloudFlare'''
This is a commerical system which also provides free services for civil society websites. As the site is commericial users are subject to their terms and conditions. It is a large, successful provider with many commercial clients. It is in its best interest to provide a strong service but free clients may not receive the same level of support as those who pay.
'''Project Shield'''
Is Google's offering in the DDoS mitigation space. Again it is backed by a large corporation with a great deal of resources at their disposal. For civil society websites its service is free.
==Dedicated/VPS Hosting==
'''BotnetDBP'''
Is a suite of tools that evolves from the original fail2ban to offer a range of functionality. The core elements are a fast banning system, Banjax/Swabber, which is plugged into the Apache Traffic Server(ATS) proxy system. A machine learning tool, learn2ban, which is capable of identifying malicious botnet requesters based on pre-built models of attacks. And finally, Challenger, which offers the ability to respond to botnet, or suspected botnet, requests with either a Javascript Challenge or a by serving a Captcha page to determine the legitimacy of the request.
More information can be found [https://wiki.deflect.ca/wiki/BotnetDBP| here]
'''Open Source Deflect'''
Deflect itself can be deployed by individuals or groups to create their very own Deflect network. All is required is to follow the [https://wiki.deflect.ca/wiki/Deflect_DIY| Deflect DIY]
'''Fail2ban'''
Is a regex based banning tool that is extremely effective against DOS and Brute force attacks. It is used in conjunction with IPTables to ban malicious requests that match its defined regexs. It can be found [http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page| here].