Alternatives

Cloudflare WAF alternatives

On the evidence we track, the strongest alternative to Cloudflare WAF is Fastly Next-Gen WAF at 67/100. Cloudflare WAF itself ranks #3 of 7 in waf. Every product below is scored on the same independent signals, so the ranking is comparable rather than a matter of opinion.

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Ranked alternatives to Cloudflare WAF

  1. 167
    Fastly Next-Gen WAF

    Distributed web application and API security platform deployable anywhere your infrastructure lives

    low · 26%updating
    vs Cloudflare WAF
  2. 261
    AWS WAF

    A cloud-native web application firewall that protects web applications and APIs from web-based attacks

    medium · 61%updating
    vs Cloudflare WAF
  3. 346
    Coraza
    low · 32%updating
    vs Cloudflare WAF
  4. 432
    ModSecurity
    low · 20%updating
    vs Cloudflare WAF
  5. 522
    Imperva WAF
    low · 3%updating
    vs Cloudflare WAF
  6. 615
    Barracuda Web Application Firewall

    Defend applications and APIs against cyber threats with intelligent attack detection and prevention

    low · 30%updating
    vs Cloudflare WAF

Why these ones

An alternative here means a product in the same category as Cloudflare WAF (WAF), ranked by the Vioscale composite: a confidence-weighted blend of independent signals such as adoption, release activity, pricing transparency and security posture. There are no user reviews in it, and no vendor can pay to appear or to rank higher. Where we have not confirmed something, we show that rather than guessing.

Generated . See the method for how the composite is built, and why we are independent.