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Cloudflare WAF alternatives

On the evidence we track, the strongest alternative to Cloudflare WAF is Imperva WAF at 53/100. Cloudflare WAF itself ranks #6 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. 153
    Imperva WAF
    low · 34%
    vs Cloudflare WAF →
  2. 251
    AWS WAF

    A cloud-based firewall service that protects web applications and APIs from attacks and DDoS threats

    medium · 73%
    vs Cloudflare WAF →
  3. 349
    Coraza
    low · 21%
    vs Cloudflare WAF →
  4. 445
    Fastly Next-Gen WAF
    medium · 55%
    vs Cloudflare WAF →
  5. 544
    ModSecurity

    An open-source web application firewall engine that monitors and protects web applications against HTTP-based attacks

    low · 23%
    vs Cloudflare WAF →
  6. 639
    Barracuda Web Application Firewall

    A network security solution that shields web applications and APIs from cyberattacks, bots, and intrusions

    low · 45%
    vs Cloudflare WAF →
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Why these ones

An alternative here means a product in the same category as Cloudflare WAF (WAF), ranked by the vioscaleAI 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.

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