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Comparison

AWS WAF vs Coraza

No clear leader: AWS WAF (51.2) and Coraza (49.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AWS WAF full profile →Coraza full profile →
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AWS WAF51
Coraza49
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS WAF51 / 100medium · 73%
Coraza49 / 100low · 21%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS WAF✓
Coraza✓
Model
AWS WAFfreemium
Corazacommercial
Price level
AWS WAFlow
Corazafree
Starting price
AWS WAF$1
Coraza–
Transparent
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Integrations
Count
AWS WAF5
Coraza3
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Fedramp
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Gdpr
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Hipaa
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Pci
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Scorecard
AWS WAF–
Coraza9.3
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS WAF–
Coraza16
Github stars
AWS WAF–
Coraza3,839
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS WAF–
Coraza20
Release
Cadence days
AWS WAF–
Coraza31
History
AWS WAF–
Coraza20 items
License
Spdx
AWS WAF–
CorazaApache-2.0
Language
Primary
AWS WAF–
CorazaGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
AWS WAF7 items
Coraza5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for waf. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
AWS WAFCloud
Coraza-
Owasp top 10 protection
AWS WAF✓
Coraza-
Custom rules engine
AWS WAF✓
Coraza-
Bot management
AWS WAF✓
Coraza-
API discovery protection
AWS WAF-
Coraza-
Ddos l7 protection
AWS WAF✓
Coraza-
Rate limiting
AWS WAF✓
Coraza-
Threat intel feeds
AWS WAF-
Coraza-
SIEM logging integration
AWS WAF-
Coraza-
Kubernetes ingress support
AWS WAF-
Coraza-
SOC2 type ii
AWS WAF-
Coraza-
PCI DSS compliant
AWS WAF-
Coraza-
Fedramp authorized
AWS WAF-
Coraza-
Pricing model
AWS WAFUsage based
Coraza-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS WAF

AWS WAF filters web requests and API traffic to block common attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting. It manages bot traffic through rate limiting and automatic detection, and provides automated layer 7 DDoS protection.

Independently observed

Coraza

A web application firewall that provides enterprise-grade threat protection for APIs, applications, and legacy systems, with minimal performance overhead and support for custom rules and integrations.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS WAF

from $1/moUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing: $5/web ACL, $1/rule, plus per-request charges. Free tier for bot control.

  • Standard WAF$5/web ACL + $1/rule + per-million-request charges
    • Web ACL creation and management
    • Custom rule creation
    • Allow/Block/Count actions
    • Request filtering and inspection
    • CloudWatch Logs integration
  • Bot ControlFree tier + $1/million requests after free allowance
    • Common bot detection and management
    • Targeted bot control
    • Bot traffic visibility
    • Rate limiting for bot traffic
    • Scope-down statements to reduce evaluated traffic
  • Fraud Control$10/month per web ACL + per-request charges
    • Account Takeover Prevention
    • Account Creation Fraud Prevention
    • Compromised credential monitoring
    • Fake account creation detection
as of verify ↗

Coraza

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
AWS WAF✓
Coraza–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS WAF✓
Coraza✗
Self-hosted
AWS WAF✗
Coraza✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS WAF

5 total
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • Amazon API Gateway
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS Shield
  • AWS Marketplace (third-party managed rules)
Independently observed

Coraza

3 total
  • NGINX
  • Envoy
  • Apache APISIX
Independently observed
Still deciding?

AWS WAF or Coraza: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.