Comparison

AWS WAF vs Fastly Next-Gen WAF

No leader: the top candidate Fastly Next-Gen WAF has only 0.26 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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AWS WAF61

Fastly Next-Gen WAF67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS WAF	Fastly Next-Gen WAF
Vioscale score	61 / 100medium · 61%	67 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$1	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

AWS WAF61 / 100medium · 61%

Fastly Next-Gen WAF67 / 100low · 26%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Model

AWS WAFfreemium

Fastly Next-Gen WAFfreemium

Price level

AWS WAFlow

Fastly Next-Gen WAFlow

Starting price

AWS WAF$1

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Transparent

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Integrations

Count

AWS WAF5

Fastly Next-Gen WAF5

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Fedramp

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Gdpr

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Hipaa

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Pci

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Reliability

Status page

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Market

Availability

AWS WAFAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Fastly Next-Gen WAFAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for WAF
Capability	AWS WAF	Fastly Next-Gen WAF
Capabilities
Deployment model	-	-
Owasp top 10 protection	-	-
Custom rules engine	-	-
Bot management	-	-
API discovery protection	-	-
Ddos l7 protection	-	-
Rate limiting	-	-
Threat intel feeds	-	-
SIEM logging integration	-	-
Kubernetes ingress support	-	-
SOC2 type ii	-	-
PCI DSS compliant	-	-
Fedramp authorized	-	-
Pricing model	-	-

Capabilities

Deployment model

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Owasp top 10 protection

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Custom rules engine

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Bot management

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

API discovery protection

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Ddos l7 protection

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Rate limiting

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Threat intel feeds

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

SIEM logging integration

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Kubernetes ingress support

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

SOC2 type ii

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

PCI DSS compliant

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Fedramp authorized

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Pricing model

AWS WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

What each one is

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

AWS WAF

AWS WAF is a managed web application firewall service that helps protect web applications against common exploits and bots. It uses rules to allow, block, or count web requests, and supports bot management, fraud prevention, and DDoS protection.

Independently observed

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

A hybrid SaaS web application firewall that protects APIs and web apps through lightweight edge agents paired with cloud-based threat intelligence, supporting on-premises, cloud, container, and serverless deployments with real-time attack visibility.

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 2026-08-19verify ↗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with free tier; enterprise packages from $1,500/month

Free TierFree
- DDoS protection
- API threat detection
- Real-time attack visibility
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS WAF	Fastly Next-Gen WAF
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

CLI

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Self-hosted

AWS WAF✗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

On-premise

AWS WAF✗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Hybrid

AWS WAF✗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

5 total

Slack
PagerDuty
Jira
Elastic
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR

Independently observed

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