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Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs Fastly Next-Gen WAF

On the evidence we track, Fastly Next-Gen WAF leads this comparison with a composite score of 45/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Barracuda Web Application Firewall39
★Fastly Next-Gen WAF45
Score
vioscaleAI score
Barracuda Web Application Firewall39 / 100low · 45%
Fastly Next-Gen WAF45 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✗
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Model
Barracuda Web Application Firewallquote
Fastly Next-Gen WAFfreemium
Price level
Barracuda Web Application Firewallunknown
Fastly Next-Gen WAFlow
Starting price
Barracuda Web Application Firewall–
Fastly Next-Gen WAF$0.10
Transparent
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✗
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✗
Integrations
Count
Barracuda Web Application Firewall18
Fastly Next-Gen WAF5
Security
Gdpr
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Hipaa
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Pci
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Trust center
Market
Availability
Barracuda Web Application FirewallAvailable worldwide
Fastly Next-Gen WAFAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Barracuda Web Application Firewall4 items
Fastly Next-Gen WAF6 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
Barracuda Web Application FirewallCloud
Fastly Next-Gen WAFHybrid
Owasp top 10 protection
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Custom rules engine
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Bot management
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
API discovery protection
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Ddos l7 protection
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Rate limiting
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Threat intel feeds
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
SIEM logging integration
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Kubernetes ingress support
Barracuda Web Application Firewall-
Fastly Next-Gen WAF-
SOC2 type ii
Barracuda Web Application Firewall-
Fastly Next-Gen WAF-
PCI DSS compliant
Barracuda Web Application Firewall-
Fastly Next-Gen WAF-
Fedramp authorized
Barracuda Web Application Firewall-
Fastly Next-Gen WAF-
Pricing model
Barracuda Web Application Firewall-
Fastly Next-Gen WAFUsage based

What each one is

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

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

A firewall designed to protect websites and web application programming interfaces from threats including DDoS attacks, bots, and code vulnerabilities. It provides detection, filtering, and integration with enterprise security systems.

Independently observed

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Leader

A cloud-native security solution that protects web applications and APIs from advanced threats including credential-based account takeovers, malicious bots, and API abuse, providing real-time visibility and DevOps toolchain integration.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Quote-based
  • PremiumContact sales
    • Machine learning threat detection
    • Automated API discovery
    • Bot threat mitigation
    • Client-side protection
    • Containerized deployment
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier available; usage-based pricing with volume discounts; enterprise custom pricing

  • FreeFree
  • Growth-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Barracuda Web Application Firewall–
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Self-hosted
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
On-premise
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Hybrid
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Integrations

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

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

33 total
  • Active Directory
  • LDAP
  • RADIUS
  • ADFS
  • SAML
  • OpenID Connect
  • IBM AppScan
  • Rapid7
  • Immuniweb
  • HPE Security WebInspect
  • Azure Sentinel
  • Loggly
  • Splunk
  • Sumologic
  • IBM QRadar
  • HPE ARCsight
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • CloudFormation
  • Microsoft 365
  • Cisco Meraki
  • Fortinet FortiGate
  • SonicWALL
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • +9 more
Independently observed

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Leader
5 total
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Jira
  • Elastic
  • Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
Independently observed
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