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Barracuda Web Application Firewall 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.

Barracuda Web Application Firewall full profile →Fastly Next-Gen WAF full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Barracuda Web Application Firewall15
Fastly Next-Gen WAF67
Score
Vioscale score
Barracuda Web Application Firewall15 / 100low · 30%
Fastly Next-Gen WAF67 / 100low · 26%
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
Transparent
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✗
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Integrations
Count
Barracuda Web Application Firewall33
Fastly Next-Gen WAF5
Security
Gdpr
Barracuda Web Application Firewall–
Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓
Pci
Barracuda Web Application Firewall✓
Fastly Next-Gen WAF–
Market
Availability
Barracuda Web Application FirewallAvailable worldwide
Fastly Next-Gen WAFAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
Barracuda Web Application Firewall-
Fastly Next-Gen WAF-
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 WAF-

What each one is

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

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

A web application firewall available as both cloud service and on-premises deployment that protects applications, APIs, and mobile backends from attacks including zero-day exploits, DDoS, and malicious bots. Features machine learning-based threat intelligence, automated API discovery, and granular access controls.

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.

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

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 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

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.