Comparison

Cloudflare 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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Cloudflare WAF57

Fastly Next-Gen WAF67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Cloudflare WAF	Fastly Next-Gen WAF
Vioscale score	57 / 100medium · 53%	67 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$20	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	5
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	100	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Cloudflare WAF57 / 100medium · 53%

Fastly Next-Gen WAF67 / 100low · 26%

Pricing

Free tier

Cloudflare WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Model

Cloudflare WAFfreemium

Fastly Next-Gen WAFfreemium

Price level

Cloudflare WAFmid

Fastly Next-Gen WAFlow

Starting price

Cloudflare WAF$20

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Transparent

Cloudflare WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Integrations

Count

Cloudflare WAF–

Fastly Next-Gen WAF5

Security

Gdpr

Cloudflare WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Pci

Cloudflare WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Reliability

Sla pct

Cloudflare WAF100

Fastly Next-Gen WAF–

Market

Availability

Cloudflare 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	Cloudflare 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

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Owasp top 10 protection

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Custom rules engine

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Bot management

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

API discovery protection

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Ddos l7 protection

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Rate limiting

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Threat intel feeds

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

SIEM logging integration

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Kubernetes ingress support

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

SOC2 type ii

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

PCI DSS compliant

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Fedramp authorized

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

Pricing model

Cloudflare WAF-

Fastly Next-Gen WAF-

What each one is

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

Cloudflare WAF

A cloud-based firewall that intercepts HTTP/S requests at Cloudflare's distributed network, using automated and customizable rules to block common vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks without adding latency to legitimate user requests.

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.

Cloudflare WAF

from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans start at $20/month billed annually.

FreeFree
- DNS
- DDoS Protection
- CDN
- SSL Certificate
- Managed Ruleset
Pro$20/mo billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly
- DNS
- DDoS Protection
- CDN
- SSL Certificate
- Managed Ruleset
- +3 more
Business$200/mo billed annually or $250/mo billed monthly
- DNS
- DDoS Protection
- CDN
- SSL Certificate
- Managed Ruleset
- +6 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Business plan features
- Priority phone and professional services support
- Extended log retention and SIEM integration
- Role-based access control

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	Cloudflare WAF	Fastly Next-Gen WAF
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Cloudflare WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

CLI

Cloudflare WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Cloudflare WAF✓

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Self-hosted

Cloudflare WAF✗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

On-premise

Cloudflare WAF✗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Hybrid

Cloudflare WAF✗

Fastly Next-Gen WAF✓

Integrations

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

Cloudflare WAF

Not documented yet.

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.