Comparison

Coraza vs ModSecurity

No leader: the top candidate Coraza has only 0.32 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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Coraza46
ModSecurity32
Score
Vioscale score
Coraza46 / 100low · 32%updating
ModSecurity32 / 100low · 20%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Coraza
ModSecurity
Model
ModSecuritycommercial
Price level
Corazafree
ModSecurityfree
Integrations
Count
Coraza3
ModSecurity
Adoption
Dependent repos
Coraza16
ModSecurity0
Github stars
Coraza3,761
ModSecurity9,753
Activity
Commits last 30d
Coraza11
ModSecurity0
Release
Cadence days
Coraza31
ModSecurity85
History
Coraza20 items
ModSecurity20 items
License
Spdx
ModSecurityApache-2.0
Language
Primary
CorazaGo
ModSecurityC++

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

ModSecurity

A flexible firewall module that monitors HTTP traffic and enforces security policies through a customizable rules engine.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Coraza

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

ModSecurity

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Deployment
Self-hosted
Coraza
ModSecurity

Integrations

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

Coraza

3 total
  • NGINX
  • Envoy
  • Apache APISIX
Independently observed

ModSecurity

Not documented yet.

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