Comparison

Fastly Next-Gen WAF vs ModSecurity

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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Fastly Next-Gen WAF67
ModSecurity32
Score
Vioscale score
Fastly Next-Gen WAF67 / 100low · 26%
ModSecurity32 / 100low · 20%
Pricing
Free tier
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity
Model
Fastly Next-Gen WAFfreemium
ModSecuritycommercial
Price level
Fastly Next-Gen WAFlow
ModSecurityfree
Transparent
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity
Integrations
Count
Fastly Next-Gen WAF5
ModSecurity
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity0
Github stars
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity9,753
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity0
Release
Cadence days
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity85
History
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity20 items
License
Spdx
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurityApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurityC++
Market
Availability
Fastly Next-Gen WAFAvailable worldwide · HQ US
ModSecurity

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

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.

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 ↗

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.

Platforms
Web
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity
Self-hosted
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity
On-premise
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity
Hybrid
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
ModSecurity

Integrations

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

ModSecurity

Not documented yet.

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