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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for waf. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
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.
ModSecurity
A flexible firewall module that monitors HTTP traffic and enforces security policies through a customizable rules engine.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Fastly Next-Gen WAF
- Slack
- PagerDuty
- Jira
- Elastic
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
ModSecurity
Not documented yet.
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.