Barracuda Web Application Firewall
A network security solution that shields web applications and APIs from cyberattacks, bots, and intrusions
- Vendor
- Barracuda Networks
- Also known as
- barracuda-web-application-firewall
Available worldwide
What is Barracuda Web Application Firewall?
A firewall designed to protect websites and web application programming interfaces from threats including DDoS attacks, bots, and code vulnerabilities. It provides detection, filtering, and integration with enterprise security systems.
Barracuda Web Application Firewall pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Premium
Contact salesMachine learning capabilities, automated API discovery, advanced bot protection, client-side protection, containerized deployment, and zero trust security
- Machine learning threat detection
- Automated API discovery
- Bot threat mitigation
- Client-side protection
- Containerized deployment
- Zero trust security
- DDoS protection
- Rate limiting
- GeoIP access controls
What Barracuda Web Application Firewall does
The capabilities that matter for waf, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Cloud
- 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
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (33)
Independently observed- 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
- Sophos XGS
- Microsoft Defender
- SentinelOne
- Kaseya Autotask
- Avast AntiVirus
- GitHub
- Barracuda CloudGen Access
- Barracuda Backup
- Barracuda SecureEdge Manager
Barracuda Web Application Firewall FAQ
Common questions about Barracuda Web Application Firewall, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Barracuda Web Application Firewall?
A web application firewall that protects APIs and web applications from attacks, automatically discovers unmonitored and legacy APIs using machine learning, and defends against bot and DDoS threats. It is indexed under WAF.
Source: https://www.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/web-application-firewall
How much does Barracuda Web Application Firewall cost?
Barracuda Web Application Firewall does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 1 plan (Premium), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/api-protection/plans
Can Barracuda Web Application Firewall be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Barracuda Web Application Firewall, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/web-application-firewall
What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall integrate with?
We have confirmed 32 integrations for Barracuda Web Application Firewall, including Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, ADFS, SAML, OpenID Connect, IBM AppScan and Rapid7, plus 24 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/api-protection/plans
Barracuda Web Application Firewall alternatives
Other waf we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Imperva WAFlow · 34%
- AWS WAFA cloud-based firewall service that protects web applications and APIs from attacks and DDoS threatsmedium · 73%
- Corazalow · 21%
- Fastly Next-Gen WAFmedium · 55%
- ModSecurityAn open-source web application firewall engine that monitors and protects web applications against HTTP-based attackslow · 23%
- Cloudflare WAFWeb application security service that blocks malicious requests using managed and custom filtering rulesmedium · 74%
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 30 | 0.21 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.05 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 37 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ✓ |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Rate limiting: Yes · Bot management: Yes · Deployment model: cloud · Ddos l7 protection: Yes · Threat intel feeds: Yes · Custom rules engine: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 18 | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-29 · 75% |
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