What is 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.
Coraza pricing
We don't have Coraza's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- NGINX
- Envoy
- Apache APISIX
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 2 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Coraza FAQ
Common questions about Coraza, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under WAF.
Source: https://coraza.io/
Is Coraza free to use?
Coraza is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://coraza.io/
Can Coraza be self-hosted?
Yes. Coraza can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://coraza.io/
What does Coraza integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Coraza, including NGINX, Envoy and Apache APISIX. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://coraza.io/
Is Coraza open source?
Yes. Coraza is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Coraza alternatives
Other waf we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Imperva WAFlow · 34%
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- 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%
- Barracuda Web Application FirewallA network security solution that shields web applications and APIs from cyberattacks, bots, and intrusionslow · 45%
Compare Coraza
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The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Coraza, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 83 | 0.05 | 4.3 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 42 | 0.09 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Security score | 93 | 0.04 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 68 | 0.03 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 21 | 0.06 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.06 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.21 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 20 | mediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-09-24 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-24 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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