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The Top 17 Easiest To Use Web Application Firewalls (WAF)

See the top Web Application Firewalls (WAF) products based on usability ratings. A product’s usability score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that factors in real user satisfaction ratings of how easy the product is to administer, as well as how well the product meets business requirements, among other ratings. Compare products according to their usability scores to streamline the buying process and quickly identify the best products based on real user experiences.

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Reblaze

8.9

Overall Usability Score

8.9

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.7

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

31%

Mid Market

52%

Enterprise

17%

Cloudflare Application Security and Performance

8.5

Overall Usability Score

8.5

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

8.9

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.1

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

63%

Mid Market

25%

Enterprise

11%

Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)

8.5

Overall Usability Score

8.5

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.1

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.7

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

40%

Mid Market

20%

Enterprise

40%

HAProxy

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

8.9

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

22%

Mid Market

44%

Enterprise

33%

AppTrana

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.4

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.7

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

26%

Mid Market

55%

Enterprise

19%

F5 NGINX

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.6

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.2

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

41%

Mid Market

40%

Enterprise

19%

Radware Cloud WAF

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.6

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

8.7

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.7

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

31%

Mid Market

44%

Enterprise

26%

Wallarm API Security Platform

8.2

Overall Usability Score

8.2

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.5

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.2

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

43%

Mid Market

45%

Enterprise

13%

Signal Sciences Next-Gen Web Application Firewall (WAF)

8.2

Overall Usability Score

8.2

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

8.8

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.0

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

Mid Market

73%

Enterprise

20%

#10

Sucuri

8.2

Overall Usability Score

8.2

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

8.8

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

8.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.8

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

90%

Mid Market

Enterprise

#11

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall (Advanced WAF)

8.1

Overall Usability Score

8.1

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

7.3

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.3

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

13%

Mid Market

33%

Enterprise

54%

#12

AWS WAF

8.1

Overall Usability Score

8.1

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

8.9

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

8.6

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

31%

Mid Market

34%

Enterprise

35%

#13

Webscale One

8.0

Overall Usability Score

8.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.1

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.2

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.8

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

56%

Mid Market

38%

Enterprise

#14

Azure Application Gateway

7.7

Overall Usability Score

7.7

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

7.6

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

8.3

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.3

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

21%

Mid Market

29%

Enterprise

50%

#15

Azure Web Application Firewall

7.7

Overall Usability Score

7.7

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

9.4

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

9.2

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

26%

Mid Market

39%

Enterprise

35%

#16

Imperva App Protect

7.6

Overall Usability Score

7.6

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

8.3

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

8.3

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

30%

Mid Market

48%

Enterprise

23%

#17

Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway

7.5

Overall Usability Score

7.5

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.9

8.2

Ease of Use

Average: 9.0

8.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

33%

Mid Market

33%

Enterprise

33%