Top 10 Azure Web Application Firewall Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to Azure Web Application Firewall Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Cloudflare Application Security and Performance
By Cloudflare, Inc.
4.5/5
(593)
Product Description
Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solutions provide performance, reliability, and security for all of your web applications and APIs, wherever they are hosted and wherever your users are.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance is:
More usable
Easier to admin
Better at support
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

HAProxy
By HAProxy
4.7/5
(684)
Product Description
HAProxy is an open-source software load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications. It provides high availability, load balancing, and best-in-class SSL processing. HAProxy One is an application delivery and security platform that combines the HAProxy core with enterprise-grade security layers, management and orchestration, cloud-native integration, and more. Platform components: HAProxy Enterprise: a flexible data plane layer for TCP, UDP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications that provides high-performance load balancing, high availability, an API/AI gateway, container networking, SSL processing, DDoS protection, bot detection and mitigation, global rate limiting, and a web application firewall (WAF). HAProxy Fusion: a scalable control plane that provides full-lifecycle management, observability, and automation of multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and multi-team HAProxy Enterprise deployments, with infrastructure integration for AWS, Kubernetes, Consul, and Prometheus. HAProxy Edge: a globally distributed application delivery network that provides fully managed application delivery and security services, a secure partition between external traffic and origin networks, and threat intelligence enhanced by machine learning that powers the security layers in HAProxy Fusion and HAProxy Enterprise. Learn more at HAProxy.com.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, HAProxy is:
Better at support
More usable
Easier to admin
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

AWS WAF
By Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4.3/5
(68)
Product Description
AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a security service designed to protect web applications and APIs from common web exploits and bots that can compromise security, affect availability, or consume excessive resources. By enabling users to define customizable web security rules, AWS WAF allows precise control over which traffic to allow or block, ensuring robust protection tailored to specific application needs. Key Features and Functionality: - Customizable Security Rules: Users can create rules to filter web requests based on conditions such as IP addresses, HTTP headers, HTTP body, or custom URIs, allowing for tailored security measures. - Managed Rule Groups: AWS WAF offers pre-configured rule groups managed by AWS or AWS Marketplace sellers, providing protection against common threats like SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). These rules are regularly updated to address emerging vulnerabilities. - Bot Control: The service includes capabilities to monitor, block, or rate-limit common and pervasive bots, helping to prevent automated attacks such as web scraping and credential stuffing. - Real-Time Monitoring and Logging: AWS WAF integrates with Amazon CloudWatch, offering real-time metrics and capturing detailed information about web requests. This visibility aids in analyzing traffic patterns and fine-tuning security settings. - DDoS Protection: When used in conjunction with AWS Shield, AWS WAF provides automatic protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, ensuring application availability during large-scale attack attempts. - Integration with AWS Services: AWS WAF seamlessly integrates with other AWS services such as Amazon CloudFront, Application Load Balancer, and Amazon API Gateway, enabling centralized security management across various applications. Primary Value and Problem Solved: AWS WAF addresses the critical need for robust web application security by providing a scalable and customizable firewall solution. It empowers organizations to protect their web applications and APIs from a wide range of threats, including common exploits and automated attacks, without compromising performance. By offering both managed and custom rule capabilities, AWS WAF enables businesses to implement security measures that align with their specific requirements. Its integration with other AWS services and real-time monitoring features further enhance an organization's ability to maintain a strong security posture, ensuring the availability and integrity of their web applications.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, AWS WAF is:
Better at support
More expensive
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF
By F5
4.4/5
(10)
Product Description
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF is a network security software that provides safeguards against unauthorized access and malicious application attacks.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, F5 Distributed Cloud WAF is:
Better at support
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

F5 NGINX
By F5
4.6/5
(107)
Product Description
free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, F5 NGINX is:
Slower to reach roi
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

NetScaler
By Cloud Software Group
4.4/5
(85)
Product Description
NetScaler is an application delivery and security platform for large enterprises that need high-performance application delivery, integrated security, and end-to-end observability. Because NetScaler abstracts the complexities of networking configuration and works the same in both on-premises and cloud environments, infrastructure and operations teams can move faster to deliver new products and services.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, NetScaler is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
More usable
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall (Advanced WAF)
By F5
4.6/5
(24)
Product Description
A comprehensive web application firewall (WAF) that protects apps and data from known and unknown threats, defends against bots that bypass standard protections, and virtually patches app vulnerabilities.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall (Advanced WAF) is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
More usable
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Sucuri
By GoDaddy
3.3/5
(47)
Product Description
Sucuri is a managed security service provider for websites. Our cloud-based tools provide complete website security, including intrusion prevention, detection, and incident response.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, Sucuri is:
Slower to reach roi
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Radware Cloud WAF
By Radware
4.6/5
(109)
Product Description
Radware’s Cloud WAF provides enterprise-grade, continuously adaptive web application security protection. Based on Radware’s ICSA Labs certified, market-leading web application firewall, it provides full coverage of OWASP Top-10 threats and zero-day attacks, while implementing both negative and positive web application security models to automatically adapt protections to evolving threats and protected assets. Radware’s Cloud WAF offers full web security protection including OWASP Top-10 coverage, advanced attack protection and 0-day attack protection by implementing both negative and positive web application security models. It provides organizations “frictionless” application protection by automatically detecting and protecting new web applications as they are added to the network through automatic policy generation technology.
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Reviewers say compared to Azure Web Application Firewall, Radware Cloud WAF is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
Easier to admin
Categories in common with Azure Web Application Firewall:
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

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