We performed a comparison between AWS WAF vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: AWS WAF and Imperva Web Application Firewall come out about equal in this comparison. AWS WAF has a slight edge when it comes to pricing, but Imperva Web Application Firewall has a slight edge when it comes to support.
"We preferred the product based on its cost. AWS WAF is an out-of-the-box solution and integrates with the AWS services that we use. It's natively integrated with AWS."
"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is its highly configurable rules system."
"The agility is great for us in terms of cloud services in general."
"The ease of deployment of the product is valuable to me."
"It is a one-click WAF with no effort needed."
"The customizable features are good."
"Its best feature is that it is on the cloud and does not require local hardware resources."
"Rule groups are valuable."
"The solution integrates seamlessly with other tools and has a good alert mechanism."
"We can prevent attacks or issues even before they happen."
"The solution is cloud-based and offers us good uptime. It has combined web and API security. Therefore, with one license, you access both application security and also API security."
"Very scalable and very stable firewall for web applications, with a good interface in its cloud version. Mitigation is its most valuable feature. The technical support for this product is also good."
"Learning mode and custom policies are helpful features."
"It has threat intelligence and we are using Incapsula. With threat intelligence, we can separate HTTP and HTTPS traffic. We can use Incapsula to send all the threat intelligence to the WAF."
"The tool's profiling feature maps all the web application directories and related components on the profile directory. It has improved the security of my client's website applications."
"It mitigates all of the availabilities of risks around web applications."
"An improvement area would be that it's more of a manual effort when you have to enable rules. That's one of the downsides. If that can be done in an automated way, it would be great. That's a lagging feature currently."
"We haven't faced any problems with the solution."
"The solution can improve its price."
"We don't have much control over blocking, because the WAF is managed by AWS."
"The price could be improved."
"One area that could be improved is the DDoS protection."
"AWS WAF could improve by making the overall management easier. Many people that have started working with AWS WAF do not have an easy time. They should make it easy to use."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall could improve the API integration. It was complex for us. Additionally, The onboarding could be better."
"The UI interface needs improvement."
"There's always room for improvement. Occasionally, there might be false-positive alerts."
"The process to upgrade from one version to another can be a lot simpler than it is currently."
"Their portal is very limited and needs improvement."
"The tool's UI is complicated. It would be best to have a more accessible UI dashboard to make the job easier."
"The only disadvantage of Imperva is that it is a pretty costly solution."
"In the past, I have bugs on the WAF. I've contacted Imperva about them. Future releases should be less buggy."
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AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Imperva Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 46 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Imperva Web Application Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva Web Application Firewall writes "Offers simulation for studying infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure protection". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Imperva Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Front Door and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. See our AWS WAF vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall report.
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