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.
"The product’s availability, ease of configuration, and documentation are valuable."
"We can host any DB or application on the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the security, making sure that files are protected, preventing unauthorized users from accessing the system."
"The ease of deployment of the product is valuable to me."
"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is the extra layer of security that I have when connecting to my web applications."
"AWS WAF has a lot of integrated features and services. For example, there are security services that can be integrated very well for our customers."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"The security firewall plus the features that protect against database injections or scripting,"
"Compared to other web application firewalls in the market, Imperva does things in the most accurate way."
"Imperva is easy to use and deploy. The UI is excellent."
"There are many features. There is ease of deployment. You can deploy the Imperva Web Application Firewall in two to three minutes. After that, you have to set the policies. For setting policies, you have toggle buttons. You can turn something on or off."
"Very intuitive and granular configuration - It does not require much time, or advanced knowledge, for configuration and maintenance."
"The solution is very scalable. It is one of the most important features. You can also expand resources and features as well."
"It has fewer false positives"
"Learning mode and custom policies are helpful features."
"The solution is scalable."
"The cost management has room for improvement."
"They have to do more to improve, to innovate more features. They need to increase the security. It has to be more active in detecting threats."
"The setup is complicated."
"The product should improve the DDoS-related features."
"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."
"One area for improvement in AWS WAF could be the limitation on the number of rules, particularly those from third-party sources, within the free tier."
"This solution could be improved if the configuration steps were more specific to WAF, compared to other cloud services."
"When users choose the free service, there isn't great support available to them."
"Sometimes, support tickets don't get addressed quickly."
"The initial setup could be simplified. Every time you have to install the solution you have to get in touch with support or somebody that can to do that for you."
"The Imperva Web Application Firewall automations are good, but there is still room for improvement with them."
"An improvement for Imperva WAF would be to reduce the number of false positives and create more strong use cases based on AI/ML or behavioral analytics."
"It would be helpful to have a "recommended deployment", or even a list of basic features that should either be used or turned on by default."
"The user interface could be better."
"In the past, I have bugs on the WAF. I've contacted Imperva about them. Future releases should be less buggy."
"The process to upgrade from one version to another can be a lot simpler than it is currently."
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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 47 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, Fortinet FortiWeb and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, 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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