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Likelihood to Recommend
AWS WAF
AWS WAF is highly appropriate to interrupt or prevent cyber attacks because when implementing rules, whether they are specific or centralized, so any application that has these vulnerabilities is protected.
Implementing managed rules creates greater security to protect both API and applications.If implemented along with other AWS tools, the security is much better, so if you want to protect applications against more specific attacks, it is ideal to integrate with Amazon CloudFront, which is a great benefit because it warns when thresholds are exceeded or specific attacks occur.AWS WAF is ideal to avoid common web attacks. For more specific attacks and scenarios, I don't recommend this.
Software Developer
iModulesComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Imperva CDN
Incapsula really exceeds if you have a very large amount of traffic, it is a truly durable and resilient WAF. Global load balancing, increased security, added caching, smaller number of sites (but very important)? Then I would recommend Incapsula. Incapsula is always additive to features your infrastructure has and it does those well, so I would always advise using it if your site has high traffic, is business critical, or accesses sensitive information through a SQL backend.
Systems Administrator
Provident Funding Associates L.P.Financial Services, 501-1000 employees
Pros
AWS WAF
- AWS WAF has the most developer-friendly API to create firewall rules.
- AWS WAF provides OWASP security controls, which reduces developers' burden (i.e., SQL injection and cross-site scripting).
- AWS WAF has customizable web security rules. The user can even push the rules through the API available, which is the great feature and helped me a lot.
- It protects applications at layer 7 (HTTP) of the OSI model and not just layer 4 (TCP).
Head of Software & Services
SamiPharmaHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
Imperva CDN
- Reliability / Uptime
- Security
Systems Administrator
Provident Funding Associates L.P.Financial Services, 501-1000 employees
Cons
AWS WAF
- The documentation offered is somewhat confusing, so it would be ideal if it were much more direct and precise.
- Your initial configuration may be confusing, so the best option is to use the rule templates provided by AWS.
- Its configuration is not unified with AWS, so it must be done separately and it takes some time.
- The number of rules to be established is somewhat limited.
Software Developer
KANA SoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Imperva CDN
- Web Interface could be better, no overall site details/performance views.
- API is limited if you do not have a reseller account unnecessarily.
- Alerting / Reports / Bot
Systems Administrator
Provident Funding Associates L.P.Financial Services, 501-1000 employees
Usability
AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.0
Based on 1 answer
The product is highly scalable. It is easy to configure the rules and thereby helps us to mitigate many vulnerabilities.The interface and programming of the firewall provisions were easy to setup. Amazon clearly spent a lot of time figuring this out and perfecting it. It allows users to do customized configurations based on their needs. It provides protection against a number of security issues like XSS, SQL injection, etc. I would definitely recommend this for protecting your infra as you scale, since this basically protects and filters all requests hitting your application server.
Head of Software & Services
SamiPharmaHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
Imperva CDN
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Support Rating
AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.3
Based on 4 answers
If you're intending to use AWS WAF, I would say that you absolutely should sign up for support. AWS Support is excellent and they can help you in a really good way to solve your issues.
DevOps
Aval Digital LabsFinancial Services, 201-500 employees
Imperva CDN
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Alternatives Considered
AWS WAF
Amazon's support was better for us in the end. Implementation was also easier as we're using other Amazon services currently.
Database Administrator
Northside ISDEducation Management, 501-1000 employees
Imperva CDN
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
AWS WAF
- The overall security of the web application increased effectively after deploying AWS WAF
- No negative impacts were seen in the business
- The developers were more confident in the overall security model of the web application being developed and it was easy to integrate WAF into the existing system as the application was also using AWS platform

Verified User
Engineer in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesImperva CDN
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AWS WAF
—Pricing Details
AWS WAF
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
AWS WAF Editions & Modules
Edition
Resource Type - Web ACL | $5.001 |
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Resource Type - Rule | $1.001 |
Resource Type - Request | $0.602 |
- per month (prorated hourly)
- per 1 million requests
Additional Pricing Details
—Imperva CDN
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Imperva CDN Editions & Modules
Edition
Free | $0 |
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Pro | $592 |
Business | $2992 |
Enterprise | Call For Quote |
- per month