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Based on 7 reviews and ratings
Attribute Ratings
- AWS WAF is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
AWS WAF
94%
7 Ratings

9.0
Imperva Data Security
90%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
AWS WAF
90%
1 Rating

Imperva Data Security
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability
9.0
AWS WAF
90%
1 Rating

Imperva Data Security
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
9.1
AWS WAF
91%
3 Ratings

Imperva Data Security
N/A
0 Ratings
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 Data Security
Compliance to audits and HiTrust certification. It is key in ensuring that our audits are completed in a timely manner with no repeats of data requests and that we also are HiTrust certified at our organization. Personally while the data obfuscation is available I am not sure I would fully trust that the data is completely sanitized if need be. It's not against the Imperva product but more of issue of data being used.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
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 Data Security
- Alerts when suspicious activity is detected
- Records all database transactions for analysis
- Determines activities in stored procedures
Manager, IT Security & Compliance
Charlotte RusseRetail, 5001-10,000 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 Data Security
- Navigation of the menus can get confusing pretty quickly. Since there are so many, it is extremely easy to get lost. Almost too many options and data.
- Configuring the agents can be very difficult if you are new to it. Having to save after every single change made to an agent during a configuration can be very tedious. Also having to make sure certain options are checked off in two separate places for a single option is very annoying.
- Navigation of the menus is not always intuitive and not very obvious that the option you are looking change is located in that menu.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesPricing Details
AWS WAF
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0.6 per 1 million requests
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 Data Security
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Imperva Data Security Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Good value for money. Native AWS solution for services
ITOPS Manager
Align TechnologyHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
Imperva Data Security
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
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 Data Security
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.1
Based on 3 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 Data Security
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
AWS WAF
We evaluated Imperva, but we were more convinced with AWS WAF because of the better pricing model, ease of deployment as we were already using the AWS platform which helping in ease of integration. The technical support for AWS WAF seemed to be better as they had better understanding of the overall system and architecture of the product, which helped us in getting a problem solved that was encountered while using AWS WAF. The amount of documentation and helpful material available online for AWS WAF made it the first choice for us to select this product over Imperva.

Verified User
Engineer in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesImperva Data Security
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
AWS WAF
- Our applications are less exposed to cyber attacks, which prevents them from getting out of control and consume much more resources than they should.
- Saved us money by preventing attacks.
- The traffic control is much more bearable.
- App development is safer.
Software Developer
iModulesComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Imperva Data Security
- Allowed us to meet important compliance requirements.
- When protecting critical data, we can see exactly how it's being used and by whom.
- Licensing costs are very reasonable.
- It takes a fair amount of administration to use properly.
Manager, IT Security & Compliance
Charlotte RusseRetail, 5001-10,000 employees