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Application Security
WAAP Solutions: Web Application & API Protection Platforms
Protect web apps and APIs in one platform. Compare WAAP solutions that combine WAF, API security, bot management and DDoS mitigation with central policy control.
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Akamai
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Alibaba Cloud
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Cequence
Sunnyvale, California, USA
Cloudflare
San Francisco, California, USA
Cobalt
San Francisco, California, USA
Detectify
Stockholm, Sweden
F5
Seattle, Washington, USA
Fortinet
Sunnyvale, California, USA
HCLSoftware
Noida, India
Imperva
San Mateo, California, USA
Invicti
Austin, Texas, USA
OWASP
Global nonprofit organization
OpenText
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Palo Alto Networks
Santa Clara, California, USA
PortSwigger
Knutsford, United Kingdom
Radware
Mahwah, New Jersey, USA
Tenable
Columbia, Maryland, USA
Traceable
San Francisco, California, USA
Wallarm
San Francisco, California, USA
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Acunetix
Acunetix by Invicti: reports and DeepScan DOM crawler. Ideal for Web Application Security. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DAST alternatives.
Akamai Bot Manager
What does Akamai Bot Manager do? It covers scrapers mitigation and behavioral biometrics. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Alibaba Cloud WAF
Alibaba Cloud WAF from Alibaba Cloud focuses on website protection. Key capabilities: API security and bot management. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
AppScan Enterprise
AppScan Enterprise covers jira integration and modern SPA and API scanning for portfolio-wide web application scanning. Compare top Application Security Testing tools.
Burp Suite Community Edition
Burp Suite Community Edition: HTTP/S interception proxy, Burp Repeater and Burp Decoder. Built for security education. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.
Burp Suite Enterprise Edition
What does Burp Suite Enterprise Edition do? It covers SSO and RBAC. See typical use cases, cloud or on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Burp Suite Professional
Get the facts on Burp Suite Professional: Burp Repeater. Built for ethical hacking. Compare it with other Penetration Testing options before you decide.
Cequence Bot Management
Looking for Bot Management software? Cequence Bot Management by Cequence provides agentless bot detection for scraping prevention. Compare features and alternatives.
Cloudflare API Shield
See what Cloudflare API Shield offers: mutual TLS enforcement. It is built for shadow API discovery, supports cloud deployment and competes with other API Security tools.
Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Bot Management from Cloudflare focuses on web scraping prevention. Key capabilities: rate limiting. Compare it with the leading Bot Management alternatives.
Cloudflare Turnstile
Free trial available. Cloudflare Turnstile by Cloudflare offers ML risk scoring and Private State Tokens. Compare features, use cases and leading WAAP alternatives.
Cobalt Web App Pen Testing
Shortlisting Penetration Testing tools? Cobalt Web App Pen Testing by Cobalt brings remediation steps, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
Detectify
Evaluating Detectify? See how this Attack Surface Management tool handles DNS monitoring and OWASP Top 10 scanning, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Detectify Application Scanner
Detectify Application Scanner: low false positives and automated scheduling. Built for vulnerability remediation. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Looking for Web Security software? F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense by F5 provides fraud prevention for Web Application Security. Compare features and alternatives.
F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP
Shortlisting WAAP tools? F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP by F5 brings multi-cloud WAAP, WAF and bot defense, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
F5 NGINX App Protect
What does F5 NGINX App Protect do? It covers high-throughput WAF and NGINX native module. See typical use cases, container deployment and how it compares to rivals.
FortiWeb
Get the facts on FortiWeb: WAF, API protection and bot management. Built for API security. Compare it with other Application Security options before you decide.
Fortify WebInspect
Looking for Application Security Testing software? Fortify WebInspect by OpenText provides IAST agent for API security validation. Compare features and alternatives.
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Get the facts on Imperva Advanced Bot Protection: API bot defense. Built for credential stuffing defense. Compare it with other Bot Management options before you decide.
Invicti Enterprise
Evaluating Invicti Enterprise? See how this DAST tool handles DAST scanning and Proof-Based Scanning, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Invicti Standard
Evaluating Invicti Standard? See how this Application Security Testing tool handles vulnerability testing, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
OWASP ZAP
OWASP ZAP from OWASP focuses on API security testing. Key capabilities: REST API control. Compare it with the leading Application Security Testing alternatives.
Prisma Cloud WAAS
See what Prisma Cloud WAAS offers: rate limiting. It is built for API threat mitigation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Cloud Security tools.