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Product	Azure Web Application Firewall by Microsoft View product	Alibaba Cloud WAF by Alibaba Cloud View product
Overview
What it is	Azure Web Application Firewall helps teams with OWASP mitigation. Explore features like OWASP rules and custom rules, cloud deployment and the closest WAF competitors.	Alibaba Cloud WAF from Alibaba Cloud focuses on website protection. Key capabilities: API security and bot management. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
Product type	Web Application Firewall	Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Best for	Cross-industry	E-commerce, Financial Services, Government, Media, Internet Services
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Azure	Cloud (SaaS); Cloud service (cloud-native or CNAME mode)
Data residency	Selected Azure region	Alibaba Cloud regions
Key features
What it offers	OWASP rules Custom rules Bot protection options Detection/prevention modes Logging Web application protection OWASP mitigation HTTP threat filtering	OWASP Top 10 protection Semantic and ML-based detection Bot management API security HTTP flood protection Custom access rules Virtual patching Log Service integration
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Azure	Alibaba CloudNon-Alibaba Cloud hosted web apps
Compliance	Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent	Supports PCI DSS and China MLPS 2.0Alibaba Cloud ISO 27001 and SOC 2 portfolio
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure Application GatewayAzure Front DoorAzure MonitorLog Analytics	Alibaba Cloud Server Load BalancerECSAlibaba Cloud CDNAnti-DDoSSimple Log Service
Industries	Cross-industry	E-commerceFinancial ServicesGovernmentMediaInternet Services
Regions	Azure regions	GlobalAsia PacificChinese Mainland
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Alibaba Cloud
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Company size	200,000+	10,001+
Founded	1975	2009

Azure Web Application Firewall

by Microsoft

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Alibaba Cloud WAF

by Alibaba Cloud

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Overview

What it is

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure Web Application Firewall helps teams with OWASP mitigation. Explore features like OWASP rules and custom rules, cloud deployment and the closest WAF competitors.

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.

Product type

Azure Web Application Firewall

Web Application Firewall

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Best for

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cross-industry

Alibaba Cloud WAF

E-commerce, Financial Services, Government, Media, Internet Services

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure Web Application Firewall

Contact Vendor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure Web Application Firewall

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cloud

Alibaba Cloud WAF

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cloud; Azure

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Cloud (SaaS); Cloud service (cloud-native or CNAME mode)

Data residency

Azure Web Application Firewall

Selected Azure region

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba Cloud regions

Key features

What it offers

Azure Web Application Firewall

OWASP rules
Custom rules
Bot protection options
Detection/prevention modes
Logging
Web application protection
OWASP mitigation
HTTP threat filtering

Alibaba Cloud WAF

OWASP Top 10 protection
Semantic and ML-based detection
Bot management
API security
HTTP flood protection
Custom access rules
Virtual patching
Log Service integration

Platform & access

API access

Azure Web Application Firewall

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure Web Application Firewall

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure Web Application Firewall

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Multi-tenant

Azure Web Application Firewall

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Mobile app

Azure Web Application Firewall

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Supported platforms

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba CloudNon-Alibaba Cloud hosted web apps

Compliance

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Supports PCI DSS and China MLPS 2.0Alibaba Cloud ISO 27001 and SOC 2 portfolio

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure Application GatewayAzure Front DoorAzure MonitorLog Analytics

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba Cloud Server Load BalancerECSAlibaba Cloud CDNAnti-DDoSSimple Log Service

Industries

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cross-industry

Alibaba Cloud WAF

E-commerceFinancial ServicesGovernmentMediaInternet Services

Regions

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure regions

Alibaba Cloud WAF

GlobalAsia PacificChinese Mainland

Vendor

Company

Azure Web Application Firewall

Microsoft

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba Cloud

Headquarters

Azure Web Application Firewall

Redmond, Washington, USA

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Company size

Azure Web Application Firewall

200,000+

Alibaba Cloud WAF

10,001+

Founded

Azure Web Application Firewall

1975

Alibaba Cloud WAF

2009