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Product	Azure Web Application Firewall by Microsoft View product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly 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.	Fastly Next-Gen WAF from Fastly focuses on Next-Gen WAF. Key capabilities: automated production blocking. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
Product type	Web Application Firewall	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform
Best for	Cross-industry	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Azure	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin
Data residency	Selected Azure region	Global / Edge Network
Key features
What it offers	OWASP rules Custom rules Bot protection options Detection/prevention modes Logging Web application protection OWASP mitigation HTTP threat filtering	SmartParse threshold detection Automated production blocking Virtually zero false positives Flexible edge/agent/sidecar deployment Next-Gen WAF Automated OWASP Top 10 blocking API security micro-firewalling
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	Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge
Compliance	Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure Application GatewayAzure Front DoorAzure MonitorLog Analytics	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Industries	Cross-industry	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech
Regions	Azure regions	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Fastly
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	1,000+
Founded	1975	2011

Azure Web Application Firewall

by Microsoft

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Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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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.

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF from Fastly focuses on Next-Gen WAF. Key capabilities: automated production blocking. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.

Product type

Azure Web Application Firewall

Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Best for

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cross-industry

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure Web Application Firewall

Contact Vendor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cloud

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Deployment details

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cloud; Azure

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin

Data residency

Azure Web Application Firewall

Selected Azure region

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse threshold detection
Automated production blocking
Virtually zero false positives
Flexible edge/agent/sidecar deployment
Next-Gen WAF
Automated OWASP Top 10 blocking
API security micro-firewalling

Platform & access

API access

Azure Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-tenant

Azure Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Mobile app

Azure Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Supported platforms

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Compliance

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure Application GatewayAzure Front DoorAzure MonitorLog Analytics

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Industries

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cross-industry

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Regions

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure regions

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Vendor

Company

Azure Web Application Firewall

Microsoft

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Headquarters

Azure Web Application Firewall

Redmond, Washington, USA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Azure Web Application Firewall

200,000+

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Founded

Azure Web Application Firewall

1975

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011