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Product	Barracuda Web Application Firewall by Barracuda Networks View product	Imperva Cloud WAF by Imperva View product
Overview
What it is	What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall do? It covers enterprise WAF. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.	Looking for WAF software? Imperva Cloud WAF by Imperva provides virtual patching and custom rules engine for PCI-DSS web compliance. Compare features and alternatives.
Product type	Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)	Web Application Firewall & Exploit Shield
Best for	E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS	Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Enterprise IT, Banking, Retail, Education
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud	On-premises Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/Hyper-V); Cloud SaaS
Data residency	On-premises; Multi-Cloud	Customer data sovereignty; On-premises and cloud options
Key features
What it offers	Enterprise WAF OWASP Top 10 mitigation Layer 7 DDoS defense Bot mitigation Automated security tuning Firewall / NGFW WAF Web Security	Dynamic application profiling OWASP Top 10 defense Virtual patching Bidirectional traffic inspection Custom rules engine High-throughput processing Web application exploit prevention Zero-day virtual patching
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	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	Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VAWSMicrosoft AzureGCP	Web ApplicationsEnterprise IntranetsCloud Web Servers
Compliance	PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001	PCI-DSSSOC 2ISO 27001Common CriteriaHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure	SplunkMicro Focus ArcSightIBM QRadarMicrosoft Sentinel
Industries	E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS	Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareEnterprise ITBankingRetail+1 more
Regions	GlobalUSEUUK	Global enterprise deployments
Vendor
Company	Barracuda Networks	Imperva
Headquarters	Campbell, California, USA	San Mateo, California, USA
Company size	1,001-5,000	2,000+
Founded	2003	2002

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda Networks

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Imperva Cloud WAF

by Imperva

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Overview

What it is

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall do? It covers enterprise WAF. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Imperva Cloud WAF

Looking for WAF software? Imperva Cloud WAF by Imperva provides virtual patching and custom rules engine for PCI-DSS web compliance. Compare features and alternatives.

Product type

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)

Imperva Cloud WAF

Web Application Firewall & Exploit Shield

Best for

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS

Imperva Cloud WAF

Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Enterprise IT, Banking, Retail, Education

Pricing

Pricing model

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Contact Vendor

Imperva Cloud WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Imperva Cloud WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Imperva Cloud WAF

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud

Imperva Cloud WAF

On-premises Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/Hyper-V); Cloud SaaS

Data residency

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

On-premises; Multi-Cloud

Imperva Cloud WAF

Customer data sovereignty; On-premises and cloud options

Key features

What it offers

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Enterprise WAF
OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Layer 7 DDoS defense
Bot mitigation
Automated security tuning
Firewall / NGFW
WAF
Web Security

Imperva Cloud WAF

Dynamic application profiling
OWASP Top 10 defense
Virtual patching
Bidirectional traffic inspection
Custom rules engine
High-throughput processing
Web application exploit prevention
Zero-day virtual patching

Platform & access

API access

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Imperva Cloud WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Imperva Cloud WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Imperva Cloud WAF

Multi-tenant

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Imperva Cloud WAF

Mobile app

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Imperva Cloud WAF

Supported platforms

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VAWSMicrosoft AzureGCP

Imperva Cloud WAF

Web ApplicationsEnterprise IntranetsCloud Web Servers

Compliance

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001

Imperva Cloud WAF

PCI-DSSSOC 2ISO 27001Common CriteriaHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure

Imperva Cloud WAF

SplunkMicro Focus ArcSightIBM QRadarMicrosoft Sentinel

Industries

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS

Imperva Cloud WAF

Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareEnterprise ITBankingRetail+1 more

Regions

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

GlobalUSEUUK

Imperva Cloud WAF

Global enterprise deployments

Vendor

Company

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Networks

Imperva Cloud WAF

Imperva

Headquarters

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Campbell, California, USA

Imperva Cloud WAF

San Mateo, California, USA

Company size

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

1,001-5,000

Imperva Cloud WAF

2,000+

Founded

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

2003

Imperva Cloud WAF

2002