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Product	Contrast Protect by Contrast Security View product	F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP by F5 View product
Overview
What it is	Contrast Protect: inside-out application defense and zero-day exploit blocking. Built for production application defense. Compare Application Security alternatives.	Shortlisting WAAP tools? F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP by F5 brings multi-cloud WAAP, WAF and bot defense, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
Product type	Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Solution	Cloud WAAP & Edge Protection Suite
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Insurance, Government, Retail & E-Commerce, Public Sector	Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, Fintech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid	Cloud (SaaS); Globally distributed SaaS edge
Data residency	United States; European Union	Global; US; EU; APAC
Key features
What it offers	Inside-out application defense Zero-day exploit blocking SQLi and command injection protection Contextual attack analysis SIEM/SOAR integration Low latency overhead Production application defense Zero-day exploit mitigation	Multi-cloud WAAP WAF Bot defense API security L3-L7 DDoS defense Automated policy synchronization WAAP
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	Production web serversCloud containersKubernetes microservicesServerless	Multi-cloud web appsMicroservicesAPIs
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Requirement 6.6HIPAA	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	SplunkDatadogSumo LogicIBM QRadarMicrosoft SentinelPagerDuty	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareE-CommerceInsuranceGovernmentRetail & E-Commerce+1 more	Cross-industryGlobal EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFintech
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Contrast Security	F5
Headquarters	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	501-1,000	6,000+
Founded	2014	1996

Contrast Protect

by Contrast Security

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F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

by F5

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Overview

What it is

Contrast Protect

Contrast Protect: inside-out application defense and zero-day exploit blocking. Built for production application defense. Compare Application Security 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.

Product type

Contrast Protect

Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Solution

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cloud WAAP & Edge Protection Suite

Best for

Contrast Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Insurance, Government, Retail & E-Commerce, Public Sector

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, Fintech

Pricing

Pricing model

Contrast Protect

Contact Vendor

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Contrast Protect

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Deployment

Deployment options

Contrast Protect

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Contrast Protect

Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cloud (SaaS); Globally distributed SaaS edge

Data residency

Contrast Protect

United States; European Union

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Global; US; EU; APAC

Key features

What it offers

Contrast Protect

Inside-out application defense
Zero-day exploit blocking
SQLi and command injection protection
Contextual attack analysis
SIEM/SOAR integration
Low latency overhead
Production application defense
Zero-day exploit mitigation

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Multi-cloud WAAP
WAF
Bot defense
API security
L3-L7 DDoS defense
Automated policy synchronization
WAAP

Platform & access

API access

Contrast Protect

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Single sign-on (SSO)

Contrast Protect

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Role-based access (RBAC)

Contrast Protect

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Multi-tenant

Contrast Protect

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Mobile app

Contrast Protect

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Supported platforms

Contrast Protect

Production web serversCloud containersKubernetes microservicesServerless

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Multi-cloud web appsMicroservicesAPIs

Compliance

Contrast Protect

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Requirement 6.6HIPAA

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Contrast Protect

SplunkDatadogSumo LogicIBM QRadarMicrosoft SentinelPagerDuty

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform

Industries

Contrast Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareE-CommerceInsuranceGovernmentRetail & E-Commerce+1 more

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cross-industryGlobal EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFintech

Regions

Contrast Protect

Global

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Global

Vendor

Company

Contrast Protect

Contrast Security

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Headquarters

Contrast Protect

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Contrast Protect

501-1,000

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

6,000+

Founded

Contrast Protect

2014

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

1996