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Product	F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF by F5 View product	Azure Web Application Firewall by Microsoft View product
Overview
What it is	F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF is an advanced web application firewall used for Web Security and Bot Defense. Highlights include API security. Compare it with other WAF tools.	Azure Web Application Firewall helps teams with OWASP mitigation. Explore features like OWASP rules and custom rules, cloud deployment and the closest WAF competitors.
Product type	Advanced Web Application Firewall	Web Application Firewall
Best for	Cross-industry, Banking, E-commerce, Enterprise, Public Sector	Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware appliance; BIG-IP VE; AWS; Azure	Cloud; Azure
Data residency	Global; US; EU	Selected Azure region
Key features
What it offers	OWASP Top 10 mitigation Behavioral DoS defense Proactive bot defense API security Credential stuffing protection WAF Web Security Bot Defense	OWASP rules Custom rules Bot protection options Detection/prevention modes Logging Web application protection OWASP mitigation HTTP threat filtering
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
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	Web appsHTTP/HTTPS servicesAPI endpoints	Azure
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2	Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	F5 BIG-IPNGINXSplunkDatadogTerraform	Azure Application GatewayAzure Front DoorAzure MonitorLog Analytics
Industries	Cross-industryBankingE-commerceEnterprisePublic Sector	Cross-industry
Regions	Global	Azure regions
Vendor
Company	F5	Microsoft
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Redmond, Washington, USA
Company size	6,000+	200,000+
Founded	1996	1975

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

by F5

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Azure Web Application Firewall

by Microsoft

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Overview

What it is

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF is an advanced web application firewall used for Web Security and Bot Defense. Highlights include API security. Compare it with other WAF tools.

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.

Product type

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Advanced Web Application Firewall

Azure Web Application Firewall

Web Application Firewall

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Cross-industry, Banking, E-commerce, Enterprise, Public Sector

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cross-industry

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Contact Vendor

Azure Web Application Firewall

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Azure Web Application Firewall

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

CloudOn-Premise

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cloud

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware appliance; BIG-IP VE; AWS; Azure

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cloud; Azure

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Global; US; EU

Azure Web Application Firewall

Selected Azure region

Key features

What it offers

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Behavioral DoS defense
Proactive bot defense
API security
Credential stuffing protection
WAF
Web Security
Bot Defense

Azure Web Application Firewall

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

Platform & access

API access

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Azure Web Application Firewall

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Azure Web Application Firewall

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Azure Web Application Firewall

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Azure Web Application Firewall

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Azure Web Application Firewall

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Web appsHTTP/HTTPS servicesAPI endpoints

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

PCI-DSSSOC 2Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

F5 BIG-IPNGINXSplunkDatadogTerraform

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure Application GatewayAzure Front DoorAzure MonitorLog Analytics

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Cross-industryBankingE-commerceEnterprisePublic Sector

Azure Web Application Firewall

Cross-industry

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Global

Azure Web Application Firewall

Azure regions

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Azure Web Application Firewall

Microsoft

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Seattle, Washington, USA

Azure Web Application Firewall

Redmond, Washington, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

6,000+

Azure Web Application Firewall

200,000+

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

1996

Azure Web Application Firewall

1975