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Product	F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF by F5 View product	Fastly Bot Management by Fastly 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.	Fastly Bot Management helps teams with edge bot mitigation. Explore features like real-time analytics, cloud deployment and the closest Bot Management competitors.
Product type	Advanced Web Application Firewall	Edge-Native Bot Detection & Mitigation Solution
Best for	Cross-industry, Banking, E-commerce, Enterprise, Public Sector	E-Commerce, Media, Streaming, Travel, Gaming
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware appliance; BIG-IP VE; AWS; Azure	Edge Cloud Network (Fastly CDN); Edge Cloud (Fastly Distributed Network)
Data residency	Global; US; EU	United States; Europe; Global Anycast
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	Edge-native bot mitigation Machine learning behavioral modeling Invisible challenge verification Credential stuffing defense Real-time analytics Edge bot mitigation Account takeover prevention Credential stuffing protection
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	Web appsHTTP/HTTPS servicesAPI endpoints	Fastly Edge CloudWeb EndpointsAPI Gateways
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSSGDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	F5 BIG-IPNGINXSplunkDatadogTerraform	Fastly CDNDatadogSplunkGoogle CloudAWS
Industries	Cross-industryBankingE-commerceEnterprisePublic Sector	E-CommerceMediaStreamingTravelGaming
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	F5	Fastly
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	6,000+	1,000+
Founded	1996	2011

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

by F5

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Fastly Bot Management

by Fastly

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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.

Fastly Bot Management

Fastly Bot Management helps teams with edge bot mitigation. Explore features like real-time analytics, cloud deployment and the closest Bot Management competitors.

Product type

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Advanced Web Application Firewall

Fastly Bot Management

Edge-Native Bot Detection & Mitigation Solution

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

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

Fastly Bot Management

E-Commerce, Media, Streaming, Travel, Gaming

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Contact Vendor

Fastly Bot Management

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Bot Management

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

CloudOn-Premise

Fastly Bot Management

Cloud

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

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

Fastly Bot Management

Edge Cloud Network (Fastly CDN); Edge Cloud (Fastly Distributed Network)

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Global; US; EU

Fastly Bot Management

United States; Europe; Global Anycast

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

Fastly Bot Management

Edge-native bot mitigation
Machine learning behavioral modeling
Invisible challenge verification
Credential stuffing defense
Real-time analytics
Edge bot mitigation
Account takeover prevention
Credential stuffing protection

Platform & access

API access

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Bot Management

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Bot Management

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Bot Management

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Bot Management

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Bot Management

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Web appsHTTP/HTTPS servicesAPI endpoints

Fastly Bot Management

Fastly Edge CloudWeb EndpointsAPI Gateways

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

PCI-DSSSOC 2Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2

Fastly Bot Management

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSSGDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

F5 BIG-IPNGINXSplunkDatadogTerraform

Fastly Bot Management

Fastly CDNDatadogSplunkGoogle CloudAWS

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Cross-industryBankingE-commerceEnterprisePublic Sector

Fastly Bot Management

E-CommerceMediaStreamingTravelGaming

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Global

Fastly Bot Management

Global

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Bot Management

Fastly

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Seattle, Washington, USA

Fastly Bot Management

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

6,000+

Fastly Bot Management

1,000+

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

1996

Fastly Bot Management

2011