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Side-by-side comparison of F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, Fastly Next-Gen WAF
Product	F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF by F5 View product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF 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 Next-Gen WAF from Fastly focuses on Next-Gen WAF. Key capabilities: automated production blocking. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
Product type	Advanced Web Application Firewall	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Banking, E-commerce, Enterprise, Public Sector	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech
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; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin
Data residency	Global; US; EU	Global / Edge Network
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	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: 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	Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	F5 BIG-IPNGINXSplunkDatadogTerraform	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Industries	Cross-industryBankingE-commerceEnterprisePublic Sector	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech
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

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Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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 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

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Advanced Web Application Firewall

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Contact Vendor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

CloudOn-Premise

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Global; US; EU

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

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 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

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Web appsHTTP/HTTPS servicesAPI endpoints

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

PCI-DSSSOC 2Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

F5 BIG-IPNGINXSplunkDatadogTerraform

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Cross-industryBankingE-commerceEnterprisePublic Sector

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Global

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Seattle, Washington, USA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

6,000+

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

1996

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011