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Product	F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP by F5 View product	Imperva WAAP by Imperva View product
Overview
What it is	Shortlisting WAAP tools? F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP by F5 brings multi-cloud WAAP, WAF and bot defense, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.	Imperva WAAP: unified WAAP platform, automated OWASP protection and behavioral bot mitigation. Built for comprehensive web security. Compare API Security alternatives.
Product type	Cloud WAAP & Edge Protection Suite	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, Fintech	Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Government, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, Public Sector
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud (SaaS); Globally distributed SaaS edge	Cloud SaaS / Multi-Cloud Edge; Cloud SaaS; Distributed Anycast Edge
Data residency	Global; US; EU; APAC	Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options
Key features
What it offers	Multi-cloud WAAP WAF Bot defense API security L3-L7 DDoS defense Automated policy synchronization WAAP	Unified WAAP platform Automated OWASP protection Behavioral bot mitigation API discovery and governance Layer 7 DDoS defense Unified edge console Comprehensive web security Automated bot defense
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	Multi-cloud web appsMicroservicesAPIs	Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsREST/GraphQL APIsMobile Backends
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform	TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog
Industries	Cross-industryGlobal EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFintech	BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more
Regions	Global	Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)
Vendor
Company	F5	Imperva
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	San Mateo, California, USA
Company size	6,000+	2,000+
Founded	1996	2002

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

by F5

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Imperva WAAP

by Imperva

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Overview

What it is

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.

Imperva WAAP

Imperva WAAP: unified WAAP platform, automated OWASP protection and behavioral bot mitigation. Built for comprehensive web security. Compare API Security alternatives.

Product type

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cloud WAAP & Edge Protection Suite

Imperva WAAP

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform

Best for

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, Fintech

Imperva WAAP

Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Government, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, Public Sector

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Contact Vendor

Imperva WAAP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Imperva WAAP

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

SaaSCloud

Imperva WAAP

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cloud (SaaS); Globally distributed SaaS edge

Imperva WAAP

Cloud SaaS / Multi-Cloud Edge; Cloud SaaS; Distributed Anycast Edge

Data residency

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Global; US; EU; APAC

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options

Key features

What it offers

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

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

Imperva WAAP

Unified WAAP platform
Automated OWASP protection
Behavioral bot mitigation
API discovery and governance
Layer 7 DDoS defense
Unified edge console
Comprehensive web security
Automated bot defense

Platform & access

API access

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Imperva WAAP

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Imperva WAAP

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Imperva WAAP

Multi-tenant

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Imperva WAAP

Mobile app

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Imperva WAAP

Supported platforms

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Multi-cloud web appsMicroservicesAPIs

Imperva WAAP

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsREST/GraphQL APIsMobile Backends

Compliance

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Imperva WAAP

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform

Imperva WAAP

TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog

Industries

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cross-industryGlobal EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFintech

Imperva WAAP

BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more

Regions

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Global

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)

Vendor

Company

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Imperva WAAP

Imperva

Headquarters

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Seattle, Washington, USA

Imperva WAAP

San Mateo, California, USA

Company size

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

6,000+

Imperva WAAP

2,000+

Founded

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

1996

Imperva WAAP

2002