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Product	F5 NGINX App Protect by F5 View product	Cloudflare API Shield by Cloudflare View product
Overview
What it is	What does F5 NGINX App Protect do? It covers high-throughput WAF and NGINX native module. See typical use cases, container deployment and how it compares to rivals.	See what Cloudflare API Shield offers: mutual TLS enforcement. It is built for shadow API discovery, supports cloud deployment and competes with other API Security tools.
Product type	High-Performance Ingress & Microservice WAF	API Protection & Schema Validation Solution
Best for	Cloud-native, Enterprise, DevOps, Enterprise Microservices	Fintech, E-commerce, Healthcare, SaaS, Banking, Financial Services, SaaS Providers, Telecommunications
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Software; Container; Kubernetes; Container module; Kubernetes Ingress; Linux host	Cloud Edge Platform; Cloud Edge Anycast Service
Data residency	Global	Global Anycast network (330+ locations)
Key features
What it offers	High-throughput WAF NGINX native module Declarative API security CI/CD pipeline integration Low latency WAF API Security Container Security	Automated API discovery OpenAPI schema validation Mutual TLS (mTLS) enforcement Behavioral rate limiting ML API abuse detection Shadow API identification Shadow API discovery Mobile backend 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	NGINX PlusKubernetes IngressMicroservices	REST APIsGraphQL APIsgRPC endpointsMobile Backends
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	NGINX PlusKubernetes IngressGitLabJenkins	Cloudflare WAFDatadogSplunkOpenAPI / SwaggerPostman
Industries	Cloud-nativeEnterpriseDevOpsEnterprise Microservices	FintechE-commerceHealthcareSaaSBankingFinancial Services+2 more
Regions	Global	Global (330+ cities)
Vendor
Company	F5	Cloudflare
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	6,000+	5,000+
Founded	1996	2010

F5 NGINX App Protect

by F5

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Cloudflare API Shield

by Cloudflare

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Overview

What it is

F5 NGINX App Protect

What does F5 NGINX App Protect do? It covers high-throughput WAF and NGINX native module. See typical use cases, container deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Cloudflare API Shield

See what Cloudflare API Shield offers: mutual TLS enforcement. It is built for shadow API discovery, supports cloud deployment and competes with other API Security tools.

Product type

F5 NGINX App Protect

High-Performance Ingress & Microservice WAF

Cloudflare API Shield

API Protection & Schema Validation Solution

Best for

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloud-native, Enterprise, DevOps, Enterprise Microservices

Cloudflare API Shield

Fintech, E-commerce, Healthcare, SaaS, Banking, Financial Services, SaaS Providers, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 NGINX App Protect

Contact Vendor

Cloudflare API Shield

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloudflare API Shield

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloud

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud

Deployment details

F5 NGINX App Protect

Software; Container; Kubernetes; Container module; Kubernetes Ingress; Linux host

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud Edge Platform; Cloud Edge Anycast Service

Data residency

F5 NGINX App Protect

Global

Cloudflare API Shield

Global Anycast network (330+ locations)

Key features

What it offers

F5 NGINX App Protect

High-throughput WAF
NGINX native module
Declarative API security
CI/CD pipeline integration
Low latency
WAF
API Security
Container Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Automated API discovery
OpenAPI schema validation
Mutual TLS (mTLS) enforcement
Behavioral rate limiting
ML API abuse detection
Shadow API identification
Shadow API discovery
Mobile backend protection

Platform & access

API access

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloudflare API Shield

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloudflare API Shield

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloudflare API Shield

Multi-tenant

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloudflare API Shield

Mobile app

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloudflare API Shield

Supported platforms

F5 NGINX App Protect

NGINX PlusKubernetes IngressMicroservices

Cloudflare API Shield

REST APIsGraphQL APIsgRPC endpointsMobile Backends

Compliance

F5 NGINX App Protect

PCI-DSSSOC 2

Cloudflare API Shield

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 NGINX App Protect

NGINX PlusKubernetes IngressGitLabJenkins

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare WAFDatadogSplunkOpenAPI / SwaggerPostman

Industries

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloud-nativeEnterpriseDevOpsEnterprise Microservices

Cloudflare API Shield

FintechE-commerceHealthcareSaaSBankingFinancial Services+2 more

Regions

F5 NGINX App Protect

Global

Cloudflare API Shield

Global (330+ cities)

Vendor

Company

F5 NGINX App Protect

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare

Headquarters

F5 NGINX App Protect

Seattle, Washington, USA

Cloudflare API Shield

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

F5 NGINX App Protect

6,000+

Cloudflare API Shield

5,000+

Founded

F5 NGINX App Protect

1996

Cloudflare API Shield

2010