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Product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly View product	Barracuda Web Application Firewall by Barracuda Networks View product
Overview
What it is	Fastly Next-Gen WAF from Fastly focuses on Next-Gen WAF. Key capabilities: automated production blocking. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.	What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall do? It covers enterprise WAF. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform	Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech	E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud
Data residency	Global / Edge Network	On-premises; Multi-Cloud
Key features
What it offers	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	Enterprise WAF OWASP Top 10 mitigation Layer 7 DDoS defense Bot mitigation Automated security tuning Firewall / NGFW WAF Web Security
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-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge	Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VAWSMicrosoft AzureGCP
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA	PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP	Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech	E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS
Regions	Global	GlobalUSEUUK
Vendor
Company	Fastly	Barracuda Networks
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Campbell, California, USA
Company size	1,000+	1,001-5,000
Founded	2011	2003

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda Networks

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Overview

What it is

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.

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall do? It covers enterprise WAF. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)

Best for

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS

Pricing

Pricing model

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Deployment

Deployment options

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud

Data residency

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

On-premises; Multi-Cloud

Key features

What it offers

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

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Enterprise WAF
OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Layer 7 DDoS defense
Bot mitigation
Automated security tuning
Firewall / NGFW
WAF
Web Security

Platform & access

API access

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Multi-tenant

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Mobile app

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Supported platforms

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VAWSMicrosoft AzureGCP

Compliance

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure

Industries

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS

Regions

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

GlobalUSEUUK

Vendor

Company

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Networks

Headquarters

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Campbell, California, USA

Company size

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

1,001-5,000

Founded

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

2003