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Product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly View product	Contrast Protect by Contrast Security 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.	Contrast Protect: inside-out application defense and zero-day exploit blocking. Built for production application defense. Compare Application Security alternatives.
Product type	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform	Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Solution
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech	Financial Services, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Insurance, Government, Retail & E-Commerce, Public Sector
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid
Data residency	Global / Edge Network	United States; European Union
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	Inside-out application defense Zero-day exploit blocking SQLi and command injection protection Contextual attack analysis SIEM/SOAR integration Low latency overhead Production application defense Zero-day exploit mitigation
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	Production web serversCloud containersKubernetes microservicesServerless
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Requirement 6.6HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP	SplunkDatadogSumo LogicIBM QRadarMicrosoft SentinelPagerDuty
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech	Financial ServicesHealthcareE-CommerceInsuranceGovernmentRetail & E-Commerce+1 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Fastly	Contrast Security
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Company size	1,000+	501-1,000
Founded	2011	2014

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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Contrast Protect

by Contrast Security

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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.

Contrast Protect

Contrast Protect: inside-out application defense and zero-day exploit blocking. Built for production application defense. Compare Application Security alternatives.

Product type

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Contrast Protect

Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Solution

Best for

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Contrast Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Insurance, Government, Retail & E-Commerce, Public Sector

Pricing

Pricing model

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Contrast Protect

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contrast Protect

Deployment

Deployment options

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Contrast Protect

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

Contrast Protect

Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid

Data residency

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

Contrast Protect

United States; European Union

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

Contrast Protect

Inside-out application defense
Zero-day exploit blocking
SQLi and command injection protection
Contextual attack analysis
SIEM/SOAR integration
Low latency overhead
Production application defense
Zero-day exploit mitigation

Platform & access

API access

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contrast Protect

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contrast Protect

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contrast Protect

Multi-tenant

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contrast Protect

Mobile app

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contrast Protect

Supported platforms

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Contrast Protect

Production web serversCloud containersKubernetes microservicesServerless

Compliance

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Contrast Protect

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Requirement 6.6HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Contrast Protect

SplunkDatadogSumo LogicIBM QRadarMicrosoft SentinelPagerDuty

Industries

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Contrast Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareE-CommerceInsuranceGovernmentRetail & E-Commerce+1 more

Regions

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Contrast Protect

Global

Vendor

Company

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Contrast Protect

Contrast Security

Headquarters

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Contrast Protect

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company size

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Contrast Protect

501-1,000

Founded

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011

Contrast Protect

2014