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Product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly View product	F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP by F5 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.	Shortlisting WAAP tools? F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP by F5 brings multi-cloud WAAP, WAF and bot defense, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
Product type	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform	Cloud WAAP & Edge Protection Suite
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech	Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, Fintech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin	Cloud (SaaS); Globally distributed SaaS edge
Data residency	Global / Edge Network	Global; US; EU; APAC
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	Multi-cloud WAAP WAF Bot defense API security L3-L7 DDoS defense Automated policy synchronization WAAP
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	Multi-cloud web appsMicroservicesAPIs
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech	Cross-industryGlobal EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFintech
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Fastly	F5
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	1,000+	6,000+
Founded	2011	1996

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

by F5

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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.

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.

Product type

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cloud WAAP & Edge Protection Suite

Best for

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, Fintech

Pricing

Pricing model

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Deployment

Deployment options

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cloud (SaaS); Globally distributed SaaS edge

Data residency

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Global; US; EU; APAC

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

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

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

Platform & access

API access

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Multi-tenant

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Mobile app

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Supported platforms

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Multi-cloud web appsMicroservicesAPIs

Compliance

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform

Industries

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Cross-industryGlobal EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFintech

Regions

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Global

Vendor

Company

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Headquarters

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

6,000+

Founded

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011

F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP

1996