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Product	Google Cloud Armor by Google Cloud View product	Alibaba Cloud WAF by Alibaba Cloud View product
Overview
What it is	Google Cloud Armor covers layer 7 filtering, DDoS mitigation and OWASP Top 10 rules for web application defense and bot mitigation. Compare top Network Security tools.	Alibaba Cloud WAF from Alibaba Cloud focuses on website protection. Key capabilities: API security and bot management. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
Product type	Web Application Firewall & DDoS Mitigation	Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Cross-industry, Public Sector	E-commerce, Financial Services, Government, Media, Internet Services
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybrid	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Google Cloud; Hybrid deployments; Multi-cloud origins	Cloud (SaaS); Cloud service (cloud-native or CNAME mode)
Data residency	Multi-region; regional endpoints available	Alibaba Cloud regions
Key features
What it offers	Layer 7 filtering DDoS mitigation OWASP Top 10 rules Adaptive protection Rate limiting IP allow/denylist Bot management reCAPTCHA integration	OWASP Top 10 protection Semantic and ML-based detection Bot management API security HTTP flood protection Custom access rules Virtual patching Log Service integration
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	Google CloudHybrid web workloadsKubernetes	Alibaba CloudNon-Alibaba Cloud hosted web apps
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3ISO/IEC 27001PCI-DSSFedRAMPHIPAA	Supports PCI DSS and China MLPS 2.0Alibaba Cloud ISO 27001 and SOC 2 portfolio
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cloud Load BalancingCompute EngineGKECloud RunSecurity Command CenterCloud Logging	Alibaba Cloud Server Load BalancerECSAlibaba Cloud CDNAnti-DDoSSimple Log Service
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailHealthcareMediaCross-industryPublic Sector	E-commerceFinancial ServicesGovernmentMediaInternet Services
Regions	Global	GlobalAsia PacificChinese Mainland
Vendor
Company	Google Cloud	Alibaba Cloud
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA	Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Company size	100,000+	10,001+
Founded	2008	2009

Google Cloud Armor

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Alibaba Cloud WAF

by Alibaba Cloud

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Overview

What it is

Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud Armor covers layer 7 filtering, DDoS mitigation and OWASP Top 10 rules for web application defense and bot mitigation. Compare top Network Security tools.

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba Cloud WAF from Alibaba Cloud focuses on website protection. Key capabilities: API security and bot management. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.

Product type

Google Cloud Armor

Web Application Firewall & DDoS Mitigation

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Best for

Google Cloud Armor

Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Cross-industry, Public Sector

Alibaba Cloud WAF

E-commerce, Financial Services, Government, Media, Internet Services

Pricing

Pricing model

Google Cloud Armor

Contact Vendor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Google Cloud Armor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Google Cloud Armor

CloudHybrid

Alibaba Cloud WAF

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Google Cloud Armor

Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Google Cloud; Hybrid deployments; Multi-cloud origins

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Cloud (SaaS); Cloud service (cloud-native or CNAME mode)

Data residency

Google Cloud Armor

Multi-region; regional endpoints available

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba Cloud regions

Key features

What it offers

Google Cloud Armor

Layer 7 filtering
DDoS mitigation
OWASP Top 10 rules
Adaptive protection
Rate limiting
IP allow/denylist
Bot management
reCAPTCHA integration

Alibaba Cloud WAF

OWASP Top 10 protection
Semantic and ML-based detection
Bot management
API security
HTTP flood protection
Custom access rules
Virtual patching
Log Service integration

Platform & access

API access

Google Cloud Armor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Google Cloud Armor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Google Cloud Armor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Multi-tenant

Google Cloud Armor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Mobile app

Google Cloud Armor

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Supported platforms

Google Cloud Armor

Google CloudHybrid web workloadsKubernetes

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba CloudNon-Alibaba Cloud hosted web apps

Compliance

Google Cloud Armor

SOC 1/2/3ISO/IEC 27001PCI-DSSFedRAMPHIPAA

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Supports PCI DSS and China MLPS 2.0Alibaba Cloud ISO 27001 and SOC 2 portfolio

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Google Cloud Armor

Cloud Load BalancingCompute EngineGKECloud RunSecurity Command CenterCloud Logging

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba Cloud Server Load BalancerECSAlibaba Cloud CDNAnti-DDoSSimple Log Service

Industries

Google Cloud Armor

Financial ServicesRetailHealthcareMediaCross-industryPublic Sector

Alibaba Cloud WAF

E-commerceFinancial ServicesGovernmentMediaInternet Services

Regions

Google Cloud Armor

Global

Alibaba Cloud WAF

GlobalAsia PacificChinese Mainland

Vendor

Company

Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Alibaba Cloud

Headquarters

Google Cloud Armor

Mountain View, California, USA

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Company size

Google Cloud Armor

100,000+

Alibaba Cloud WAF

10,001+

Founded

Google Cloud Armor

2008

Alibaba Cloud WAF

2009