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Product	Google Cloud Armor by Google Cloud View product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly 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.	Fastly Next-Gen WAF from Fastly focuses on Next-Gen WAF. Key capabilities: automated production blocking. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
Product type	Web Application Firewall & DDoS Mitigation	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Cross-industry, Public Sector	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybrid	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Google Cloud; Hybrid deployments; Multi-cloud origins	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin
Data residency	Multi-region; regional endpoints available	Global / Edge Network
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	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
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	Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3ISO/IEC 27001PCI-DSSFedRAMPHIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cloud Load BalancingCompute EngineGKECloud RunSecurity Command CenterCloud Logging	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailHealthcareMediaCross-industryPublic Sector	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Google Cloud	Fastly
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	100,000+	1,000+
Founded	2008	2011

Google Cloud Armor

by Google Cloud

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Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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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.

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.

Product type

Google Cloud Armor

Web Application Firewall & DDoS Mitigation

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Best for

Google Cloud Armor

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

Google Cloud Armor

Contact Vendor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Google Cloud Armor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Google Cloud Armor

CloudHybrid

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Deployment details

Google Cloud Armor

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

Data residency

Google Cloud Armor

Multi-region; regional endpoints available

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

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

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

Platform & access

API access

Google Cloud Armor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Google Cloud Armor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Google Cloud Armor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-tenant

Google Cloud Armor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Mobile app

Google Cloud Armor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Supported platforms

Google Cloud Armor

Google CloudHybrid web workloadsKubernetes

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Compliance

Google Cloud Armor

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

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Google Cloud Armor

Cloud Load BalancingCompute EngineGKECloud RunSecurity Command CenterCloud Logging

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Industries

Google Cloud Armor

Financial ServicesRetailHealthcareMediaCross-industryPublic Sector

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Regions

Google Cloud Armor

Global

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Vendor

Company

Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Headquarters

Google Cloud Armor

Mountain View, California, USA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Google Cloud Armor

100,000+

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Founded

Google Cloud Armor

2008

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011