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Product	IBM Cloud Internet Services by IBM View product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly View product
Overview
What it is	IBM Cloud Internet Services by IBM: DDoS protection and WAF. Ideal for DDoS mitigation. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DDoS Protection alternatives.	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	Cloud security service	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform
Best for	Enterprise, Retail, Technology, Financial Services	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	SaaS; SaaS	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	Global / Edge Network
Key features
What it offers	Cloud-based application delivery and security services combining DDoS protection, WAF and global load balancing. DDoS protection WAF Load balancing Application security Internet security DDoS mitigation Global load balancing	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	IBM Cloud	Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge
Compliance	IBM Cloud compliance programs vary by service and region	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	IBM CloudDNSAPIs	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Industries	EnterpriseRetailTechnologyFinancial Services	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Fastly
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	250,000+	1,000+
Founded	1911	2011

IBM Cloud Internet Services

by IBM

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Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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Overview

What it is

IBM Cloud Internet Services

IBM Cloud Internet Services by IBM: DDoS protection and WAF. Ideal for DDoS mitigation. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DDoS Protection alternatives.

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

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Cloud security service

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Best for

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Enterprise, Retail, Technology, Financial Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Contact Vendor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Cloud Internet Services

SaaSCloud

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Deployment details

IBM Cloud Internet Services

SaaS; SaaS

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

Data residency

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Deployment and region dependent

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

Key features

What it offers

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Cloud-based application delivery and security services combining DDoS protection, WAF and global load balancing.
DDoS protection
WAF
Load balancing
Application security
Internet security
DDoS mitigation
Global load balancing

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

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-tenant

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Mobile app

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Supported platforms

IBM Cloud Internet Services

IBM Cloud

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Compliance

IBM Cloud Internet Services

IBM Cloud compliance programs vary by service and region

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Cloud Internet Services

IBM CloudDNSAPIs

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Industries

IBM Cloud Internet Services

EnterpriseRetailTechnologyFinancial Services

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Regions

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Global

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Cloud Internet Services

IBM

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Headquarters

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Armonk, New York, USA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

IBM Cloud Internet Services

250,000+

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Founded

IBM Cloud Internet Services

1911

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011