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Product	Imperva WAAP by Imperva View product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly View product
Overview
What it is	Imperva WAAP: unified WAAP platform, automated OWASP protection and behavioral bot mitigation. Built for comprehensive web security. Compare API Security 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	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform
Best for	Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Government, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, 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	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Multi-Cloud Edge; Cloud SaaS; Distributed Anycast Edge	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin
Data residency	Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options	Global / Edge Network
Key features
What it offers	Unified WAAP platform Automated OWASP protection Behavioral bot mitigation API discovery and governance Layer 7 DDoS defense Unified edge console Comprehensive web security Automated bot defense	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	Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsREST/GraphQL APIsMobile Backends	Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Industries	BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech
Regions	Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)	Global
Vendor
Company	Imperva	Fastly
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	2,000+	1,000+
Founded	2002	2011

Imperva WAAP

by Imperva

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Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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Overview

What it is

Imperva WAAP

Imperva WAAP: unified WAAP platform, automated OWASP protection and behavioral bot mitigation. Built for comprehensive web security. Compare API Security 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

Imperva WAAP

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Best for

Imperva WAAP

Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Government, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, Public Sector

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

Imperva WAAP

Contact Vendor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Imperva WAAP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Imperva WAAP

SaaSCloud

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Deployment details

Imperva WAAP

Cloud SaaS / Multi-Cloud Edge; Cloud SaaS; Distributed Anycast Edge

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

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

Data residency

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

Key features

What it offers

Imperva WAAP

Unified WAAP platform
Automated OWASP protection
Behavioral bot mitigation
API discovery and governance
Layer 7 DDoS defense
Unified edge console
Comprehensive web security
Automated bot defense

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

Imperva WAAP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Imperva WAAP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Imperva WAAP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-tenant

Imperva WAAP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Mobile app

Imperva WAAP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Supported platforms

Imperva WAAP

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsREST/GraphQL APIsMobile Backends

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Compliance

Imperva WAAP

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Imperva WAAP

TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Industries

Imperva WAAP

BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Regions

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Vendor

Company

Imperva WAAP

Imperva

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Headquarters

Imperva WAAP

San Mateo, California, USA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Imperva WAAP

2,000+

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Founded

Imperva WAAP

2002

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011