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Product	Imperva WAAP by Imperva View product	Prisma Cloud WAAS by Palo Alto Networks 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.	See what Prisma Cloud WAAS offers: rate limiting. It is built for API threat mitigation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Cloud Security tools.
Product type	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform	Web Application and API Security (WAAS)
Best for	Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Government, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, Public Sector	Cross-industry, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS Providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	CloudHybrid
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Multi-Cloud Edge; Cloud SaaS; Distributed Anycast Edge	Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Embedded cloud workload module; Container / host Defender
Data residency	Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options	Region-specific cloud hosting (US, EU, APAC)
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	Web application firewall API discovery and protection OWASP Top 10 mitigation Automated bot protection Rate limiting File upload inspection Web application protection API threat mitigation
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	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA	OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog	Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX
Industries	BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more	Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers
Regions	Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)	Global
Vendor
Company	Imperva	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	2,000+	15,000+
Founded	2002	2005

Imperva WAAP

by Imperva

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Prisma Cloud WAAS

by Palo Alto Networks

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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.

Prisma Cloud WAAS

See what Prisma Cloud WAAS offers: rate limiting. It is built for API threat mitigation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Cloud Security tools.

Product type

Imperva WAAP

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Web Application and API Security (WAAS)

Best for

Imperva WAAP

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

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cross-industry, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS Providers

Pricing

Pricing model

Imperva WAAP

Contact Vendor

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Imperva WAAP

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Deployment

Deployment options

Imperva WAAP

SaaSCloud

Prisma Cloud WAAS

CloudHybrid

Deployment details

Imperva WAAP

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

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Embedded cloud workload module; Container / host Defender

Data residency

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Region-specific cloud hosting (US, EU, APAC)

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

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Web application firewall
API discovery and protection
OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Automated bot protection
Rate limiting
File upload inspection
Web application protection
API threat mitigation

Platform & access

API access

Imperva WAAP

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Single sign-on (SSO)

Imperva WAAP

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Role-based access (RBAC)

Imperva WAAP

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Multi-tenant

Imperva WAAP

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Mobile app

Imperva WAAP

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Supported platforms

Imperva WAAP

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsREST/GraphQL APIsMobile Backends

Prisma Cloud WAAS

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker

Compliance

Imperva WAAP

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Prisma Cloud WAAS

OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Imperva WAAP

TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX

Industries

Imperva WAAP

BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers

Regions

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Global

Vendor

Company

Imperva WAAP

Imperva

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

Imperva WAAP

San Mateo, California, USA

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

Imperva WAAP

2,000+

Prisma Cloud WAAS

15,000+

Founded

Imperva WAAP

2002

Prisma Cloud WAAS

2005