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Product	Prisma Cloud WAAS by Palo Alto Networks View product	Imperva WAAP by Imperva View product
Overview
What it is	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.	Imperva WAAP: unified WAAP platform, automated OWASP protection and behavioral bot mitigation. Built for comprehensive web security. Compare API Security alternatives.
Product type	Web Application and API Security (WAAS)	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform
Best for	Cross-industry, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS Providers	Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Government, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, Public Sector
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybrid	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Embedded cloud workload module; Container / host Defender	Cloud SaaS / Multi-Cloud Edge; Cloud SaaS; Distributed Anycast Edge
Data residency	Region-specific cloud hosting (US, EU, APAC)	Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options
Key features
What it offers	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	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
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	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker	Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsREST/GraphQL APIsMobile Backends
Compliance	OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX	TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog
Industries	Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers	BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more
Regions	Global	Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)
Vendor
Company	Palo Alto Networks	Imperva
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	San Mateo, California, USA
Company size	15,000+	2,000+
Founded	2005	2002

Prisma Cloud WAAS

by Palo Alto Networks

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Imperva WAAP

by Imperva

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Overview

What it is

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.

Imperva WAAP

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

Product type

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Web Application and API Security (WAAS)

Imperva WAAP

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) Platform

Best for

Prisma Cloud WAAS

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

Imperva WAAP

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Contact Vendor

Imperva WAAP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Imperva WAAP

Deployment

Deployment options

Prisma Cloud WAAS

CloudHybrid

Imperva WAAP

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Prisma Cloud WAAS

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

Imperva WAAP

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

Data residency

Prisma Cloud WAAS

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

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast edge; Regional compliance options

Key features

What it offers

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

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

Platform & access

API access

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Imperva WAAP

Single sign-on (SSO)

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Imperva WAAP

Role-based access (RBAC)

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Imperva WAAP

Multi-tenant

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Imperva WAAP

Mobile app

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Imperva WAAP

Supported platforms

Prisma Cloud WAAS

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker

Imperva WAAP

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsREST/GraphQL APIsMobile Backends

Compliance

Prisma Cloud WAAS

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

Imperva WAAP

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX

Imperva WAAP

TerraformSplunkMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarDatadog

Industries

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers

Imperva WAAP

BankingRetailHealthcareMediaGovernmentBanking & Finance+2 more

Regions

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Global

Imperva WAAP

Global Anycast network (60+ PoPs)

Vendor

Company

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Palo Alto Networks

Imperva WAAP

Imperva

Headquarters

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Santa Clara, California, USA

Imperva WAAP

San Mateo, California, USA

Company size

Prisma Cloud WAAS

15,000+

Imperva WAAP

2,000+

Founded

Prisma Cloud WAAS

2005

Imperva WAAP

2002