Azure Web Application Firewall vs Imperva Web Application Firewall comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Azure Web Application Firewall vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall Report (Updated: June 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Web Application Firewall

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Microsoft Security Suite (18th)

Imperva Web Application Fir...

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of Azure Web Application Firewall is 6.8%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Imperva Web Application Firewall is 7.0%, down from 7.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Unique Categories:

Microsoft Security Suite

1.3%

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Featured Reviews

reviewer2310048

Architect- Cloud/Automation at ICERTIS

Nov 27, 2023

Fast time to deploy and integrates well into the Azure ecosystem, but is expensive

I use the solution as an internal dashboard app for internal customers. We use its different automation features. We mainly implemented it since it was easy to use and deploy. I was new to Azure and we had to deploy something quickly. The automation gives us a quick turnaround. The time to…

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Mitesh D Patel

Senior Technical Consultant- Cyber Security at Ivalue Infosolution

Apr 18, 2024

Effectively defends against threats like cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and others

It does bring value. For example, consider a BFSI customer. Their application is critical and represents their brand. Without a WAF, an attack could take their application down, harming their reputation. It leads to hampering the customer's workflow. With an Imperva WAF, they protect against attacks like DDoS or SQL injection, ensuring their application remains available and customers are happy. That's the main benefit for both the customer and the organization. The impact depends on the customer's use case. If their business primarily operates online, a CDN is beneficial for traffic optimization. Moreover, the integration options depend on the specific use case of our customers. Generally, integration capabilities are good with SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) parts.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."

"We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation."

"It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products."

"It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn. It's cloud-based, so you don't need to buy or maintain any hardware infrastructure."

"It has been a stable product in my experience."

"The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."

"Azure WAF is extremely stable."

"The solution has good dashboards."

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"Learning mode and custom policies are helpful features."

"The solution has been quite stable. I have not seen any bugs at all."

"There is a quick switch between any of the the nodes if something goes wrong, where there's a there's an attack against a specific area. The security setup is reasonably easy. It's not a problem to do setups and rules and integrations. And, yeah, just the the back end team is also very willing to insist if there's questions that that we cannot answer or with these questions that we do have"

"Imperva has a complete picture of how the applications are utilizing it. It is handy. DDoS is good. It has an internally managed database. It is very easy to integrate. We have integrated it with SIEM services."

"There are many features. There is ease of deployment. You can deploy the Imperva Web Application Firewall in two to three minutes. After that, you have to set the policies. For setting policies, you have toggle buttons. You can turn something on or off."

"We can prevent attacks or issues even before they happen."

"The WAF itself has been very valuable to me because it has such a complete range of features. Another reason why I like it is because it also takes care of the total overview of the traffic over the network."

"Imperva is a Gartner leader, so its scalability, performance, and features are excellent."

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Cons

"Deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it."

"From a reporting perspective, they could do more there."

"The support for proxy forwarding could improve."

"The management can be improved."

"I would say that Azure's customer service is not that good...I am not very happy with the support offered."

"There is a need to be able to configure the solution more."

"In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common."

"The documentation needs to be improved."

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"The signature updates could be faster. Sometimes we have to upload signatures to the Imperva portal for checking and analysis before we can use them."

"The support for the on-premises version needs improvement."

"It is complicated to integrate the solution's on-cloud version with other platforms."

"They can provide an option to create reports, automatically import the entire report, and create rules again. In a real-life crisis, it would be helpful to be able to import a report and generate security rules from that report. I should be able to create a simple query and import the reports automatically. It can maybe also tell us the format of the report."

"It would be nice to have more security control over mobile applications so I would suggest adding more mobile security features. It would also be beneficial to see improvements in regards to interface bandwidth performance, CPU time, and RAM size. Learning capability of the device is quite weak."

"The only disadvantage of Imperva is that it is a pretty costly solution."

"One potential improvement for Imperva is enhancing its alert system."

"It's a complicated tool to keep."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is for this solution is fair and there is a license needed."

"The price of the solution depends on your architecture and how you manage it. You can control the cost in Azure quite well. The costs do not directly correlate to expenses in the features we are using."

"I give the pricing a nine out of ten."

"Azure WAF has price advantages over other WAF solutions. The pricing model is flexible because you pay on a scale based on the level of protection you need."

"We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft and the pricing is good."

"It's an excellent product, but it can be very costly."

"We sell three-year licenses for Imperva Web Application Firewall to our customers. The price is a little expensive."

"It is a very affordable solution."

"Everybody complains about the price of this solution."

"The tool is expensive."

"The solution's pricing is an issue."

"The pricing is somewhat expensive. It is actually a huge investment when compared to other countries."

"Imperva Web Application Firewall's pricing is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

22%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Web Application Firewall?

The integration it has with GitHub is great.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Web Application Firewall?

The pricing is quite high. It's not cheap. The free version doesn't have the capability a user would need.

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What needs improvement with Azure Web Application Firewall?

The documentation needs to be improved. It's not ideal. There are multiple deployment options. However, there is a lack of clarity around them. There's no real community to reach out to and no vide...

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Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

My recommendation is Imperva.

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Is Citrix ADC (formerly Netscaler) the best ADC to use and if not why?

For ADC, any ADC can do a good job. But in case if you want to add WAF functionality to the same ADC hardware you have to look for other ADC's like F5, Imperva, Radware, Fortinet, etc.

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DDoS solutions: Any other solutions to consider aside from Radware DefensePro and F5 Silverline DDoS Protection?

You can have a look to Imperva Cloud WAF, the anti-DDoS mitigation is under 1s and works very well. I observed a lot of DDoS attacks that were well managed (even not seen by the customer) by Imperv...

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 2% of the time

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Overview

Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities. Web applications are increasingly targeted by malicious attacks that exploit commonly known vulnerabilities. SQL injection and cross-site scripting are among the most common attacks.

To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

Imperva Web Application Firewall is a versatile solution that protects web applications and databases from various attacks, including DDoS, cross-site scripting, and SQL injection attacks. It offers data security, availability, and access control and can be deployed on-premises or on the cloud.

The solution has good security against web attacks and offers advanced bot protection, API security, and mitigation features. Imperva WAF is easy to configure and deploy; it has good customer service and an excellent user interface.

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BlueCross BlueShield, eHarmony, EMF Broadcasting, GE Healthcare, Metro Bank, The Motley Fool, Siemens

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