We performed a comparison between AWS WAF and The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) 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."The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is the extra layer of security that I have when connecting to my web applications."
"We do not have to maintain the solution."
"The product’s availability, ease of configuration, and documentation are valuable."
"This product supplies options for web security for applications accessing sensitive information."
"It is a one-click WAF with no effort needed."
"Rule groups are valuable."
"The customized billing is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is its highly configurable rules system."
"When configuring a web application firewall using Signal Sciences, we configure a rule whereby no one except a few people can access the application."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily."
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"In a future release of this solution, I would like to see additional management features to make things simpler."
"The technical support does not respond to bugs in the coding of the product."
"The setup is complicated."
"The price could be improved."
"It would be good if the solution provided managed WAF services."
"The solution could be more reliable."
"We should be able to do proper whitelisting."
"One area for improvement in AWS WAF could be the limitation on the number of rules, particularly those from third-party sources, within the free tier."
"Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic."
"The areas that could be improved in Signal Sciences include the effectiveness of rules, as many didn't function optimally and required custom rule-writing to address bypasses for WAF."
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AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is ranked 28th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 2 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) writes "A good solution to implement web application firewall for applications". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Imperva Web Application Firewall, F5 Advanced WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, whereas The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai App and API Protector, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall. See our AWS WAF vs. The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) report.
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