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Imperva Web Application Firewall vs Indusface AppTrana comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Imperva Web Application Fir...
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Indusface AppTrana
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
29th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (22nd), Bot Management (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of Imperva Web Application Firewall is 5.8%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Indusface AppTrana is 0.4%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
 

Featured Reviews

Mitesh D Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Arinze Anakwue - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective and used as an effective firewall
We use Indusface AppTrana as a firewall The solution should add an enhanced dashboard to make it easy to navigate. I have been using Indusface AppTrana for a few months. Indusface AppTrana is a stable solution that doesn't break down. Around 100 users are using the solution in our…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is stable."
"The solution can scale."
"The solution is scalable."
"We can prevent attacks or issues even before they happen."
"The dynamic profiling of websites is the solution's most valuable feature. The security is also good."
"The most valuable feature of Imperva, in addition to its strong knowledge base, is its effective protection for web applications."
"Imperva monitors all traffic, even customer access, to the web application. Then, Imperva uses features like signatures to identify attacks like cross-site scripting or SQL injection."
"I have had a positive experience with Imperva Web Application Firewall's tech support so far. They are knowledgeable and respond on time."
"We use Indusface AppTrana as a firewall."
 

Cons

"Support is one thing I wish Imperva could improve."
"It's a complicated tool to keep."
"It would be helpful to have a "recommended deployment", or even a list of basic features that should either be used or turned on by default."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall is a good system, but we found that the visibility of the diverse-path server, e.g. where the traffic is coming from, the different IPs, etc., needs improvement."
"The tool's UI is complicated. It would be best to have a more accessible UI dashboard to make the job easier."
"There is nothing specific where the application firewall is falling short."
"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."
"It is complicated to integrate the solution's on-cloud version with other platforms."
"The solution should add an enhanced dashboard to make it easy to navigate."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is somewhat expensive. It is actually a huge investment when compared to other countries."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall is expensive."
"The price of this solution is a little bit high compared to competitors."
"It's an excellent product, but it can be very costly."
"The price is high compared to other solutions like FortiWeb."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall price is higher compared to other solutions. However, everything is included in the price."
"There is a license for this solution and we purchase the license annually with no additional fees."
"There are a couple of different licensing models."
"Indusface AppTrana is an affordable and cost-effective solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Questions from the Community

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.
DDoS solutions: Any other solutions to consider aside from Radware DDoS Protection Service 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...
What are some best practices for AppTrana?
One of the best practices is to educate employees on how to avoid becoming a bot, so to speak. Attackers often use compromised devices controlled remotely to launch DDoS attacks. It's essential to...
What are AppTrana's self-managed rules and how do they work?
The self-managed rules feature offers a lot of flexibility in defining the trigger conditions for activating rules within users' applications. Users can specify the circumstances under which the ru...
How exactly does a Web Application Firewall work?
Two of the advanced techniques that a WAF employs are geo-fencing and geo-blocking to further enhance security. Geo-fencing allows users to create a virtual perimeter around a specific geographica...
 

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