Indusface AppTrana vs The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) comparison

Indusface and Fastly are both solutions in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category. Indusface is ranked #29 with an average rating of 9.0, while Fastly is ranked #28 with an average rating of 7.5. Indusface holds a 0.3% mindshare in WAF, compared to Fastly’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Indusface users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Fastly users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Indusface AppTrana

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

29th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (22nd), Bot Management (11th)

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (po...

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

28th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of Indusface AppTrana is 0.3%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Arinze Anakwue

Cyber Security Engineer at Uniccon Group of Companies

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…

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Archana Heeralal

Security Engineer at Amazon

A good solution to implement web application firewall for applications

There are some lags in Signal Sciences for the web application firewalls. Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic. There is a little bit of complexity with custom rules that should be removed. Signal Sciences should add a feature called rate limiting with multiple options, wherein I can create a rate limiting based on the cookie request or the IP.

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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

"We use Indusface AppTrana as a firewall."

"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily."

"Fastly (Signal Sciences) integrates and tags the intermittent traffic based on patterns. It generates signals and provides them in a dashboard where we can view them and decide whether to allow or deny traffic. It's a more advanced and easy-to-navigate dashboard."

"When configuring a web application firewall using Signal Sciences, we configure a rule whereby no one except a few people can access the application."

Cons

"The solution should add an enhanced dashboard to make it easy to navigate."

"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."

"Fastly don't support caching for China users. That's the only feature lacking compared to Akamai."

"Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Indusface AppTrana is an affordable and cost-effective solution."

"The product has an affordable cost."

"Signal Sciences is pretty cheap compared to other solutions."

"The pricing is 50% less than Akamai."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Educational Organization

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

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...

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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...

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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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What do you like most about Signal Sciences?

The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signal Sciences?

The pricing is 50% less than Akamai.

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What needs improvement with Signal Sciences?

Fastly don't support caching for China users. That's the only feature lacking compared to Akamai.

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Also Known As

AppTrana

Signal Sciences Next-Gen WAF, Signal Sciences RASP

Overview

AppTrana is designed to address the shortcomings in existing cloud security solutions which claim to provide comprehensive protection using only technology based cookie cutter solutions. Welcome to the new world of AppTrana where your entire application security is custom built by experts based on your existing risk posture.

Indusface

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) provides web application and API protection, RASP, rate limiting, bot protection and DDoS purpose built to eliminate the challenges of legacy WAF.

Fastly

Sample Customers

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Chef, Adobe, Datadog, Etsy, GrubHub, Vimeo, SendGrid, Under Armour, Duo, AppNexus

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