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Radware Cloud WAF Service vs Salt Security comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 9, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Radware Cloud WAF Service
Ranking in API Security
3rd
Ranking in AI Security
14th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (2nd)
Salt Security
Ranking in API Security
4th
Ranking in AI Security
22nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the API Security category, the mindshare of Radware Cloud WAF Service is 1.9%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salt Security is 8.8%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Radware Cloud WAF Service1.9%
Salt Security8.8%
Other89.3%
API Security
 

Featured Reviews

Carla Vega - PeerSpot reviewer
Defensive cybersecurity engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Automated protection has streamlined attack mitigation and now safeguards critical services
I consider the best feature that Radware Cloud WAF Service offers is protection against application layer attacks, layer seven, mainly. That layer seven protection has benefited me significantly by reducing false positives and guaranteeing service availability for us. I have positive impressions of the API Discovery feature, since it allows me to discover APIs. The API Discovery feature has helped me register some APIs that I didn't have, and it has also made it easier for me in my integrations with other services. It has seemed a very useful and easy-to-use functionality given its platform. I would rate Radware Cloud WAF Service's ability to protect against zero-day attacks as very effective, since recently, given the PHP vulnerability, it helped us to mitigate that type of attack until we carried out patching and mitigation. I use the automatic source blocking feature in Radware's cloud application protection solution, and the experience has been very good, as the functionality helps us in the detection and protection of applications. The proactive and holistic approach based on correlation between modules has been effective in protecting my applications since, as the modules are from the same vendor, they allow us more native integration and they operate more efficiently. My opinion of the automated analytics for event review that the platform offers is positive, as sending metrics on a monthly basis in order to optimize our services, and the automated analytics helps us provide that report. I would rate Radware Cloud WAF Service's ability to block unknown threats and attacks as very good, as it allows us to block unknown threats and attacks thanks to its knowledge base. I consider the combination of negative and positive security models based on behavior important for my organization's security strategy, since attackers are constantly evolving and modifying IOCs, which challenges us to use this kind of behavioral analysis for more efficient detection. I consider that Bot Manager would help in my compliance efforts, since the reports we are requested are quarterly, mainly for regulatory compliance that we have. Regarding Radware Cloud WAF Service's artificial intelligence capabilities, I think its governance and security level seem appropriate. The accuracy and reliability of the results offered by the platform's artificial intelligence convince me, since the AI helps us automate some processes and searches.
Tbaker Baker - PeerSpot reviewer
Risk Advisory Senior Manager at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Behavioral AI has protected critical applications and now blocks complex external attacks
I think Salt Security could improve their implementations. The one that I saw was very complex and took quite a bit of time, and if the environment is unique at all, it takes quite a bit of time to figure out how to properly ensure that it will be implemented. A lot of times there is a steep learning curve for someone that hasn't been in it to figure out the APIs and really dig deep into it, but once you get used to it, it is easy. However, that ramp-up period could be tough. I think Salt Security could use a more enterprise focus. Some of the smaller companies that I have referred them to think it is a little bit too complex for them, so if they could come up with a different version or something a little bit easier to simplify their platform, they may be able to find more customers that way.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Since using Radware Cloud WAF Service, there are reductions in attacks."
"No valuable quote was provided in the review."
"Radware Bot Manager has been very useful. If any user tries to save a password on a mobile or a browser, it blocks that. We can see all the details about the traffic and port requests."
"The DDoS attack mitigation and bot mitigation have worked well for us, as we implement rate limits to requests and block connections from countries like China where we don't have clients, which has helped us to identify and block these attacks."
"The features I find most valuable about Radware Cloud WAF Service are primarily rate-limiting, geo-blocking, web DDoS protection, and some other basic features."
"One of the most valuable features we have found in the solution is protection against attacks from botnet networks and the requests that these remote networks can generate that are blocked from our servers. That frees us from having to deal with that traffic."
"It has features such as API security that protect against advanced attacks, including business logic attacks. It comes with additional functionalities such as bot protection and AI-driven threat signatures, along with threat intelligence, making it much more than the traditional WAF that we have on-prem."
"The features I find best about Radware Cloud WAF Service are its user-friendly GUI and the smooth deployment or onboarding process, and the dashboard allows me to see trends weekly, monthly, and daily for this particular application, enabling me to take action if I want to allow or block specific IPs or traffic."
"It's really great. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. I haven't encountered any instability issues."
"Salt Security gives you visibility of all your APIs, identifies API security issues, and immediately alerts you of attacks."
"Salt Security gave me much better visibility into API risk, helping me identify exposed endpoints, misconfigured APIs, and sensitive data flowing through APIs that required additional controls, and it has become an important part of my API security program."
"Salt Security has positively impacted my organization and my client's organization by being able to stop cyberattacks and ensure that they have proper security over all their applications, giving them a sense of peace of mind that they have security over something that could ultimately take down the whole company if not mitigated properly."
 

Cons

"They've changed their process for call logging. I suppose it's fine, but I used to be able to send emails in. They could also build up more local resiliency here in South Africa. They're working on that, so it isn't much of an issue now."
"I would rate the customer support of Radware Cloud WAF Service as very improvable since they provide only pre-packaged answers."
"Whenever we handle an incident, we have to generate many reports. We have to get data, information, and screenshots on multiple things. A future feature in Radware Cloud WAF Service that could give us a presentable report for our stakeholders would be a really great addition."
"Something that could be added to Radware Cloud WAF Service would be a bit more training and not having to depend so much on the vendor, because sometimes when you have to configure advanced policies it requires a lot of experience and dependence on the vendor to provide support throughout the implementation of those advanced policies."
"Sometimes, I encounter issues with password reset, particularly in the last two weeks. This indicates some reliability issues or problems within the management interface."
"The initial setup was complex and took a long time to complete."
"The integration part could be better."
"Regarding aspects that Radware Cloud WAF Service could improve, I would suggest that at the start, on the home interface, having dashboards that help us summarize and extract metrics would be beneficial."
"The integration part could be a bit extended."
"The setup cost was acceptable, but adding additional APIs was actually quite expensive."
"Regarding scalability, for users in smaller environments, it is not exactly the best."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When compared to Akamai and F5, Radware's pricing and licensing are highly competitive."
"The pricing is fair."
"The pricing is fair; it's neither particularly cheap nor expensive."
"I am not directly involved in pricing and setup cost discussions, but it seems that Radware offers a more cost-effective solution compared to F5. It is considered a good value for our budget."
"I believe the prices are fair."
"We evaluated other options and, if I remember correctly, one of them was Fortinet, but they didn't seem as effective as Radware. But the price was the biggest difference. Radware had the best price for our type of network and level of scaling."
"For the current market, the price for Radware Cloud WAF Service is exactly where we want it to be."
"The pricing is fair. We compared Radware to others using industry reviews and Radware is at the top right now."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Energy/Utilities Company
14%
Computer Software Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise55
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud WAF Service?
I did not purchase Radware Cloud WAF Service through the AWS Marketplace. My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Radware Cloud WAF Service is not something I decide, as it comes f...
What needs improvement with Radware Cloud WAF Service?
There is one thing that needs to be improved in Radware Cloud WAF Service. When I am onboarding any kind of application and while bypassing those applications, it takes too much time. This time nee...
What is your primary use case for Radware Cloud WAF Service?
My main use case for Radware Cloud WAF Service is to prevent attacks. We have web applications for our company, and we need to prevent those web apps from various kinds of attacks such as DDoS or i...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Salt Security?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that I think it was affordable. For smaller companies, it might be a barrier to entry, but for the large enterprise that I was working with,...
What needs improvement with Salt Security?
I think Salt Security could improve their implementations. The one that I saw was very complex and took quite a bit of time, and if the environment is unique at all, it takes quite a bit of time to...
What is your primary use case for Salt Security?
My main use case for Salt Security is that one of my clients uses it as a security vendor for their security across all of their overlying applications. I can give you a specific example of how my ...
 

Also Known As

Radware API Security Service
Salt Security API Protection Platform
 

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Sample Customers

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Appsflyer, Armis, City National Bank, Coralogix, Finastra, Gett, Honeybook, Payoneer
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