The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) vs Virsec Security Platform comparison

The compared Fastly and Virsec Systems solutions aren't in the same category. Fastly is ranked #27 in WAF , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 1.0% mindshare in the category. Virsec Systems is ranked #25 in CWPP , with an average rating of 7.0, and holds a 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Fastly users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Virsec Systems users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (po...

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (27th)

Virsec Security Platform

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (34th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (56th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (25th)

Mindshare comparison

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) and Virsec Security Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is designed for Web Application Firewall (WAF) and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, up 0.7% compared to last year.
Virsec Security Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP), holds 0.2% mindshare, down 0.2% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

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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KevinMcCarthy

Security Manager at Klearnow

Helps with Zero-day protection

We use the solution for Zero-day protection. The solution stops any kind of remote code execution. The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load. I have been using the product for a year. I would rate the tool's stability a six out of ten. I would…

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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

"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."

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

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

"We use the solution for Zero-day protection."

Cons

"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."

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

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

"The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has an affordable cost."

"The pricing is 50% less than Akamai."

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

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Educational Organization

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Healthcare Company

26%

Manufacturing Company

22%

University

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Virsec Security Platform?

We use the solution for Zero-day protection.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Virsec Security Platform?

I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Virsec Security Platform?

The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load.

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Also Known As

Signal Sciences Next-Gen WAF, Signal Sciences RASP

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Overview

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

Virsec Security Platform (VSP) is an enterprise cybersecurity solution that continuously protects application, web and host workloads against advanced cyber threats and neutralizes zero-day exploits with zero dwell time (milliseconds). The Virsec Security Platform (VSP) aligns with Zero Trust Architectural approaches and presents a portfolio of compensating security controls that automate the enforcement of runtime execution of authorized processes, scripts, libraries and dependencies that harden Windows and Linux Host OS (Operating System) server, application, and web workloads at runtime.

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Sample Customers

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

Broadcom, Allstate, Department of Homeland Security

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