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

Sucuri Security and Fastly are both solutions in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category. Sucuri Security is ranked #24 with an average rating of 8.0, while Fastly is ranked #27 with an average rating of 7.7. Sucuri Security holds a 0.7% mindshare in WAF, compared to Fastly’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Sucuri Security users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Fastly users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Sucuri and Fastly Next-Gen WAF compete in the web application security space. Fastly Next-Gen WAF has the upper hand in advanced threat analysis and customization, while Sucuri is better for affordability and ease of use.

Features: Sucuri includes DDoS protection, website integrity monitoring, and performance optimization. Fastly Next-Gen WAF features real-time threat detection, machine learning capabilities, and API protection for handling complex attack vectors.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sucuri is easy to deploy with minimal configuration necessary. Fastly Next-Gen WAF, although complex, provides comprehensive support and guidance for advanced security setups.

Pricing and ROI: Sucuri is a cost-effective solution with low setup costs, ideal for budget-conscious buyers. Fastly Next-Gen WAF, despite a higher price, offers greater ROI for enterprises needing high-grade security with scalable features.

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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

Sucuri

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

24th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (15th), Domain Name System (DNS) Security (13th)

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (po...

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

27th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of Sucuri is 0.7%, down from 0.8% 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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Akshit Malik

Junior Associate - IT at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Provides website security, safeguarding against various threats and effective protection against DDoS attacks

The initial setup is moderate because it's neither too easy nor too hard. Sucuri provides us with many ways to set up our site, handle the routing, and perform the necessary configurations. It's deployed on the cloud. We used the managed service of Sucuri and then routed all the requests from Sucuri to our AWS platform.

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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

"The initial setup was very easy."

"Domain name scanning since it allows us to scan all our domain names and determine whether it has malware or if is reported as phishing."

"The most valuable part is the analytics and visualization."

"The initial setup was straightforward. Straight forward because the plugin can simply be installed and then it does its job. It's not complex, there is no learning curve. The online scan is simple, you put in the website address and the scan gives us a report on the browser itself. It's simple to use."

"It significantly eases the workload and streamlines the initial setup required to protect a website."

"I use it as a WAF, which is basically a web firewall to monitor and block traffic to our web server."

"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."

"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."

Cons

"In terms of improvement, the cost factor is always there."

"I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. The reason is that we have found sometimes customers or Google saying that there is something wrong with the website but Sucuri says that the site is clean so we do have to look at the site manually which means that the Sucuri scan does not pick up anything and everything."

"Confident score: Currently it does not have one and there are cases that most websites flagged are false-positives."

"Sucuri could provide help for specific security alerts in-line instead of requiring users to search for it in the help section."

"It would greatly benefit customers if they implemented an online chat or messaging system for quicker assistance."

"The main improvement I would like to see is support for .NET applications. If they could include this feature, I would include more sites in the protection."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The ROI has been very good. Because of the solution, I have a tax break. The site developers were not always experienced people. We used to pay more for cleaning up the site when it was infected. Now, we have peace of mind knowing that the solution will clean up the site and that we won't have to go through the unnecessary process of restoring it from a backup. The protection on the WAF and the measures for backups have also prevented our site from going down."

"I’d simply say it’s really worth it."

"It stands out as a more cost-effective option compared to other cloud-based security services like Cloudflare or JetPass."

"Sucuri offers different plans, both the standard plan and an advanced plan. So there are different plans to choose from."

"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

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

23%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Educational Organization

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Sucuri?

The initial setup was very easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sucuri?

The pricing is very reasonable. Sucuri offer other features as an add-on, such as backup, but these have an additional cost. We host the sites ourselves, so I don't take it because it was redundant.

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What needs improvement with Sucuri?

The main improvement I would like to see is support for .NET applications. If they could include this feature, I would include more sites in the protection. In future releases, perhaps Sucuri could...

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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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Overview

Sucuri gives website owners peace of mind with solutions that prevent hackers from abusing websites, and professional response services to those compromised. Sucuri is dedicated to researching the latest and emerging threats affecting websites like yours. Website security should be attainable for all website owners; we focus on making that a reality. Get back to running awesome WordPress websites. Our services are built around three principles – People. Process. Technology.

Sucuri Security

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.

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The Loft Salon, Tom McFarlin, WPBeginner, Taylor Town, Everything Everywhere, Financial Ducks in a Row, Chubstr, Real Advice Gal, Sujan Patel, Wallao, List25, School the World

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