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Active Bot Protection vs. Barracuda Web Application Firewall

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricActive Bot Protection

by Variti

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda

Overall rating4.44.3
Review count1214
Ease of use9.48.8
Ease of setup9.28.6
Quality of support8.98.6
Meets requirements9.49.0
NPS58.33333346.153846
Small Business33.3%14.3%
Mid-Market25.0%64.3%
Enterprise41.7%21.4%
Total page views77170
Total LLM citations76605

Active Bot Protection

Active Bot Protection​ is a user-friendly bot mitigation solution for multi-dimensional traffic analysis that can detect anomalies indicative of malicious activity, as well as prevent and mitigate DDoS attacks in real time without compromising user experience.

Pros

    Barracuda Web Application Firewall

    Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) is purpose-built to protect your web, mobile, and API applications from today’s most advanced threats. It helps prevent data breaches and ensures business continuity by blocking OWASP Top 10 attacks, L4–L7 DDoS, zero-day exploits, and more. With Advanced Bot Protection powered by cloud-based machine learning, Barracuda WAF detects and stops malicious bots responsible for web scraping, credential stuffing, and account takeover attempts—before they can do damage.

    Pros

    • Cybersecurity
    • SSL Encryption
    • Management Efficiency
    • Configuration Ease
    • Setup Ease
    • Features