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AWS WAF vs. Fastly's Web Application and API Security

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

MetricAWS WAF

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Fastly's Web Application and API Security

by Fastly

Overall rating4.34.2
Review count7230
Ease of use8.59.3
Ease of setup8.49.2
Quality of support8.99.3
Meets requirements9.19.1
NPS50.76923144.827586
Small Business33.3%13.3%
Mid-Market33.3%50.0%
Enterprise33.3%36.7%
Total page views208438
Total LLM citations1,023656

AWS WAF

AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a security service designed to protect web applications and APIs from common web exploits and bots that can compromise security, affect availability, or consume excessive resources. By enabling users to define customizable web security rules, AWS WAF allows precise control over which traffic to allow or block, ensuring robust protection tailored to specific application needs.

Pros

  • WAF (Web Application Firewall)
  • Solutions
  • Cloud Integration
  • Custom Rules
  • DDoS Protection
  • Protection

Fastly's Web Application and API Security

Fastly’s AppSec solutions empower teams to mitigate threats and control bots while helping the business move faster, confidently. Protect Your Apps and APIs While Accelerating Growth with Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF, DDoS Protection, Bot Management, API Security, and more. Our solutions are designed to help you stop cyber threats from derailing your biggest moments, accelerate innovation while minimizing new risk, and govern bots without increasing user friction.

Pros

  • Security
  • Ease of Use
  • Protection
  • DDoS Protection
  • API Management
  • Easy Integrations