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Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. AWS WAF

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

MetricBarracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda

AWS WAF

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.34.3
Review count1472
Ease of use8.88.5
Ease of setup8.68.4
Quality of support8.68.9
Meets requirements9.09.1
NPS46.15384650.769231
Small Business14.3%33.3%
Mid-Market64.3%33.3%
Enterprise21.4%33.3%
Total page views170208
Total LLM citations6051,023

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

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