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Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. Fastly's Web Application and API Security

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

MetricBarracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda

Fastly's Web Application and API Security

by Fastly

Overall rating4.34.2
Review count1430
Ease of use8.89.3
Ease of setup8.69.2
Quality of support8.69.3
Meets requirements9.09.1
NPS46.15384644.827586
Small Business14.3%13.3%
Mid-Market64.3%50.0%
Enterprise21.4%36.7%
Total page views170438
Total LLM citations605656

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

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