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Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)

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

MetricBarracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda

Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)

by Thales Group

Overall rating4.34.7
Review count1441
Ease of use8.89.4
Ease of setup8.69.2
Quality of support8.69.1
Meets requirements9.09.6
NPS46.15384687.179487
Small Business14.3%39.0%
Mid-Market64.3%19.5%
Enterprise21.4%41.5%
Total page views170464
Total LLM citations6054,607

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

Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)

As organizations increasingly rely on web applications to drive business, ensuring those applications are protected from cyber threats is essential. Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) delivers robust, enterprise-class protection for applications and APIs across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. With near-zero false positives and managed rules created and tested by Imperva Threat Research, more than 90% of customers deploy in blocking mode from day one.

Pros

  • Protection
  • Cybersecurity
  • WAF (Web Application Firewall)
  • Security
  • Real-time Monitoring
  • Customer Support