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Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) vs. F5 NGINX

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

MetricImperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)

by Thales Group

F5 NGINX

by F5

Overall rating4.74.6
Review count41113
Ease of use9.48.7
Ease of setup9.28.6
Quality of support9.18.1
Meets requirements9.69.4
NPS87.17948776.785714
Small Business39.0%39.8%
Mid-Market19.5%39.8%
Enterprise41.5%20.4%
Total page views4641,370
Total LLM citations4,6077,495

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

F5 NGINX

NGINX, Inc. is the company behind NGINX, the popular open source project trusted by more than 400 million sites. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. The NGINX Application Platform enables enterprises undergoing digital transformation to modernize legacy, monolithic applications as well as deliver new, microservices‑based applications. Companies like Netflix, Starbucks, and McDonalds rely on NGINX to reduce costs, improve resiliency, and speed innovation.

Pros

  • Configuration Ease