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We performed a comparison between Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Azure Web Application Firewall vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall Report (Updated: March 2024).
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"The solution has good dashboards.""It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn. It's cloud-based, so you don't need to buy or maintain any hardware infrastructure.""Azure WAF is extremely stable.""It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products.""The integration it has with GitHub is great.""We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation.""It has been a stable product in my experience.""The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."

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"The features I have found most valuable with Imperva Web Application Firewall are account takeover protection, advanced bot protection, and API security.""The WAF itself has been very valuable to me because it has such a complete range of features. Another reason why I like it is because it also takes care of the total overview of the traffic over the network.""The solution integrates seamlessly with other tools and has a good alert mechanism.""Imperva is easy to use and deploy. The UI is excellent.""The solution has been quite stable. I have not seen any bugs at all.""There is a quick switch between any of the the nodes if something goes wrong, where there's a there's an attack against a specific area. The security setup is reasonably easy. It's not a problem to do setups and rules and integrations. And, yeah, just the the back end team is also very willing to insist if there's questions that that we cannot answer or with these questions that we do have""Imperva Web Application Firewall is a highly stable solution and is very mature.""I am impressed with the product's scalability, availability, easy management, and security. We were able to integrate the product with Azure and Sentinel."

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Cons
"I would say that Azure's customer service is not that good...I am not very happy with the support offered.""The support for proxy forwarding could improve.""There is a need to be able to configure the solution more.""From a reporting perspective, they could do more there.""The documentation needs to be improved.""In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common.""Azure WAF should not be deployed in the middle of the traffic.""The management can be improved."

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"I am looking for more data enrichment. We should have the ability to add our own custom data to the system, to the live traffic.""It's a complicated tool to keep.""They can provide an option to create reports, automatically import the entire report, and create rules again. In a real-life crisis, it would be helpful to be able to import a report and generate security rules from that report. I should be able to create a simple query and import the reports automatically. It can maybe also tell us the format of the report.""It should be more user-friendly. Like other web solutions, it would be helpful to be able to easily do policy configuration and identification inside the application. Understanding the in-depth configuration of a policy is somewhat difficult for an engineer, and they can improve that.""Their portal is very limited and needs improvement.""Imperva Web Application Firewall is very expensive.""It would be useful if the solution used more intelligence in attack protection. For example, firewalls are to be dependent on the configuration, but if they could have some data science around it the solution would be even better. The profiling of the traffic, and making decisions surrounding that should be intelligence-based, instead of being based on the configuration of the firewall itself.""An improvement for Imperva WAF would be to reduce the number of false positives and create more strong use cases based on AI/ML or behavioral analytics."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft and the pricing is good."
  • "The price is for this solution is fair and there is a license needed."
  • "The price of the solution depends on your architecture and how you manage it. You can control the cost in Azure quite well. The costs do not directly correlate to expenses in the features we are using."
  • "Azure WAF has price advantages over other WAF solutions. The pricing model is flexible because you pay on a scale based on the level of protection you need."
  • "I give the pricing a nine out of ten."
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  • "Make sure you understand the way that Imperva charges. It's very affordable. However, I would like to see a package with the Virtual Patching included. You get to do patching separately."
  • "Everybody complains about the price of this solution."
  • "The cost of this solution depends on the platform."
  • "The price of this solution is a little bit high compared to competitors."
  • "There are some licenses that you have to buy to use some features. Its price could be better. Price is always important because, at the end of the day, customers have a budget. If you can meet the budget, you can sell, and if you don't, you cannot sell."
  • "There is a license for this solution and we purchase the license annually with no additional fees."
  • "There are a couple of different licensing models."
  • "The price of Imperva Web Application Firewalls is expensive compared to others."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The integration it has with GitHub is great.
    Top Answer:The pricing is quite high. It's not cheap. The free version doesn't have the capability a user would need.
    Top Answer:The documentation needs to be improved. It's not ideal. There are multiple deployment options. However, there is a lack of clarity around them. There's no real community to reach out to and no videos… more »
    Top Answer:For ADC, any ADC can do a good job. But in case if you want to add WAF functionality to the same ADC hardware you have to look for other ADC's like F5, Imperva, Radware, Fortinet, etc. 
    Top Answer:You can have a look to Imperva Cloud WAF, the anti-DDoS mitigation is under 1s and works very well. I observed a lot of DDoS attacks that were well managed (even not seen by the customer) by Imperva… more »
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    Overview

    Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities. Web applications are increasingly targeted by malicious attacks that exploit commonly known vulnerabilities. SQL injection and cross-site scripting are among the most common attacks.

    To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

    Imperva Web Application Firewall is a versatile solution that protects web applications and databases from various attacks, including DDoS, cross-site scripting, and SQL injection attacks. It offers data security, availability, and access control and can be deployed on-premises or on the cloud. 

    The solution has good security against web attacks and offers advanced bot protection, API security, and mitigation features. Imperva WAF is easy to configure and deploy; it has good customer service and an excellent user interface.

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    BlueCross BlueShield, eHarmony, EMF Broadcasting, GE Healthcare, Metro Bank, The Motley Fool, Siemens
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    Manufacturing Company29%
    Computer Software Company29%
    Pharma/Biotech Company14%
    Government14%
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    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government6%
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    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Insurance Company11%
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    Computer Software Company14%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Large Enterprise91%
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    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Azure Web Application Firewall vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Azure Web Application Firewall vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Azure Web Application Firewall is ranked 12th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 9 reviews while Imperva Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 44 reviews. Azure Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4, while Imperva Web Application Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Web Application Firewall writes "It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva Web Application Firewall writes "Offers simulation for studying infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure protection". Azure Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, whereas Imperva Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb and Barracuda Web Application Firewall. See our Azure Web Application Firewall vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall report.

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