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Imperva Web Application Firewall

Read 45 Imperva Web Application Firewall reviews
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Imperva Web Application Firewall vs. NGINX App Protect
March 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Imperva Web Application Firewall and NGINX App Protect 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.
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Anonymous User
An easy-to-use solution that integrates seamlessly to block OWSAP attacks
The solution reduces the risk of attacks and that benefits our clients.
Vijay Lalwani
Researched Imperva Web Application Firewall but chose NGINX App Protect: Easy to analyze security abnormalities, stable, and the support is good
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Pros
"Imperva Web Application Firewall is stable.""The solution is cloud-based and offers us good uptime. It has combined web and API security. Therefore, with one license, you access both application security and also API security.""The most valuable features of the Imperva Web Application Firewall are performance and flexibility. We can extend or customize the box itself.""Imperva monitors all traffic, even customer access, to the web application. Then, Imperva uses features like signatures to identify attacks like cross-site scripting or SQL injection.""The solution is scalable.""Learning mode and custom policies are helpful features.""Imperva WAF's strongest features are the detection of web application threats and vulnerabilities in the source code.""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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"We were looking for a product that is capable of complete automation and a container based solution. It's working.""WAF is useful to track mitigation, inclusion, prevention, and the parametric firewall.""I tested specific features and evaluated the solution against the Web Application Firewall. I conducted research to test different detection percentages. I did not use it directly for protection but for evaluation purposes.""The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is the reverse proxy.""It's very easy to deploy.""The stability of the product is very impressive since it handles 60,000 to 70,000 requests or transactions per second.""The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its open source.""The initial setup was simple and took three to four days."

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"Imperva Web Application Firewall is very expensive.""Imperva Web Application Firewall could improve the console by making it easier to use.""It would be nice to have more security control over mobile applications so I would suggest adding more mobile security features. It would also be beneficial to see improvements in regards to interface bandwidth performance, CPU time, and RAM size. Learning capability of the device is quite weak.""Some of the features should be included in the next release is a file integrating monitoring tool. This feature should be improved.""I think that better bot protection is needed in this solution.""Imperva Web Application Firewall can improve by adding more features to the dashboard. increasing the visibility of the real-time events, besides configuring the administration itself.""I'd like the option to pick your bot protection.""I would like to improve the tool's turnaround time in terms of support."

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"Its technical support could be better.""I encountered issues with NGINX App Protect while trying to upgrade custom rules.""The configuration needs to be more flexible because it is difficult to do things that are outside of the ordinary.""The integration of NGINX App Protect could improve.""As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment.""They could provide a better user interface.""Right now, the tool doesn't provide an option revolving around update feeds, specifically the signature update option in the UI.""It's challenging if you need to go for a high throughput."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "The licensing fees for this solution are pretty expensive for what it does, but there is no alternative."
  • "Our licensing costs are about $40,000 a year."
  • "Really understand the licensing model, because we underestimated that."
  • "There are no additional fees."
  • "NGINX is not expensive."
  • "The pricing is reasonable because NGINX operates on an instance basis."
  • "There is a license needed to use NGINX App Protect."
  • "There are not any additional costs we had to pay to use NGINX App Protect."

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    Questions from the Community
    Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring a...
    Top Answer:My recommendation is Imperva.
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    Is Citrix ADC (formerly Netscaler) the best ADC to use and if not why?
    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. 
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    DDoS solutions: Any other solutions to consider aside from Radware Defens...
    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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    What do you like most about NGINX App Protect?
    Top Answer:It's very easy to deploy.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX App Protect?
    Top Answer:The solution has yearly, three-year, and five-year subscriptions.
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    What needs improvement with NGINX App Protect?
    Top Answer:NGINX App Protect could provide a better user interface.
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    Ranking
    6th
    out of 79 in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Views
    8,226
    Comparisons
    6,592
    Reviews
    15
    Average Words per Review
    361
    Rating
    8.7
    15th
    out of 79 in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Views
    3,450
    Comparisons
    2,597
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    334
    Rating
    8.7
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
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    Overview

    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.

    NGINX App Protect application security solution combines the efficacy of advanced F5 web application firewall (WAF) technology with the agility and performance of NGINX Plus. The solution runs natively on NGINX Plus and addresses some of the most difficult challenges facing modern DevOps environments:

    • Integrating security controls directly into the development automation pipeline
    • Applying and managing security for modern and distributed application environments such as containers and microservices
    • Providing the right level of security controls without impacting release and go-to-market velocity
    • Complying with security and regulatory requirements

    NGINX App Protect offers:

    • Expanded security beyond basic signatures to ensure adequate controls
    • F5 app‑security technology for efficacy superior to ModSecurity and other WAFs
    • Confidently run in “blocking” mode in production with proven F5 expertise
    • High‑confidence signatures for extremely low false positives
    • Increases visibility, integrating with third‑party analytics solutions
    • Integrates security and WAF natively into the CI/CD pipeline
    • Deploys as a lightweight software package that is agnostic of underlying infrastructure
    • Facilitates declarative policies for “security as code” and integration with DevOps tools
    • Decreases developer burden and provides feedback loop for quick security remediation
    • Accelerates time to market and reduces costs with DevSecOps‑automated security
    Sample Customers
    BlueCross BlueShield, eHarmony, EMF Broadcasting, GE Healthcare, Metro Bank, The Motley Fool, Siemens
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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Insurance Company11%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Comms Service Provider33%
    Insurance Company17%
    Computer Software Company17%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Healthcare Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business54%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise47%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Imperva Web Application Firewall vs. NGINX App Protect
    March 2024
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    Imperva Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 45 reviews while NGINX App Protect is ranked 15th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 19 reviews. Imperva Web Application Firewall is rated 8.6, while NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Imperva Web Application Firewall writes "Offers simulation for studying infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". Imperva Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb and Azure Front Door, whereas NGINX App Protect is most compared with AWS WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF and Fortinet FortiWeb. See our Imperva Web Application Firewall vs. NGINX App Protect report.

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