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WAF shortlist

Best WAF for API Security

A shortlist for teams evaluating WAF and WAAP products around API traffic, ingress paths, and managed application security.

Selection criteria

  • API traffic visibility
  • Rule and schema fit
  • Logging
  • Gateway or edge integration

Search intent

Users looking for WAF products with API security and WAAP positioning.

1

Managed WAAP and API security option

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Relevant for teams comparing edge WAF and API protection workflows together.

2

Enterprise WAAP platform

Akamai App & API Protector

Useful where API protection, bot controls, and edge delivery are evaluated together.

3

Open-source WAF and API security project

open-appsec

Relevant for Kubernetes and API-first cloud-native evaluation paths.

4

AWS-native API protection path

AWS WAF

Important where API Gateway, CloudFront, and AWS-native controls define the application path.

Ranking note

Shortlists are not universal rankings.

WAF fit depends on traffic path, hosting model, team skill, false-positive tolerance, and compliance needs. Treat this page as a research starting point, then validate the top candidates with your own workload.

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