# AWS WAF Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 AWS WAF Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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AWS WAF

## What is AWS WAF?

AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a cloud-based web application security solution from Amazon Web Services (AWS). It provides a firewall that protects web applications from common web exploits and bots. AWS WAF helps users detect and block SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and other layer seven attacks. The service works with Amazon CloudFront and Application Load Balancer to monitor and control incoming web traffic to applications.

## What is AWS WAF used for?

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### AWS WAF

4.5 (4)

VS.

[4.5 (241)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172277/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

$395

Other, One Time

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.8 (4)

Ease Of Use

4.5 (446)

Value For Money

3.8 (4)

Value For Money

4.6 (415)

Customer Service

5.0 (3)

Customer Service

4.7 (410)

## AWS WAF alternatives

[4.6 (33)](https://www.capterra.com/p/203059/NordLayer/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

94%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

Highest Rated

[WatchGuard Firebox](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/)

[4.8 (446)](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

99%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/)

[ESET Endpoint Security](https://www.capterra.com/p/151915/ESET-Endpoint-Security/)

[4.7 (1,169)](https://www.capterra.com/p/151915/ESET-Endpoint-Security/reviews/)

Starting price

$396.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

94%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/151915/ESET-Endpoint-Security/)

[Myra Security](https://www.capterra.com/p/217452/Web-Application-Security/)

[4.5 (2)](https://www.capterra.com/p/217452/Web-Application-Security/#reviews)

Starting price

$399.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/217452/Web-Application-Security/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Threat Response

4.3 (3)

100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating security issues and taking appropriate action to protect systems and data from potential harm

Web-Application Security

4.3 (3)

100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Identify and respond to security threats to web applications

IP Filtering

5.0 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Control or restrict network traffic based on the source and destination of IP addresses, protocols and ports.

Network Monitoring

5.0 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Tracks and makes accessible data on the health of servers and other network components.

Reporting/Analytics

4.5 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Vulnerability Scanning

4.5 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Discover patch statuses and vulnerabilities

AWS WAF 9 features

Find & retrieve relevant data or documents

Monitor and control network/web traffic based on predetermined rules, protecting against unauthorized access and threats

Control or restrict network traffic based on the source and destination of IP addresses, protocols and ports.

Tracks and makes accessible data on the health of servers and other network components.

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Protect against code driven website security attack techniques

Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating security issues and taking appropriate action to protect systems and data from potential harm

Discover patch statuses and vulnerabilities

Identify and respond to security threats to web applications

Features

4.3 (4)

4.3

Based on 4 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

3.8 (4)

### Starting price

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Value for money

3.8 (4)

3.8

Based on 4 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

5.0 (3)

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-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

5.0 (3)

5.0

Based on 3 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 4 reviews

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Deep N.

Senior Associate Consultant

Information Technology and Services

### "AWS WAF: The Defender Our Web Apps Deserve"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

December 25, 2023

Its been super easy to create and manage all the security rules for all of my Web Applications in a single place using AWS WAF

Pros

The best about AWS WAF is its pre-built defenses. This WAF acts as a shield for all my web apps and it filters out all malicious traffic and protects against common web attacks for example SQL injection, XSS, or bot attacks. It provides a variety of managed rule groups, including OWASP Top 10, Common Rules, and Bot Control which are super useful. Not only these pre-defined rules , I can create my custom rules to address specific needs for my web applications. And another very useful feature is I can easily integrate WAF with other AWS resources such as AWS Cloudfront, ALB ,Amazon API gateway etc .

Cons

The pay as you go model for AWS WAF is little bit complex for a newbie as the price depends on many factors such as number of Web access control lists created,traffic volume,configuration etc. So you must have prior knowledge to deal with AWS WAF. Except this there is nothing much to dislike about AWS WAF.

Switched from

[Bot Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/229906/Bot-Manager/)

Our Contract ended with Akamai and We've found AWS WAF is bit less costly than Akamai

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AD

Anmol D.

CyberSecurity Analyst

Computer & Network Security

### "AWS waf"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 20, 2023

Pros

Easy to setup and create a new ruleease of use of IP sets and regex pattern sets in which we can block IPs and domains

Cons

I am using AWS WAF for 2 years and It is easy to use setup.The dashboard is clear and gives an idea of the rules

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Gianluigi M.

Dev And Devops Engineer

Information Technology and Services

### "Quite good basic Web Application Firewall in free version"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

May 29, 2022

We adopt WAF in front of our single ingress point, our ALB, through which all our requests pass. We deploy a lot of different web apps, including Wordpress sites, API custom apps and so on. With AWF we can setup some default rules which covers typical attacks and we sometime set custom rules based on specific application requirements. When rules become many, you have to pay to add more.

Pros

Preset rules covers a lot of typical web app critical security issue, like SQL Injection and Wodpress attack. Monitoring is quite good. Set actions in the event of an attack is very simple to setup.

Cons

You have a budget in "points" to spent for free. Using preset rules or set your own rules consumes "points" so you can set only a certain number of rules for free. Using advanced features requires a "pro" version which is very very expensive for us.

Reasons for choosing AWS WAF

We choose WAF because is really integrated with other AWS services and all our infrastructure is based on AWS.

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RA

Rafael A.

Designer

Design

### "Once you get past that the learning curve is unmatched."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

March 31, 2022

Stop using third party tools. Being able to use all the other AWS tools, IP filtering, Shield and MAP.

Pros

The leap from other platforms has been slow but the speed with all the AWS tools is unmatched. Once you move from other services (Google and Azure) the environment is much better and robust. And stop using third party tools as everything is integrated within the AWS environment.

Cons

The learning curve is complicated. And for more detailed projects I need a system administrator, because it is difficult. But of course the investment is well worth it.

Switched from

[Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/)

[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)

Reasons for choosing AWS WAF

Having everything integrated in the same AWS environment. Scalability for larger projects AND the price.

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