What is AWS Web Application Firewall?
AWS WAF helps you protect against common web exploits and bots that can affect availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources. AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect web applications from attacks by allowing you to configure rules that allow, block, or monitor (count) web requests based on conditions that you define. These conditions include IP addresses, HTTP headers, HTTP body, URI strings, SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
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90 Likeliness to Recommend
97 Plan to Renew
89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+96 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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AWS Web Application Firewall Reviews
Abhishek M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Sep 2024
secure product for your web apps
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?
easy to use, minimal price for small websites
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
lots of rule based options, ability to write your own customised rules
What do you dislike most about this product?
no options to secure 3rd party website or mobile apps
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
easy to integrate for aws apps
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
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Ankush J.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2026
Monitor and Protect Application at Scale
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?
AWS WAF isn't just another web application firewall that is it desgined to scale seamlessly with your cloud infrastructure. Unlike some standalone WAFs that require manager or dedicated appliances, AWS WAF intergates tightly with Amazon CloudFront, Application Load Balancer and API Gateway which means rules applies system works consistently cred your entire application stack which helps me in my work. There Real differentiator is flexibility combined with automation that I can write custo rules using a familiar conditions and action model which helps me to managed leverage rule sets.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I like about AWS Web Application Firewall how it's seamlessly it intergates into the AWS ecosystem and there tools that don't just secure my applications it's also fit naturally into the workflow I already use that why it's my favorite and I really like value the combination of custom rules and managed ruleset that why I can quickly block common attack like SQL injection or XSS using prebulit rules.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is nothing to dislike everything well performed and security my application but it feel a bit complex to set up and fine tune ar first but it's incredibly powerful.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you are considering AWS Web Application Firewall then I recommend to you sart with a clear plan for heat you want to prorect and you should properly know how to you want manage traffic because AWS WAF is very powerful, but that powers comes with complexity. Important things I suggest that you before diving into custom rules you should starting with managed rule . They cover most common threats like SQL, injection XSS and bots , so you get a baseline of protection quickly because if once you comfortable than you can gradually add custom rules tailored to your traffic patterns it's approach reduce the risk of accidentally legitimate.
Pros
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Less Caring
- Less Respectful
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Karen V.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Not for Profit
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2025
Scalable Shielding of Robust API.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?
Thing that make it unique than others are very deep integration with AWS eco system and API's fine Grained control.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Favorite part of AWS WAF is its flexibility and the automation. Making script for creating rules and integrating it into deployment pipeline becomes very easy.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Setting it up and also tuning rules is little complex, For now, the only drawback i found.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Keep cost control in your mind and highly recommended from my side and one thing start with AWS managed ruled group for threats like SQLi, bots etc and after this build specific rules for your API.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
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