AWS Web Application Firewall Logo
AWS Web Application Firewall Logo
Amazon

AWS Web Application Firewall

Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.8 /10
Category
AWS Web Application Firewall
8.3 /10

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.

Company Details


Need Assistance?

We're here to help you with understanding our reports and the data inside to help you make decisions.

Get Assistance

AWS Web Application Firewall Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


{y}
{name}

Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS Web Application Firewall?

0% Negative
5% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 82

DLP Functionality

86

Application Firewall

85

On-Premise Offering

83

Bot Protection

83

Layer 7 DDoS Support

82

Analytics and Reporting

82

API Security

80

Base ADC Features

79

Custom Rules

78

End User Self Serve

78

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Quality of Features

87

Ease of Customization

84

Ease of Data Integration

83

Breadth of Features

83

Business Value Created

80

Availability and Quality of Training

80

Ease of Implementation

80

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Vendor Support

79

Usability and Intuitiveness

79

Ease of IT Administration

79

AWS Web Application Firewall Reviews

Ogunade C.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2025

Powerful cloud scale protection

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?

Transparent payment system, a pay-as-you-go policy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy integration with AWS services

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of indepth visual on threat types and rule matches

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

easy of inegrtion across the AWS ecosystem. Easy tracking of how much you have spent

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Siddharth J.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Strong Protection, Needs Smarter Automation

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?

AWS Web Application Firewall differs from others in its deep alignment with the AWS environment, enabling smooth protection for applications hosted by AWS. It also offers scalable, customizable rule sets, automatic threat detection, and scalability backed by the high-security infrastructure of AWS.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My most liked feature of AWS WAF is its ease of scalability and smooth integration with other AWS offerings. It is very easy to deploy and maintain, particularly for applications that are already hosted on AWS, and it offers high protection without additional complexity.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Although AWS WAF is extremely powerful and trusty, occasionally it can also be overwhelming to new users given its numerous customization options. That being said, once you've got the grip of it, the flexibility and control it grants are unparalleled and make it an elite solution to web application security.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would suggest investing the time in thoroughly checking AWS WAF's documentation and best practices. Begin with the predefined rules, and then incrementally customize them as you become more comfortable with the platform. It's a great option if you're already running on AWS since it plays perfectly well and scales easily with your requirements.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Swamiraj D.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Achieve Industry best Security for Web Application

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?

AWS also offers managed rule sets. These pre-configured rules provide protection against common web application vulnerabilities and are regularly updated. This assists those who don't have the deep understanding to write all of their own rules.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

AWS provides flexibility to pay only for the resources organization use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing could be low.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

highly recommended.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features
  • Caring