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Best Cloudflare WAF Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from web application firewall software ranked against Cloudflare WAF on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Cloudbric Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacWeb $0.17/mo8.0
    Cloudflare WAF vs Cloudbric
  2. 2
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.7
    Cloudflare WAF vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  3. 3
    BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Cloudflare WAF vs BunkerWeb
  4. 4
    Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo7.3
    Cloudflare WAF vs Fastly Image Optimizer
  5. 5
    Gcore WAAP Free plan apiWeb €25/mo7.2
    Cloudflare WAF vs Gcore WAAP
  6. 6
    Wallarm API Security Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Cloudflare WAF vs Wallarm API Security
  7. 7
    ModSecurity Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.8
    Cloudflare WAF vs ModSecurity
  8. 8
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.8
    Cloudflare WAF vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  9. 10
    Indusface WAS Free trial Web $49.92/mo6.7
    Cloudflare WAF vs Indusface WAS
  10. 11
    OWASP Coraza WAF Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.7
    Cloudflare WAF vs OWASP Coraza WAF
  11. 12
    F5 WAF for NGINX Free trial Linuxself-hosted 6.6
    Cloudflare WAF vs F5 WAF for NGINX
  12. 13
    Imperva API Security Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Cloudflare WAF vs Imperva API Security
  13. 14
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.5
    Cloudflare WAF vs Radware Alteon
  14. 15
    Check Point CloudGuard Data Security Web 6.4
    Cloudflare WAF vs Check Point CloudGuard Data Security
  15. 16
    AWS WAF apiWeb 6.2
    Cloudflare WAF vs AWS WAF
  16. 17
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo6.2
    Cloudflare WAF vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  17. 18
    Alibaba Cloud WAF Web $140/mo6.1
    Cloudflare WAF vs Alibaba Cloud WAF
  18. 19
    BitNinja WebLinuxiOSAndroid 6.0
    Cloudflare WAF vs BitNinja
  19. 20
    Tencent Cloud WAF Web 6.0
    Cloudflare WAF vs Tencent Cloud WAF
  20. 21
    DataDome API Protection WebiOSAndroid 5.9
    Cloudflare WAF vs DataDome API Protection

Cloudflare WAF alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Cloudbric8.0Free plan$0.17/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
2F5 BIG-IP APM7.7No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3BunkerWeb7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Fastly Image Optimizer7.3Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
5Gcore WAAP7.2Free plan€25/moAPI, Web
6Wallarm API Security7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7ModSecurity6.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management6.8Free planFreeAPI, Web
10Indusface WAS6.7No$49.92/moWeb
11OWASP Coraza WAF6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
12F5 WAF for NGINX6.6No—Linux, self-hosted
13Imperva API Security6.6No—API, self-hosted, Web
14Radware Alteon6.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Check Point CloudGuard Data Security6.4No—Web
16AWS WAF6.2No—API, Web
17Tencent Cloud CDN6.2NoCNY 21/moWeb
18Alibaba Cloud WAF6.1No$140/moWeb
19BitNinja6.0No—Web, Linux, iOS, Android
20Tencent Cloud WAF6.0No—Web
21DataDome API Protection5.9No—Web, iOS, Android
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Questions about Cloudflare WAF alternatives

What is the best alternative to Cloudflare WAF?

Cloudbric, number 1 in web application firewall software with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: F5 BIG-IP APM, BunkerWeb, Fastly Image Optimizer and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Cloudflare WAF?

Cloudbric is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.