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F5 WAF for NGINX

Ch 126.6of 30 Web Application Firewall Software
  1. 1Runs onLinux, self-hosted
  2. 2Costsfree trial
  3. 3Deployment modelhybrid
  4. 4Managed rule setsYes
  5. 5API protectionYes
  6. 6Bot managementYes
  7. 7Rate limitingYes
7 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: docs.nginx.com, f5.com
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Overview

F5 WAF for NGINX is ranked #12 of 30 in web application firewall software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.

F5 WAF for NGINX plans and pricing

All plans
F5 WAF for NGINX subscription Not published pricing varies by deployment size · covered environments · required features f5.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on web application firewall software

Free plan
Nodocs.nginx.com
Deployment model
hybriddocs.nginx.com
Managed rule sets
Yesdocs.nginx.com
API protection
Yesdocs.nginx.com
Bot management
Yesdocs.nginx.com
Rate limiting
Yesdocs.nginx.com

Facts

Purpose
F5 WAF for NGINX is an advanced, lightweight, high-performance web application firewall for applications and APIs.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Core protection
It protects against the OWASP Top 10 and provides HTTP response inspection, protocol compliance, JSON and XML schema validation, meta character checking, and disallowed file-type controls.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Deployment
It supports virtual machine or bare-metal, Docker, and Kubernetes deployments.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
NGINX integration
F5 WAF for NGINX runs natively on NGINX Plus and NGINX Ingress Controller and is included in NGINX One premium packages.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Attack signatures
The product includes predefined attack signatures that can be applied to requests and responses.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Bot defense
Bot signatures inspect User-Agent headers and request URIs, and bot defense is enabled by default with header-anomaly detection.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Threat intelligence
Threat campaigns provide frequently updated contextual feeds about active attack campaigns observed by F5 Threat Labs.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Supported systems
Supported operating systems include Alpine Linux 3.22 and 3.24, Amazon Linux 2023, Debian 12 and 13, Oracle Linux 8, RHEL/Rocky Linux 8–10, and Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 26.04.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Resource limit
F5 WAF for NGINX supports a maximum of 127 CPU cores.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Ingress integration
With NGINX Ingress Controller, WAF policies can be applied to VirtualServer, VirtualServerRoute, and Ingress resources through Policy resources referencing WAF bundles or bundle sources.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Management API
NGINX Instance Manager provides a REST API for managing WAF policies, log profiles, attack signatures, bot signatures, and threat campaigns across instances.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Support
Installation, troubleshooting, and usage assistance is provided through the MyF5 Customer Portal.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Integration limitation
NGINX subrequest-dependent features such as ExternalAuth, APIKey, remote-JWKS JWT, OIDC, and cache background updates may not function as expected when used with F5 WAF for NGINX on the same route.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026
Current version
The latest documented F5 WAF for NGINX version is 5.15.0.docs.nginx.com · 30 Sept 2026

Company

Founded
1996docs.nginx.com · 28 Sept 2026
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington, USAdocs.nginx.com · 28 Sept 2026

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