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Best Alibaba Cloud WAF Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from web application firewall software ranked against Alibaba Cloud WAF on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo7.4
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Fastly Image Optimizer
  2. 2
    Cloudbric Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacWeb $0.17/mo7.3
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Cloudbric
  3. 3
    Gcore WAAP Free plan apiWeb €25/mo7.3
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Gcore WAAP
  4. 4
    Wallarm API Security Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Wallarm API Security
  5. 5
    BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs BunkerWeb
  6. 6
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free7.2
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  7. 7
    OWASP Coraza WAF Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.2
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs OWASP Coraza WAF
  8. 8
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.8
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  9. 9
    AWS WAF apiWeb 6.7
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs AWS WAF
  10. 10
    Imperva API Security Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Imperva API Security
  11. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Radware Alteon
  12. 12
    Cloudflare WAF Free plan Web $20/mo5.8
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Cloudflare WAF
  13. 13
    ModSecurity Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.7
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs ModSecurity
  14. 14
    Check Point CloudGuard Data Security Web 5.4
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Check Point CloudGuard Data Security
  15. 15
    F5 WAF for NGINX Free trial Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs F5 WAF for NGINX
  16. 16
    Indusface WAS Free trial Web $49.92/mo5.3
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Indusface WAS
  17. 17
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.3
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  18. 19
    Security Ninja Web 5.2
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Security Ninja
  19. 20
    Tencent Cloud WAF Web 5.2
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Tencent Cloud WAF
  20. 21
    FortiWeb Web 5.1
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs FortiWeb

Alibaba Cloud WAF alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Fastly Image Optimizer7.4Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
2Cloudbric7.3Free plan$0.17/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
3Gcore WAAP7.3Free plan€25/moAPI, Web
4Wallarm API Security7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5BunkerWeb7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management7.2Free planFreeAPI, Web
7OWASP Coraza WAF7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
8F5 BIG-IP APM6.8No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9AWS WAF6.7No—API, Web
10Imperva API Security6.7No—API, self-hosted, Web
11Radware Alteon6.7No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Cloudflare WAF5.8Free plan$20/moWeb
13ModSecurity5.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14Check Point CloudGuard Data Security5.4No—Web
15F5 WAF for NGINX5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
16Indusface WAS5.3No$49.92/moWeb
17Tencent Cloud CDN5.3NoCNY 21/moWeb
19Security Ninja5.2No—Web
20Tencent Cloud WAF5.2No—Web
21FortiWeb5.1No—Web
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Questions about Alibaba Cloud WAF alternatives

What is the best alternative to Alibaba Cloud WAF?

Fastly Image Optimizer, number 1 in web application firewall software with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Cloudbric, Gcore WAAP, Wallarm API Security and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Alibaba Cloud WAF?

Fastly Image Optimizer is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 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, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.