Compared against the top-rated Firewall & WAF tools on price, rating and free-tier availability.
Cloudflare WAF protects against SQL injection, XSS, and OWASP Top 10 threats. Available on the free plan with basic rules, advanced on Pro+. Cloudflare WAF for ease of setup and broad free-tier coverage — AWS WAF for teams already deep in AWS infrastructure who want tighter integration. Cloudflare WAF is founded 2015, San Francisco, USA.
If any of these matter for your use case, the alternatives below may be a better fit.
| Tool | Rating | From | Free tier | Trial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare WAF (this one) | 4.7 | Free / $25/month | ✓ | ✓ | |
| AWS WAF AWS WAF integrates natively with CloudFront, ALB, and API Gateway. Pay-per-rule pricing with managed rulesets from AWS a |
4.3 | From $5/month | — | ✓ | Details |
| Azure Front Door WAF Microsoft's cloud WAF service |
4.2 | From $0.35/rule/month | ✓ | ✓ | Details |
| Tailscale Zero config VPN using WireGuard |
4.2 | Free / $18/user/month | ✓ | ✓ | Details |
| Wallarm AI-native API security and WAF |
4.2 | Free / $50k/year | ✓ | ✓ | Details |
| DataDome Bot protection and anti-fraud platform |
4.2 | From $3,490/month | — | ✓ | Details |
