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AWS WAF mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of AWS WAF in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category stands at 13.3%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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TypeTitleDate
CategoryWeb Application Firewall (WAF)Jan 10, 2025Download
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Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
5%
Insurance Company
5%
Healthcare Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Retailer
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
4%
Media Company
4%
Educational Organization
3%
University
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Construction Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Legal Firm
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Engineering Company
1%

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Rohit Kesharwani - PeerSpot user
Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven.
Verified user of AWS WAF
Jan 30, 2024
A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks

Pros

"AWS WAF helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection that happen within the retail industry."

Cons

"The solution's pricing could be improved."
AshishGautam - PeerSpot user
IT Project Manager at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute In India
Verified user of AWS WAF
Jan 4, 2024
Along with outstanding stability, the tool also offers good-quality technical support

Pros

"The product's initial setup phase was very simple."

Cons

"The area of reporting in the product needs to have a proper format."
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Abdul Qayyum - PeerSpot user
Software Architect at Vodworks
Verified user of AWS WAF
Apr 22, 2024
Offers a highly configurable rules system and solid stability

Pros

"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is its highly configurable rules system."

Cons

"One area for improvement in AWS WAF could be the limitation on the number of rules, particularly those from third-party sources, within the free tier. "
Sita Thomas - PeerSpot user
Associate Vice President - Engineering at Fedo.ai
Verified user of AWS WAF
Nov 28, 2024
Enhance security with flexible traffic filtering despite complex documentation

Pros

"One of the most valuable features of AWS WAF is its ability to filter web app traffic, allowing us to specify conditions such as IP addresses and HTTP headers. "

Cons

"I find the documentation somewhat complex to implement during the initial stages."
PeerSpot user
Director of Security Architecture at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of AWS WAF
Jul 27, 2024
Helps to protect web applications and web traffic but needs improvements in usability and functionality

Pros

"We integrate AWS WAF with several platforms within cloud hosting and other security solutions and provisions in our business. Regarding AI, it's been around for about 20 years, so it's not new. It's just a new buzzword. I've been in security for 30 years and remember using AI when I started 25-30 years ago. We have multiple forms of AI within our business. "

Cons

"I'd like to see improvements in its usability and functionality. I'm also concerned about being too dependent on the cloud provider's WAF version. For security, using multiple vendors and not putting all our eggs in one basket is better. "
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AWS DevOps SRE/Infrastructure Engineer at YES!Delft
Verified user of AWS WAF
Oct 31, 2024
Product discussed: Version two
Provides great insights about requests, helping secure our infrastructure

Pros

"The automation of blocking for security attacks is valuable, with AWS applying rate limiting. "

Cons

"Compatibility and integration functionalities, especially with services like Kafka for event-driven messaging, could be better."
Manikandan-R - PeerSpot user
Senior Project Manager at Synopsys Inc
Verified user of AWS WAF
Mar 18, 2024
Sends useful alerts and enables to automate tasks by creating rules

Pros

"Rule groups are valuable."

Cons

"We must monitor and clean up the WAF manually."
Aravind D - PeerSpot user
Senior Cloud Engineer at ASSA ABLOY Group
Verified user of AWS WAF
Oct 12, 2023
A stable and reasonably priced solution that protects organizations from hackers and other security threats

Pros

"If hackers try to insert bugs, the tool blocks it."

Cons

"It will be helpful if the product recommends rules that we can implement."