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PROS

Imperva Application Security Platform provides reliable security against malicious attacks and offers valuable features like DDoS and bot protection.
Integration with other systems is seamless, and the automatic threat intelligence is highly beneficial for protecting web applications.
The platform's scalability and ease of configuration make it ideal for both cloud-based and on-premises deployments.
Imperva DDoS offers 24/7 website availability and effectively filters traffic during attacks.
Real-time monitoring and threat detection tools enhance the security posture of organizations, significantly reducing incidents.

CONS

Imperva Application Security Platform has a complex pricing structure, which is perceived as expensive by many customers.
Support services, especially first-level support, need significant improvement in terms of response time and effectiveness.
Integration with third-party tools and systems, particularly for on-premise deployment models, requires enhancement.
The analytics and reporting capabilities need to be more robust, with improvements in accessing and analyzing security logs directly through the portal.
The dashboard for Incapsula would benefit from enhanced capabilities to manage and apply changes across multiple websites and web applications.
 

Imperva Application Security Platform Pros review quotes

ST
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at Cyberoutcome Limited
Apr 16, 2026
Imperva is one of the best, if not the best, and almost every feature in Imperva Application Security Platform works really fine and addresses what enterprises are battling, shaping the security culture of the digital world.
reviewer1247523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jun 11, 2025
The most valuable feature of Imperva DDoS is to make our website available for our customers' requests 24 hours a day.
Nigus Machin Amare - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Malam Engineering PLC
Mar 6, 2026
The main benefit is the use case my clients find valuable, because for the product and security there is good API inspection, and if any abnormal API appears or there are any similarities due to changes, the API security features will catch that so allowed APIs will get access while others will be blocked.
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reviewer2835783 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Product Owner at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
May 5, 2026
Imperva Application Security Platform has positively impacted my organization by providing strong protection for web applications, as many big companies in the UK use Imperva WAF as an essential protection layer, illustrating its effectiveness.
MP
Cybersecurity Consultant at Accenture Singapore Services Pte Ltd
Apr 20, 2026
Initially, there were over 1,500 vulnerabilities, but we managed to fix almost all of them within three months, leaving only two low severity issues outstanding.
DA
Head of Tech at CRC Credit Bureau Limited
Apr 18, 2026
Since implementing Imperva Application Security Platform WAF, as mentioned earlier, only legitimate traffic reaches the server and the router to request what they need, and of course, the response is given.
KS10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Consultant at Techlab security
Feb 20, 2026
I see valuable benefits from advanced detection and traffic profiling during DDoS attacks, and I track some metrics related to DDoS protection performance.
reviewer2818005 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Analyst & Engineer (Project, Remote) Australia-Europe at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 19, 2026
Imperva Application Security Platform has positively impacted my organization by making the website more secure.
DU
Ingeniero Preventa at Imperia
Apr 21, 2026
Imperva Application Security Platform positively impacts us because we have a critical website, so by placing a WAF of Imperva's quality, it allows us to have visibility and granular control over the various attacks that can occur on the website.
reviewer2817948 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Apr 19, 2026
We have seen a return on investment with Imperva Application Security Platform, as we started with a few devices and gradually increased the number of on-premises devices for Imperva Application Security Platform.
 

Imperva Application Security Platform Cons review quotes

ST
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at Cyberoutcome Limited
Apr 16, 2026
The main reason it is not a perfect ten is regarding support. At times, having to reach the support team takes eight hours to ten hours maximum.
reviewer1247523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jun 11, 2025
I would like to see improvements in the pooling of threats and attacks, possibly to enlarge the scale of indicators of compromise.
Nigus Machin Amare - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Malam Engineering PLC
Mar 6, 2026
On the negative side, API security mainly supports cloud-based solutions, while most of my customers prefer on-prem setups, so achieving high performance with on-prem solutions would be beneficial.
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reviewer2835783 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Product Owner at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
May 5, 2026
The hardware being more expensive compared to other vendors poses a challenge, along with a need for improvement in the cloud WAF offerings.
MP
Cybersecurity Consultant at Accenture Singapore Services Pte Ltd
Apr 20, 2026
We faced challenges with high costs, as the customer perceived pricing for gateways to be excessive, but we handled multiple billing instances with sophisticated setups.
DA
Head of Tech at CRC Credit Bureau Limited
Apr 18, 2026
One improvement I would like to see in Imperva Application Security Platform is the ability to fail over to different sites for my same application.
KS10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Consultant at Techlab security
Feb 20, 2026
I see some areas for improvement in Imperva Application Security Platform, especially regarding price.
reviewer2818005 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Analyst & Engineer (Project, Remote) Australia-Europe at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 19, 2026
I would suggest that Imperva Application Security Platform should include new features combined with AI.
DU
Ingeniero Preventa at Imperia
Apr 21, 2026
Imperva Application Security Platform could be improved if it allowed integration with Active Directory in the cloud, or if it provided visibility of user roles and permissions.
reviewer2817948 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Apr 19, 2026
Imperva Application Security Platform could be improved by providing a more user-friendly dashboard.