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AWS WAF

byAmazon Web Services (AWS)
in
4.6
Market Presence: Cloud Web Application and API Protection, DDoS Mitigation Solutions

Overview

Product Information on AWS WAF

Updated 13th October 2025

What is AWS WAF?

AWS WAF is a web application firewall software designed to help organizations protect their web applications from common internet threats. The software enables users to create security rules that allow, block, or monitor web requests based on specific criteria such as IP addresses, HTTP headers, and body data. AWS WAF provides features for filtering traffic, preventing attacks including SQL injection and cross site scripting, and managing bot traffic. It integrates with other AWS services to enhance security posture, offers real time visibility into web traffic, and automates responses to detected threats. The software addresses the challenge of securing web applications against evolving cyber risks and helps organizations maintain compliance with security standards.

AWS WAF Pricing

AWS WAF software uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model where charges are based on usage components such as the number of web access control lists created, the number of rules added per web ACL, and the volume of web requests processed. There is no upfront cost or required long-term commitment, and users are billed monthly based on actual usage.

Overall experience with AWS WAF

IT ASSOCIATE
<50M USD, Software
FAVORABLE

“Achieving Simplified Infrastructure with AWS WAF: A Detailed Look”

5.0
Jan 20, 2025
We use AWS WAF before our Production course website, we are all in the AWS, and therefore AWS WAF becomes the great value for us because of its Price, and simple connection with our other existing infrastructure.
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CRITICAL

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Company Details

Updated 23rd December 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://aws.amazon.com

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Performance of AWS WAF Across Market Features

AWS WAF Likes & Dislikes

Like

It's cost effective, it's simple to integrate with the rest of our architecture, and it also works really well.

Like

The ability to create Custom security rules tailored to specific needs provides flexibility and effectively blocks command web threats like (SQL) injection. The seamless integration with other AWS services is the most liking thing of this product.

Like

It allows us to manage internet traffic according to our organization policies and enables easy monitoring of logs. It was easy to set up and have it automatically refresh the policies on servers immediately and I like that it allows passthroughs on trusted networks only.

Dislike

can be bit complex to set up as a stand alone product, if using other than AWS for other infra.

Dislike

I dislike most about AWS WAF is the steep learning curve, especially for users who are new to web security or AWS services. The configuration can be complex, and the interface could be more intuitive.

Dislike

It needs more features in content filtering to avoid blocking essential sites based on the wrong filtering.

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AWS WAF Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 33 ratings and reviews for DDoS Mitigation Solutions market. View all 374 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.6

(33 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
58%
4 Star
42%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
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1 Star
0%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.6

Integration & Deployment

4.8

Service & Support

4.5

Product Capabilities

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  • IT ASSOCIATE
    <50M USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Achieving Simplified Infrastructure with AWS WAF: A Detailed Look

    5.0
    Jan 20, 2025
    We use AWS WAF before our Production course website, we are all in the AWS, and therefore AWS WAF becomes the great value for us because of its Price, and simple connection with our other existing infrastructure.
  • Software Developer
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    "AWS WAF: Effective Web protection with AWS WAF"

    5.0
    Dec 26, 2024
    AWS WAF delivers reliable protection against web threats, integrating seamlessly with AWS services, through it has learning curves. It provides a powerful solution for protecting web applications from common web threats, such as sql injection and cross site scripting. My overall experience has been positive.
  • CLOUD OPERATIONS ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Reliable and straightforward tool to apply firewall policies and instant load balancing

    5.0
    Oct 28, 2024
    It was easy to implement and integrate with multiple current platforms in place and its user-friendly interface allows for efficient inspection of all SSL traffic for all ports and protocols, providing secure and fast internet access to all users.
  • Director Of Cloud Operations
    1B-10B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Exceptional solution that shields our online presence from harmful automated entities

    5.0
    Feb 27, 2024
    Customer support is very responsive and satisfactory which helps fix issues in less time. Also, AWS WAF supports third party vendor managed rules which reduces the possibility of buying third party products.
  • Solution Architect
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Quick Away to Protect with Amazing set of rules out of the box.

    4.0
    Jan 22, 2024
    Exceptional easy to use and out of the box rules make most of the application secure enough against DDOS and other kind of exploitations . It does provide a huge set of rules out the box that helps you protect against the most common ( even uncommon ) threats. Also, optional rules for extra cost for specific threats.
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