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Imperva Application Security Platform

byThales Group (Imperva)
in Cloud Web Application and API Protection
4.7

Overview

Product Information on Imperva Application Security Platform

Updated 12th November 2024

What is Imperva Application Security Platform?

Imperva Cloud WAF provides advanced protection against sophisticated web application threats while ensuring seamless business operations with near-zero false positives. Leveraging advanced traffic profiling at the network edge, Imperva accurately distinguishes between legitimate and malicious requests in real-time, automatically blocking threats such as OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, DDoS, and botnet attacks before they reach your applications. Designed to stop attacks without disrupting user experiences, Imperva Cloud WAF deploys out-of-the-box in blocking mode, minimizing manual interventions while maintaining a low false positive rate. The solution scales effortlessly to secure applications hosted on-premises or in the cloud, integrating with key security tools such as SIEMs and Imperva Attack Analytics. Its automation capabilities through Terraform ensure quick policy updates, while daily threat intelligence from Imperva Research Labs keeps your defenses ahead of emerging risks.

Imperva Application Security Platform Pricing

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High Security Efficacy
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Overall experience with Imperva Application Security Platform

Pre-vendas
<50M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Imperva ASP excels in web protection, but requires detailed initial configuration.”

4.0
May 8, 2026
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Security Engineer
1B - 3B USD, Media
CRITICAL

“Enhanced Support Following Acquisition Contrasts With Ongoing User Interface Limitations”

3.0
Jul 15, 2025
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 9th March 2024

Imperva is a cybersecurity firm that assists organizations in safeguarding critical applications, APIs, and data across various scales and locations. It adopts a comprehensive approach that amalgamates edge, application security, and data security to offer protection to businesses at all levels of their digital journey. Imperva Threat Research and the worldwide intelligence community contribute to Imperva's knowledge of the evolving threat landscape. This understanding allows incorporation of the most recent security, privacy, and compliance expertise into the offered solutions.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2002
Head office location
San Mateo, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
http://www.imperva.com

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Imperva Application Security Platform Reviews and Ratings

4.7

(558 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
68%
4 Star
29%
3 Star
2%
2 Star
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1 Star
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  • Pre-vendas
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Imperva ASP excels in web protection, but requires detailed initial configuration.

    4.0
    May 8, 2026
    Imperva ASP delivers strong protection for web applications, especially in scenarios with a WAF (Web Application Firewall). Attack mitigation is stable and offers good traffic visibility, but some configurations and adjustments can be quite laborious. Initially, when using a WAF, the WAF has a slightly different approach because the application needs to be clear, and the WAF needs to understand each step of that application to avoid blocking business functionality without the necessary knowledge or policy for that use.
    Automated Translation from Portuguese
  • Pre-vendas
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Imperva ASP excels in web protection, but requires detailed initial configuration.

    4.0
    May 8, 2026
    Imperva ASP delivers strong protection for web applications, especially in scenarios with a WAF (Web Application Firewall). Attack mitigation is stable and offers good traffic visibility, but some configurations and adjustments can be quite laborious. Initially, when using a WAF, the WAF has a slightly different approach because the application needs to be clear, and the WAF needs to understand each step of that application to avoid blocking business functionality without the necessary knowledge or policy for that use.
    Automated Translation from Portuguese
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Imperva Application Security Platform Likes & Dislikes

Like

What I like most about the product is the WAF's strong protection against the OWASP Top 10. It offers protection against advanced web attacks. The good visibility of traffic and analysis of the WAF's application behavior provides this advantage. Its mitigation is efficient against bots, scanners, and automated attacks. And, of course, there's the integration with cloud environments, data centers, and hybrid architectures.

Automated Translation from Portuguese
Like

What I like most about the product is the WAF's strong protection against the OWASP Top 10. It offers protection against advanced web attacks. The good visibility of traffic and analysis of the WAF's application behavior provides this advantage. Its mitigation is efficient against bots, scanners, and automated attacks. And, of course, there's the integration with cloud environments, data centers, and hybrid architectures.

Automated Translation from Portuguese
Like

What I like most about the product is the WAF's strong protection against the OWASP Top 10. It offers protection against advanced web attacks. The good visibility of traffic and analysis of the WAF's application behavior provides this advantage. Its mitigation is efficient against bots, scanners, and automated attacks. And, of course, there's the integration with cloud environments, data centers, and hybrid architectures.

Automated Translation from Portuguese
Dislike

The main issue tends to be the user interface. This is something they're aware of and have dedicated some amount of work to over the last year; however, a full UI redesign is likely in order. The interface feels clunky and leaves the user guessing as to where certain functions exist. Even experienced users seem unable to divine the location of important functions. Reporting functionality is incredibly limited in the UI, with most of the true value coming from the logs after ingesting into a SIEM or other log aggregation tool. While the company seems dedicated to bringing new functionality to the tool and expanding what the tool does, Imperva should truly focus on redesigning the platform before moving forward with new feature-sets.

Dislike

The main issue tends to be the user interface. This is something they're aware of and have dedicated some amount of work to over the last year; however, a full UI redesign is likely in order. The interface feels clunky and leaves the user guessing as to where certain functions exist. Even experienced users seem unable to divine the location of important functions. Reporting functionality is incredibly limited in the UI, with most of the true value coming from the logs after ingesting into a SIEM or other log aggregation tool. While the company seems dedicated to bringing new functionality to the tool and expanding what the tool does, Imperva should truly focus on redesigning the platform before moving forward with new feature-sets.

Dislike

The main issue tends to be the user interface. This is something they're aware of and have dedicated some amount of work to over the last year; however, a full UI redesign is likely in order. The interface feels clunky and leaves the user guessing as to where certain functions exist. Even experienced users seem unable to divine the location of important functions. Reporting functionality is incredibly limited in the UI, with most of the true value coming from the logs after ingesting into a SIEM or other log aggregation tool. While the company seems dedicated to bringing new functionality to the tool and expanding what the tool does, Imperva should truly focus on redesigning the platform before moving forward with new feature-sets.

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