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Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway

byThales Group (Imperva)
in IT Security
4.6

Overview

Product Information on Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway?

Imperva Web Application Firewall Gateway is a software that provides security for web applications by monitoring and filtering HTTP traffic between applications and clients. The software is designed to protect applications from attacks such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and other vulnerabilities by analyzing incoming requests and blocking malicious activity. It features automated threat detection, customizable security policies, and integration with identity management systems. The software helps organizations address risks related to unauthorized data access and application downtime, supporting compliance requirements and enabling continuous monitoring and reporting of security events.

Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway Pricing

Imperva Web Application Firewall Gateway software offers pricing structured on subscription and licensing models that may vary based on deployment options, number of protected applications, throughput requirements, and support levels. The software typically provides flexible payment options according to enterprise needs and scales based on the selected features and coverage.

Overall experience with Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway

It Security & Risk Management Associate
30B + USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Variety of Deployment Options Enhances Protection Capabilities for Web Infrastructure”

5.0
Apr 14, 2026
Easy to deploy and help the organization a lot to protect web servers.
CONSULTANT
<50M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Great WAF gateway for sensitive application.”

3.0
Jan 26, 2024
Better for highly sensitive application. Intergration and deployment of applications on imperva waf gateway is user friendly and simple as compared to other waf gateways. We can also mitigate any vulnerability by creating customize signatures and policy, also we can apply it to specific application if needed.

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 Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(167 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
53%
4 Star
38%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
1%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • It Security & Risk Management Associate
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Variety of Deployment Options Enhances Protection Capabilities for Web Infrastructure

    5.0
    Apr 13, 2026
    Easy to deploy and help the organization a lot to protect web servers.
  • AVP, Information Security And Risk M
    1B-10B USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Best Cloud WAF that protects against all OWASP Top 10 Threats for web and API with strong protection on layer 7 DDoS attacks.

    5.0
    Mar 31, 2026
    Best cloud WAF that protects your applications from OWASP Top 10 web and API attacks.
  • IT Associate
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Positive Performance and Protection Offset by Complex Configuration Concerns

    5.0
    Apr 24, 2026
    Overall, providing effective good visibility and stable performance
  • CYBERSECURITY
    <50M USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Indicators and reporting are positively valued in this product

    5.0
    Nov 4, 2025
    Easy to use, good reporting, indicators and metrics that allow you to assess the security posture of the configuration month by month.
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  • MANAGER I, SECURITY T& OPERATIONS
    50M-1B USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    Consistent Feature Updates and Noteworthy Support Set Product Apart

    5.0
    Sep 5, 2025
    The product is robust. New features are added regularly. provide us with PCI compliance and the best part is their support. Their support is probably the best support that I dealt with
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Reviewer Insights for: Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway
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Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) Gateway Likes & Dislikes

Like

What I like most about Imperva WAF Gateway is the flexibility in its deployment modes. It offers a variety of deployment options, allowing users to choose the implementation based on organization specific needs.

Like

Integration of application is user friendly and we can create any regex based signature and also can enable auto-signature database for any zero day or latest vulnerability by adding license. We can also fetch customize report from it which is great help in the time of audit.

Like

99.99 malicious requests blocked on day 1 without learning. .001 % false detection.

Dislike

Applianc modes sometimes have fixe capacity limitation. For example, if additional memory or throughput is required, it is not always possible to scale up the existing device, and upgrading often means replacing it with a higher or newest appliance series.

Dislike

Imperva on-premises waf gateways are not for large scale applications and cannot handle large traffic requests. Sometimes services of gateways performance degraded while auto-Update signatures get applied on gateway from threatradar. Events are aggregated which makes it difficult to search any aggregated events logs.

Dislike

need to add AI protection with WAF