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Best Alibaba Cloud WAF Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from web application firewall software ranked against Alibaba Cloud WAF on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Cloudbric Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacWeb $0.17/mo8.0
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Cloudbric
  2. 2
    BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.6
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs BunkerWeb
  3. 3
    Gcore WAAP Free plan apiWeb €25/mo7.6
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Gcore WAAP
  4. 4
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.3
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  5. 5
    Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo7.2
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Fastly Image Optimizer
  6. 6
    Wallarm API Security Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Wallarm API Security
  7. 7
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.9
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  8. 8
    Cloudflare WAF Free plan Web $20/mo6.8
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Cloudflare WAF
  9. 9
    Indusface WAS Free trial Web $49.92/mo6.7
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Indusface WAS
  10. 10
    ModSecurity Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.7
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs ModSecurity
  11. 11
    OWASP Coraza WAF Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.7
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs OWASP Coraza WAF
  12. 12
    F5 WAF for NGINX Free trial Linuxself-hosted 6.6
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs F5 WAF for NGINX
  13. 13
    Imperva API Security Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Imperva API Security
  14. 14
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Radware Alteon
  15. 15
    Check Point CloudGuard Data Security Web 6.1
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Check Point CloudGuard Data Security
  16. 16
    AWS WAF apiWeb 6.0
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs AWS WAF
  17. 17
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo6.0
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  18. 19
    Security Ninja Free plan self-hostedWeb $9.92/mo5.9
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Security Ninja
  19. 20
    BitNinja WebLinuxiOSAndroid 5.8
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs BitNinja
  20. 21
    FortiWeb Web 5.8
    Alibaba Cloud WAF vs FortiWeb

Alibaba Cloud WAF alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Cloudbric8.0Free plan$0.17/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
2BunkerWeb7.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3Gcore WAAP7.6Free plan€25/moAPI, Web
4F5 BIG-IP APM7.3No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Fastly Image Optimizer7.2Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
6Wallarm API Security7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management6.9Free planFreeAPI, Web
8Cloudflare WAF6.8Free plan$20/moWeb
9Indusface WAS6.7No$49.92/moWeb
10ModSecurity6.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11OWASP Coraza WAF6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
12F5 WAF for NGINX6.6No—Linux, self-hosted
13Imperva API Security6.6No—API, self-hosted, Web
14Radware Alteon6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Check Point CloudGuard Data Security6.1No—Web
16AWS WAF6.0No—API, Web
17Tencent Cloud CDN6.0NoCNY 21/moWeb
19Security Ninja5.9Free plan$9.92/moself-hosted, Web
20BitNinja5.8No—Web, Linux, iOS, Android
21FortiWeb5.8No—Web
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Questions about Alibaba Cloud WAF alternatives

What is the best alternative to Alibaba Cloud WAF?

Cloudbric, number 1 in web application firewall software with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: BunkerWeb, Gcore WAAP, F5 BIG-IP APM and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Alibaba Cloud WAF?

Cloudbric is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.