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Best ModSecurity Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from web application firewall software ranked against ModSecurity on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Cloudbric Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacWeb $0.17/mo8.0
    ModSecurity vs Cloudbric
  2. 2
    BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.6
    ModSecurity vs BunkerWeb
  3. 3
    Gcore WAAP Free plan apiWeb €25/mo7.6
    ModSecurity vs Gcore WAAP
  4. 4
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.3
    ModSecurity vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  5. 5
    Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo7.2
    ModSecurity vs Fastly Image Optimizer
  6. 6
    Wallarm API Security Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    ModSecurity vs Wallarm API Security
  7. 7
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.9
    ModSecurity vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  8. 8
    Cloudflare WAF Free plan Web $20/mo6.8
    ModSecurity vs Cloudflare WAF
  9. 9
    Indusface WAS Free trial Web $49.92/mo6.7
    ModSecurity vs Indusface WAS
  10. 11
    OWASP Coraza WAF Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.7
    ModSecurity vs OWASP Coraza WAF
  11. 12
    F5 WAF for NGINX Free trial Linuxself-hosted 6.6
    ModSecurity vs F5 WAF for NGINX
  12. 13
    Imperva API Security Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 6.6
    ModSecurity vs Imperva API Security
  13. 14
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    ModSecurity vs Radware Alteon
  14. 15
    Check Point CloudGuard Data Security Web 6.1
    ModSecurity vs Check Point CloudGuard Data Security
  15. 16
    AWS WAF apiWeb 6.0
    ModSecurity vs AWS WAF
  16. 17
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo6.0
    ModSecurity vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  17. 18
    Alibaba Cloud WAF Web $140/mo5.9
    ModSecurity vs Alibaba Cloud WAF
  18. 19
    Security Ninja Web 5.9
    ModSecurity vs Security Ninja
  19. 20
    BitNinja WebLinuxiOSAndroid 5.8
    ModSecurity vs BitNinja
  20. 21
    FortiWeb Web 5.8
    ModSecurity vs FortiWeb

ModSecurity 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
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
18Alibaba Cloud WAF5.9No$140/moWeb
19Security Ninja5.9No—Web
20BitNinja5.8No—Web, Linux, iOS, Android
21FortiWeb5.8No—Web
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Questions about ModSecurity alternatives

What is the best alternative to ModSecurity?

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 ModSecurity?

Cloudbric is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 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.