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WAF protecting apps and APIs from attacks, bots, and OWASP Top 10 threats

Unified API security platform for discovery, risk assessment, and mitigation
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F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF: WAF protecting apps and APIs from attacks, bots, and OWASP Top 10 threats
Imperva API Security: Unified API security platform for discovery, risk assessment, and mitigation
**F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF**: WAF protecting apps and APIs from attacks, bots, and OWASP Top 10 threats. Built by F5. headquartered in United States. core capabilities include Behavioral analytics and machine learning for L7 DoS detection and mitigation, API protocol security for GraphQL, REST/JSON, XML, and GWT, Application-layer encryption for sensitive data protection. **Imperva API Security**: Unified API security platform for discovery, risk assessment, and mitigation. Built by Imperva. headquartered in United States. core capabilities include Continuous API discovery including shadow APIs, OWASP API Security Top 10 risk assessment, Real-time BOLA detection and response. Both serve the Cloud Web Application and API Protection market but differ in approach, feature depth, and target audience.
**F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF** differentiates with Behavioral analytics and machine learning for L7 DoS detection and mitigation, API protocol security for GraphQL, REST/JSON, XML, and GWT, Application-layer encryption for sensitive data protection. **Imperva API Security** differentiates with Continuous API discovery including shadow APIs, OWASP API Security Top 10 risk assessment, Real-time BOLA detection and response.
**F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF** is developed by F5. **Imperva API Security** is developed by Imperva. Vendor maturity, funding stage, and team size can be important factors when evaluating long-term viability and support quality.
**F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF** integrates with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft, Salesforce and 1 more. **Imperva API Security** integrates with Kong, Mulesoft, Azure APIM, Apigee, F5 and 3 more. Check integration compatibility with your existing security stack before deciding.
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and Imperva API Security serve similar Cloud Web Application and API Protection use cases: both cover WAF. Review the feature comparison above to determine which fits your requirements.
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