Fastly API Security vs Impart WAF: side-by-side comparison (2026)
Fastly API Security is a commercial API security solution by Fastly. Impart WAF is a commercial API security solution by Impart Security. Features, integrations, deployment and the company behind each one, side by side.
Our take
What our shortlists say about the one we picked.
- Fastly API Security
Best for: Fastly customers protecting APIs on the edge
It is on the list because discovery and blocking happen on the Fastly edge where your API traffic already flows, and it sends alerts to Slack, Jira, PagerDuty and Datadog. If your APIs are not behind Fastly, or most of your risk sits in internal and partner APIs, its edge view will see less of it, so weigh that first.
From Best API Security Solutions for Business, Fall 2026
Reviewed by Nika (Nikoloz) Kokhreidze.
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Side-by-side comparison
Feature
Fastly API Security
Impart WAF
Pricing model
Commercial
Commercial
Category
API Security
API Security
Deployment and fit
Deployment type
Cloud
Cloud
Company size fit
SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
Startup, SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
Company
Company
Fastly
Impart Security
Use cases and capabilities
Attack Detection
Yes
No
Bot Protection
Yes
No
WAF
Yes
Yes
SQL Injection
No
Yes
Authorization
No
Yes
Password Spraying
No
Yes
Core features
10 features listed
10 features listed
Integrations
9 integrations listed
1 integration listed
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