🆚 F5 BIG-IP vs. Imperva WAF

📈 F5 BIG-IP is twice as popular as Imperva WAF.
🌎 F5 BIG-IP is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌎 Imperva WAF is more popular in New Zealand, Thailand, and Mexico.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

F5 BIG-IP

Imperva WAF

Type

Load balancer

Bot mitigation tool

About

F5 BIG-IP is an enterprise-grade application delivery controller and full reverse proxy platform for managing, securing, and optimizing web and API traffic.

It offers programmable Layer 4-7 load balancing with advanced health checks, web application firewall protection against OWASP Top 10 threats, DDoS and bot mitigation, and access control and authentication options including Active Directory/LDAP/RADIUS, and single sign-on.

Imperva Cloud WAF protects websites from automated vulnerability scans, Layer 7 DDoS attacks, and malicious bots.

It also provides advanced bot protection using device fingerprinting with over 200 attributes, threat intelligence feeds, managed rules, and attack analytics to block or control suspicious traffic.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

San Mateo, California, United States

Website

f5.com #2,097

imperva.com #54,632

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial

$3,200+/year

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial

SecureSphere WAF $7,000+/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The F5 BIG-IP load balancer is 2.1 times more popular than Imperva WAF.

Total websites

Market share

Bot Mitigation

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

F5 BIG-IP is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Imperva WAF is more popular in New Zealand, Thailand, and Mexico.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

Canada

France

Spain

Australia

Brazil

Italy

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Turkey in the Load Balancers category.
🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Load Balancers category.
🥇 Most popular in Saudi Arabia in the Load Balancers category.
🥇 Most popular in Saudi Arabia in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Arab Emirates in the Load Balancers category.

🥈 Second most popular in New Zealand in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Thailand in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Mexico in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Greece in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the Bot Mitigation category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

F5 BIG-IP is more popular among sites focused on business, finance and banking, and education and reference, while Imperva WAF is more commonly used on sports, entertainment, and alcohol sites.

Business

Finance/Banking

Education/Reference

Government/Military

Marketing/Merchandising

Health

Sports

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#135

#159

#183

#196

#209

Name

Rank

#124

#355

#1,009

#1,156

#1,283