# Imperva Cloud WAF alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 181 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Imperva Cloud WAF holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/imperva-cloud-waf/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare WAF: 97
- Sucuri WAF: 5
- Akamai App & API Protector: 4
- ModSecurity: 4
- AWS WAF: 3
- Imperva Web Application Firewall: 2

## Web application firewalls

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Imperva Cloud WAF (Imperva Cloud WAF is #6 of 9 at 2%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 62 of those 78
- Sucuri WAF: first choice in 5 of those 78
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Barracuda WAF: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Cloudflare Application Security: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Cloudflare's Pro/Business plans: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Indusface AppTrana: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Imperva Cloud WAF (Imperva Cloud WAF is #5 of 11 at 0%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 23 of those 57
- ModSecurity: first choice in 4 of those 57
- OWASP Core Rule Set: first choice in 2 of those 57
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Barracuda Web Application Firewall: first choice in 1 of those 57
- BunkerWeb: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Cloudflare Business Plan: first choice in 1 of those 57

**Enterprise**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Imperva Cloud WAF (Imperva Cloud WAF is #3 of 9 at 8%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 12 of those 46
- Akamai App & API Protector: first choice in 4 of those 46
- Imperva Web Application Firewall: first choice in 2 of those 46
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 46
- F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Fastly Next-Gen WAF: first choice in 1 of those 46
- NetScaler Web Application Firewall: first choice in 1 of those 46

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