# Imperva DDoS Protection 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 DDoS Protection 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-ddos-protection/alternatives/

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

- Cloudflare: 109
- Akamai Prolexic: 10
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: 3
- Radware Cloud DDoS Protection: 2
- AWS Shield: 1
- Cloudflare Business or Cloudflare Contract: 1

## DDoS protection

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Imperva DDoS Protection (Imperva DDoS Protection is #8 of 10 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 61 of those 74
- Sucuri: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Imperva DDoS Protection (Imperva DDoS Protection is #3 of 9 at 2%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 27 of those 54
- AWS Shield: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Cloudflare Business or Cloudflare Contract: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Fastly DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Radware Cloud DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 54

**Enterprise**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Imperva DDoS Protection (Imperva DDoS Protection is #3 of 8 at 6%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 21 of those 53
- Akamai Prolexic: first choice in 10 of those 53
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Cloudflare Enterprise with DDoS protection: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Cloudflare’s Enterprise plan: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Magic Transit: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Radware Cloud DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 53

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.