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Web Application Firewall

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Providers using this tag (15)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
IBMAPI ManagementArtificial IntelligenceBillingCloud Computing55 APIs62.6CloudflareAI GatewayAPI GatewayArtificial IntelligenceCDN87 APIs62.0
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Amazon WAFBot ManagementDDoS ProtectionSecurityWAF3 APIs50.3Citrix NetScalerAPI GatewayApplication Delivery ControllerApplication SecurityLoad Balancing9 APIs48.6Azure NetworkingAzureCloudInfrastructureMicrosoft25 APIs45.7CloudGuardCheck PointCNAPPCloud SecurityCompliance9 APIs40.4
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
A10 NetworksApplication DeliveryLoad BalancingDDoS ProtectionApplication Delivery Controller6 APIs35.5Chaitin TechSecurityWAFCybersecurity556 APIs35.3AWS WAFSecurityDDoS ProtectionBot Management2 APIs32.2F5 Distributed Cloud ServicesApplication SecurityAPI SecurityMulti-Cloud Networking3 APIs30.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Signal SciencesCompanySecurityWAF1 API11.7
Minimal 4 Almost no public developer surface
AVI NetworksCompanyInfrastructureLoad BalancingApplication Delivery8.7ImmunioCompanySecurityApplication SecurityRASP6.8Instart LogicCompanyCDNContent DeliveryWeb Performance5.0SqreenCompanyCybersecurityApplication SecurityRASP5.0

APIs with this tag (8)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
IBM Cloud Internet ServicesProvide DDoS protection, global load balancing, DNS management, WAF, and CDN capabilities for internet-faci...62.6Cloudflare WAF APIThe Cloudflare Web Application Firewall API checks incoming web and API requests and filters undesired traf...62.0
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Azure Application Gateway APIWeb traffic load balancer with application-level routing and SSL termination.45.7Azure Front Door APIGlobal load balancer and application delivery network that provides fast, reliable, and secure access to we...45.7Azure Web Application Firewall APICloud-native web application firewall service that provides centralized protection for web applications fro...45.7CloudGuard WAF APICloudGuard WAF (CloudGuard AppSec) protects web applications and APIs with contextual machine-learning-base...40.4
Thin 1 Limited public surface area
F5 Distributed Cloud Services APIComprehensive REST API for managing F5 Distributed Cloud Services including load balancers, WAF/WAAP polici...30.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Signal Sciences Core APIThe Signal Sciences Core API (now the Fastly Next-Gen WAF control-plane API) is a REST API served at https:...11.7

Score breakdown

Frequency
35.0
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
38.6
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
1.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

DDoS Protection 7 co-occurrences WAF 6 co-occurrences API Security 6 co-occurrences Load Balancing 5 co-occurrences Application Security 6 co-occurrences Network Security 5 co-occurrences Networking 5 co-occurrences Security 8 co-occurrences

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