# DataDome, Imperva App Protect vs AWS WAF Comparison

| | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.7 out of 5 | 4.1 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 231 | 80 | 72 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (55.0% of reviews) | Mid-Market (48.1% of reviews) | Small-Business (34.4% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | $3,830.00 Per Month | Free | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### DataDome

Pros:
- Protection (27 reviews)
- Customer Support (25 reviews)

Cons:
- Expensive (9 reviews)
- Complex Setup (7 reviews)

### Imperva App Protect

**Not enough data**

### AWS WAF

Pros:
- WAF (Web Application Firewall) (2 reviews)
- Cloud Integration (1 reviews)

Cons:
- Complex Configuration (1 reviews)
- Expensive (1 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 9.4 (196 reviews) | 8.1 (79 reviews) | 8.9 (48 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 9.3 (197 reviews) | 8.3 (79 reviews) | 8.2 (48 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.7 (164 reviews) | 8.2 (68 reviews) | 8.1 (33 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 9.2 (135 reviews) | 8.3 (68 reviews) | 8.2 (32 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 9.5 (193 reviews) | 7.5 (77 reviews) | 8.7 (44 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.4 (134 reviews) | 7.6 (67 reviews) | 8.8 (31 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.3 (195 reviews) | 7.6 (77 reviews) | 9.0 (48 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### DataDome

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Essentials

Price: $3,830.00 Per Month

Key Features:
- AI-powered bot & fraud protection
- 99.9% Availability
- General endpoint AI detection model

[Browse all 4 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/datadome/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Imperva App Protect

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: Free

Description: Personal Blogs

Key Features:
- Bot mitigation
- Content delivery network
- Two-factor authentication

[Browse all 4 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/imperva-app-protect/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### AWS WAF

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Content Delivery Network (CDN)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **DataDome** | N/A | N/A |
| **Imperva App Protect** | 7.8/10 | 47 |
| **AWS WAF** | N/A | N/A |

#### Content

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Static Content Caching** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Dynamic Content Routing** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Cache purging** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Content Delivery Network (CDN)

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **SSL** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Custom SSL** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Management

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Dashboard** | Not enough data | 8.5 (47 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Reports** | Not enough data | 7.8 (46 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Logs** | Not enough data | 7.4 (45 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Integration

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **API** | Not enough data | 7.3 (22 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **CMS Integration** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

### Website Security

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **DataDome** | N/A | N/A |
| **Imperva App Protect** | N/A | N/A |
| **AWS WAF** | N/A | N/A |

#### Administration

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Content Delivery** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Dashboard & Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alerting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Risk Analysis

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Blacklist and Whitelist** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Vulnerability Assessment** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Security Auditing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Threat Protection

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Firewall** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **DDoS Protection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Malware Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Malware Removal** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Web Application Firewall (WAF)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **DataDome** | N/A | N/A |
| **Imperva App Protect** | N/A | N/A |
| **AWS WAF** | 8.6/10 | 31 |

#### Analysis

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Logging and Reporting** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.3 (24 reviews) | 
| **Issue Tracking** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.0 (21 reviews) | 
| **Security Monitoring** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.9 (25 reviews) | 

#### Controls

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Application-Layer Controls ** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 9.2 (22 reviews) | 
| **Traffic Controls** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.7 (24 reviews) | 
| **Network Controls** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.8 (23 reviews) | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **API / Integrations** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.9 (22 reviews) | 
| **Extensibility** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.2 (20 reviews) | 
| **Bot Traffic** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (10 reviews) | 

### Fraud Detection

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **DataDome** | 8.7/10 | 92 |
| **Imperva App Protect** | N/A | N/A |
| **AWS WAF** | N/A | N/A |

#### Detection

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Payment Verification** | 8.2 (55 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Bot Mitigation** | 9.5 (90 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Real-Time Monitoring** | 9.3 (77 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alerts** | 8.7 (72 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Analysis 

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **ID Analytics** | 8.1 (56 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Intelligence Reporting** | 8.6 (62 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Incident Reports** | 8.6 (64 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Administration

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Fraud Markers** | 8.5 (59 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Transaction Scoring** | 8.2 (52 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Blacklisting** | 8.9 (60 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Fraud Detection

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Cross-system Integration** | 8.3 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | 8.1 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | 8.3 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### DDoS Protection

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **DataDome** | 9.1/10 | 97 |
| **Imperva App Protect** | N/A | N/A |
| **AWS WAF** | N/A | N/A |

#### Management

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **IT Alerting** | 8.8 (75 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Network Capacity** | 9.1 (67 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Logging** | 8.8 (70 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **API / Integrations** | 8.6 (61 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Protection

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **DNS Protection** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Website Protection** | 9.5 (86 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Infrastructure Protection** | 8.9 (66 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Resolution

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Attack Mitigation** | 9.4 (85 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Network Monitoring** | 8.6 (59 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Security Monitoring** | 8.9 (68 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Anomoly Detection** | 9.2 (71 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Resolution Automation** | 8.8 (40 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Virtual Waiting Room

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **DataDome** | N/A | N/A |
| **Imperva App Protect** | N/A | N/A |
| **AWS WAF** | N/A | N/A |

#### Traffic

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Traffic Controls** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Network Controls** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Traffic Overview** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Administration

| Feature | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Dashboard** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Scalability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Customization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **API / Integrations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories

**Unique to DataDome (4):** [Bot Detection and Mitigation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/bot-detection-and-mitigation), [Fraud Detection Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/fraud-detection), [DDoS Protection Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/ddos-protection), [Virtual Waiting Room Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/virtual-waiting-room)

**Unique to Imperva App Protect (4):** [Web Application Firewalls (WAF)](https://www.g2.com/categories/web-application-firewall-waf), [Website Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/website-security), [DDoS Protection Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/ddos-protection), [Content Delivery Network (CDN) Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/content-delivery-network-cdn)

**Unique to AWS WAF (1):** [Web Application Firewalls (WAF)](https://www.g2.com/categories/web-application-firewall-waf)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | DataDome | Imperva App Protect | AWS WAF | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 16.6% | 29.1% | 34.4% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 55.0% | 48.1% | 34.4% | 
| **Enterprise** | 28.4% | 22.8% | 31.3% | 

### By Industry

#### DataDome

- **Retail:** 17.8%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 7.8%
- **Computer Software:** 5.5%
- **Financial Services:** 4.6%
- **Internet:** 4.6%
- **Leisure, Travel & Tourism:** 4.1%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 4.1%
- **Online Media:** 3.7%
- **Automotive:** 3.2%
- **Consumer Goods:** 2.7%
- **Other:** 42.0%

#### Imperva App Protect

- **Information Technology and Services:** 16.5%
- **Financial Services:** 12.7%
- **Internet:** 12.7%
- **Computer Software:** 10.1%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 6.3%
- **Government Administration:** 3.8%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.8%
- **Renewables & Environment:** 3.8%
- **Aviation & Aerospace:** 2.5%
- **Consumer Goods:** 2.5%
- **Other:** 25.3%

#### AWS WAF

- **Information Technology and Services:** 21.9%
- **Computer Software:** 9.4%
- **Retail:** 7.8%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 7.8%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 7.8%
- **Banking:** 4.7%
- **Internet:** 4.7%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.7%
- **Financial Services:** 4.7%
- **Consumer Goods:** 3.1%
- **Other:** 23.4%

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## Alternatives

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### Alternatives to Imperva App Protect

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- [ImageKit](https://www.g2.com/products/imagekit/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (300 reviews)

### Alternatives to AWS WAF

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- [ModSecurity](https://www.g2.com/products/modsecurity/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (14 reviews)
- [Cloudflare Application Security and Performance](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (601 reviews)
- [Google Cloud Armor](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-armor/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (23 reviews)
- [Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)](https://www.g2.com/products/imperva-web-application-firewall-waf/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (41 reviews)
- [Barracuda Web Application Firewall](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-web-application-firewall/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (14 reviews)
- [Azure Application Gateway](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-application-gateway/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (160 reviews)
- [HAProxy](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (900 reviews)
- [Azure Web Application Firewall](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-web-application-firewall/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (31 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### DataDome

- Title: [Does DataDome protect APIs from bots and automated threats ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/9343-does-datadome-protect-apis-from-bots-and-automated-threats) — 2 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Yes we do. We protect all kind of APIs (web, mobile, single page apps...) with specific algorithms and modules. More information:
-..."

### Imperva App Protect

No discussions available for this product.

### AWS WAF

- Title: [What is AWS WAF used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-waf-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Web application firewalls are used for protection of web applications from owasp top 10 vulnerabilities basis on different CVEs. AWS WAF is nothing but..."

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/datadome-vs-imperva-app-protect-vs-aws-waf)