--- title: Azure Web Application Firewall Reviews meta\_title: 'Azure Web Application Firewall Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 31 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Azure Web Application Firewall works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 31 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: "DevSecOps\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t" url: https://www.g2.com/categories/devsecops --- # Azure Web Application Firewall Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Azure Web Application Firewall but has limited features. Are you part of the Azure Web Application Firewall team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Azure Web Application Firewall is a cloud-native security service designed to protect web applications and APIs from common web vulnerabilities and attacks, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting. By integrating seamlessly with Azure services like Application Gateway, Front Door, and Content Delivery Network , Azure WAF offers centralized protection, ensuring the security and availability of web applications without the need for modifications to backend code. Key Features and Functionality: - Managed Rule Sets: Azure WAF provides pre-configured rule sets that are regularly updated to defend against the latest threats, including the OWASP Top 10 security risks. - Customizable Rules and Policies: Users can create custom rules tailored to specific application requirements, allowing for granular control over security measures. - Real-Time Monitoring and Logging: Integrated with Azure Monitor, Azure WAF offers detailed logging and real-time monitoring of security events, enabling prompt detection and response to potential threats. - Flexible Deployment Options: Azure WAF can be deployed with Azure Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, and Azure CDN, providing versatile options to suit various architectural needs. - Bot Protection and DDoS Mitigation: The service includes features to detect and block malicious bot traffic and offers protection against Distributed Denial of Service attacks at the network edge. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Azure Web Application Firewall addresses the critical need for robust web application security by providing centralized protection against a wide range of web-based attacks. By leveraging managed and custom rule sets, real-time monitoring, and seamless integration with other Azure services, Azure WAF simplifies security management, reduces the risk of data breaches, and ensures the continuous availability of web applications. This comprehensive approach allows organizations to focus on delivering their services without compromising on security. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Azure Web Application Firewall Community](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-web-application-firewall/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Derek Mathis Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Cloudflare Application Security and Performance](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cloudflare Application Security and Performance") Cloudflare Application Security and Performance 4.5/5(739) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews) [ ![HAProxy](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "HAProxy") HAProxy 4.7/5(912) ](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews) [ ![AWS WAF](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "AWS WAF") AWS WAF 4.3/5(72) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-waf/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-web-application-firewall/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 31 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") CI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/12/2022 "Azure - WAF" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? Custom WAF policies can be created for different sites, No modification required to back end code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? Deployment is complex & can be made simpler for folks coming from non-technical back ground Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Web Application Firewall: One of the best WAF products available in the market. The only downside can be complex deployment procedure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? Protection from SQL injection, Cross-Site scripting, crawlers & scanners, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 9/19/2025 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite PK parth k. Cloud Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/20/2022 "Costly But Best In Class" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? The different modes and different SKUs available to choose from as per the requirements. Ability to add Custom Rules along with built-in OWASP rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? Pricing is a bit complex and a little bit costly when going for the v2 SKU. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? We had a Business requirement to allow some sites(URIs) to be accessible from specific IP address range and if the same URI had a certain keyword it could be accessible over the internet(everyone) which is solved by the use of custom rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Robert K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Robert K.") RK Robert K. Data Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/5/2022 "Azure Web Application Firewall" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? It will detect the top 10 OWASP web application vulnerabilities in your web application and protect against those. if you want to learn more about OWASP (please use Burp Suite tool for testing a website but use only the applications which are recommended by the government or your organization or your teacher and do not try this tools experimentation on some private or govt websites(it is very illegal) and Use OWASP Juice Shop for this testing purpose as well). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? Nothing much but it needs to update some major unknown vulnerabilities for users to test other than OWASP top 10. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? Mainly web application security testing things and to come across it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/28/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Amrender S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amrender S.") AS Amrender S. Associate production support Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/16/2022 "Azure firewall security" 3/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? Azure provide a secure environment for security of the cloud and allow you to use azure services with out any risk involved related to recently security risks arised or related to log4j Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? Azure security should work on provide a better architecture representation on how they are dealing with the vulnerability arising in the cloud security recently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? Helping securing from web hackers techniques being used such as security vulnerabilities and injection in sql or cross site scripting. It also helps in blocking malicious software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sakshi A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sakshi A.") SA Sakshi A. Teacher Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/13/2022 "Very good" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? Its capability of detecting and alerting security administrators about most common and Moder types of cyberattacks which helps organization in building in secure architectecture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? It socnsole is not that much user friendly as is it not mean for beginners to go and start with everyone has to have a basic understanding of its sévices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? It is helping organization startup to build secure infrastructure or making their infrastructure secure at a pay as you go model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sourabh S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sourabh S.") SS Sourabh S. Scientist C Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/16/2022 "AZURE Web Application Firewall is a product fit for your web application for security." 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? Rule set is the wonderful feature for web application firewall. Support is really commendable. Rule set is best thing. best in class among competitors. Best among them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? nothing is bad about azure web application firewall No everything looks good to me. By giving more documentation and examples about it. I want to improve the security of the application to enhance multifold. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? addition of security layer to your web application. I security of my applicaton . Yes now I need not worry about my security of application. Not traced it yet but it seems promising. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Aditya S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aditya S.") AS Aditya S. Cloud Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/17/2022 "My WAF" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? Protecting multiple web application from web vulnerabilities and attacks. also the custom policies and its priority helps a lot in daily client requirements which differ client by client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? The management can be improved more. The support for proxy forward could improve. There is no annotations for waf rule, makes it to hard to manage. Some features hard to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? More focus on security in application gateway in order to prevent from attacks. Reduced false positive and added security rules. Incresed limits for request body and file size. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in E-Learning](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in E-Learning") IE Verified User in E-Learning Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/4/2022 "The best firewall to protect applications from hackers is the Azure Web application firewall" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? It is simple to set up and works flawlessly because it is cloud-based. The firewall rule set is excellent. It is fairly simple to configure a firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? Nothing, in fact, I enjoy everything since it has excellent alternatives for protecting my web applications over the internet. But I think it could be a little bit tough for users coming from a non-technical backgrounds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? I found that the firewall detects the majority of serious flaws. It will guard against SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and other threats. Attack. Because the application side is more safe with the Firewall, we solve this by providing some outbound security to our blockchain-based critical-web-application. We profited from the simplicity and the automatic untrusted IP ban functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite DM Denish M. Quality Assurance Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/6/2022 "Make sure you will use V2 of Azure Web Application Firewall" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? Products a easy to use but depends on the workload not all workloads works fine with the WAF, specially if there are old workloads \<10y old , test it first and it is an easy setup and tuning could be harder depends on the needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? As of now only one thing i dislike about the product which is not suitable for ipv6. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? Using this product we are solving basically two problem like improve compliance & risk management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ravi k.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ravi k.") RK Ravi k. Event Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/15/2022 "Good for web application" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall? It is good for web application protection from threat protection & attacks. Azure Firewall is very scalable and easy to integrate and manage all things are easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall? It is expensive in compare to other cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Web Application Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? We use Azure Web Application Firewall for our application layer security and it protects the application from various attacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Azure Web Application Firewall? 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