Best F5 WAF for NGINX Alternatives in 2026

Updated October 2026

20 apps from web application firewall software ranked against F5 WAF for NGINX on the same published basis.

1
BitNinja Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $6/mo7.8
F5 WAF for NGINX vs BitNinja
2
Cloudbric Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacWeb $0.17/mo7.8
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Cloudbric
3
F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.1
F5 WAF for NGINX vs F5 BIG-IP APM
4
DataDome API Protection WebiOSAndroid $3,830/mo6.8
F5 WAF for NGINX vs DataDome API Protection
5
Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Fastly Image Optimizer
6
Gcore WAAP Free plan apiWeb €25/mo6.3
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Gcore WAAP
7
Security Ninja Free plan self-hostedWeb $9.92/mo6.3
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Security Ninja
8
Wallarm API Security Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.3
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Wallarm API Security
9
BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.2
F5 WAF for NGINX vs BunkerWeb
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Cloudflare WAF Free plan Web $20/mo6.2
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Cloudflare WAF
11
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.2
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
12
OWASP Coraza WAF Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.2
F5 WAF for NGINX vs OWASP Coraza WAF
13
ModSecurity Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.1
F5 WAF for NGINX vs ModSecurity
14
Check Point CloudGuard Data Security Web 5.5
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Check Point CloudGuard Data Security
15
Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Webapi 5.5
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)
16
Indusface WAS Free trial Web $49.92/mo5.5
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Indusface WAS
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Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Radware Alteon
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AWS WAF apiWeb 5.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs AWS WAF
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Imperva API Security Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Imperva API Security
21
Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Tencent Cloud CDN

F5 WAF for NGINX alternatives compared

#	App	Score	Free plan	From	Runs on
1	BitNinja	7.8	Free plan	$6/mo	Android, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
2	Cloudbric	7.8	Free plan	$0.17/mo	Android, API, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
3	F5 BIG-IP APM	7.1	No	—	Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4	DataDome API Protection	6.8	No	$3,830/mo	Web, iOS, Android
5	Fastly Image Optimizer	6.4	Free plan	$0.01/mo	API, Linux, Web
6	Gcore WAAP	6.3	Free plan	€25/mo	API, Web
7	Security Ninja	6.3	Free plan	$9.92/mo	self-hosted, Web
8	Wallarm API Security	6.3	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9	BunkerWeb	6.2	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10	Cloudflare WAF	6.2	Free plan	$20/mo	Web
11	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management	6.2	Free plan	Free	API, Web
12	OWASP Coraza WAF	6.2	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
13	ModSecurity	6.1	Free plan	Free	Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14	Check Point CloudGuard Data Security	5.5	No	—	Web
15	Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)	5.5	No	—	Web, API
16	Indusface WAS	5.5	No	$49.92/mo	Web
17	Radware Alteon	5.5	No	—	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18	AWS WAF	5.4	No	—	API, Web
20	Imperva API Security	5.4	No	—	API, self-hosted, Web
21	Tencent Cloud CDN	5.4	No	CNY 21/mo	Web

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Questions about F5 WAF for NGINX alternatives

What is the best alternative to F5 WAF for NGINX?

BitNinja, number 1 in web application firewall software with a score of 7.8 out of 10. The others here: Cloudbric, F5 BIG-IP APM, DataDome API Protection and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to F5 WAF for NGINX?

BitNinja is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 11 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.