Tencent Cloud WAF

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On the record

Anti-tampering

Core pages can be cached in WAF so cached content can substitute for a tampered origin page.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

BGP access

WAF advertises 30 dedicated BGP IP lines with intelligent node scheduling to reduce access latency.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Bot management

AI and rules classify crawlers and bots so customers can allow friendly bots while delaying or blocking malicious scraping.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

CC attack defense

Smart CC protection analyzes abnormal origin responses and behavior, then combines access controls, bot checks and rate controls.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company legal entity

Tencent Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. is a PRC limited company established in 2010 and wholly owned by Tencent.www1.hkexnews.hk · read 15 Oct 2026

Company profile

LinkedIn lists Tencent Cloud as founded in 2013, headquartered in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, with more than 10,001 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Data leakage prevention

The product describes hiding the application origin, protecting during intrusion and replacing or masking sensitive data afterward.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Deployment modes

It offers SaaS WAF using DNS CNAME proxying and cloud-native WAF that mirrors HTTP/HTTPS traffic from Tencent CLB.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Documentation depth

The documentation index includes getting started, operations, security, integrations, FAQs, SLA, privacy/DPA material and API categories for assets, billing, rules, logs and security.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

External origins

SaaS WAF can protect public servers at Tencent Cloud, other clouds or IDC; mainland domains require ICP filing.cloud.tencent.cn · read 15 Oct 2026

Hybrid cloud

Enterprise and higher cloud-native editions can deploy protection nodes in a customer IDC or private cloud with centralized policies and logs.cloud.tencent.cn · read 15 Oct 2026

Integrations

Cloud-native WAF integrates with Tencent CLB, API Gateway and supported cloud-function or APISIX traffic paths.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

License status

WAF is presented as Tencent's proprietary hosted service; the public Apache 2.0 licenses apply to SDK repositories rather than the WAF service itself.staticintl.cloudcachetci.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: abuse complaints

Trustpilot reviewers allege inadequate enforcement against scam, phishing and illegal-gambling domains hosted on Tencent infrastructure; these complaints concern Tencent hosting broadly, not specifically WAF.trustpilot.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: G2 reviewers

G2 reviewers mention upgrade-only changes, difficult serverless or microservice learning, occasional lag and lengthy large-company implementations.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: Gartner reviewers

Reported weaknesses include localization and global-community gaps, complex advanced configuration, costly bot modules, limited reporting and AI false positives needing manual tuning.gartner.com · read 15 Oct 2026

LLM SDK/API

An SDK/API mode provides LLM content checks without moving a business domain to WAF, including prompt-injection and sensitive-data checks.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Logging limitation

Default attack logs are available, while full access-log search and retention require Tencent CLS log storage.intl.cloud.tencent.com · read 15 Oct 2026

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