Head-to-head
AWS WAF vs Fastly Next-Gen WAF
Fastly Next-Gen WAF leads: the AI models rank it above its rival on 1 of the 1 leaderboard they share. Based on how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Grok rank both across the leaderboard they share — re-polled weekly, reasoning shown verbatim.
AWS WAF0 wins
Fastly Next-Gen WAF1 win| Leaderboard | AWS WAF | Fastly Next-Gen WAF |
|---|---|---|
| Best WAF | #3 / 9 | #2 / 9 |
Why the models rank AWS WAF — on best waf
“For the large population already on AWS it's the pragmatic pick — native integration with ALB/CloudFront/API Gateway/AppSync, pay-per-use pricing with no per-seat licensing, managed rule groups (AWS + Marketplace vendors like F5/Fortinet), and infrastructure-as-code friendliness via CloudFormation/Terraform; rank assumes an AWS-centric stack”
Why the models rank Fastly Next-Gen WAF — on best waf
“Uses context-aware SmartParse engine instead of regex signatures, resulting in exceptionally low false positives that allow immediate out-of-the-box blocking mode, alongside highly flexible agent deployment across hybrid/multi-cloud environments.”
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Ranks from the merged 4-model leaderboards · re-polled weekly · methodology