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Radware AppWall

Radware

Founded 1997·IL·Public
4.3

Combined score

G2
4.280
Gartner
4.4150

Editorial verdict

Radware Cloud WAF has built something genuinely different in the WAF market: an adaptive ML engine that continuously learns from traffic patterns specific to each protected application rather than relying solely on static signature updates. The Emergency Response Team available 24 hours a day for active attack response, and the integrated DDoS protection that combines network and application layer defence, reflect a product built around the assumption that attacks happen outside business hours and require immediate human expertise.

The global PoP footprint and market validation breadth are less than Cloudflare or Akamai, and the UI is rated as less intuitive by some reviewers.

The verdict: Radware Cloud WAF is right for enterprises wanting adaptive ML-based WAF that learns from their specific traffic patterns, combined with 24 hour emergency response team support for active attacks. Organisations wanting the broadest market validation should evaluate Cloudflare or Imperva.

Last reviewed: May 2026

G2

4.280 reviews

Gartner

4.4150 reviews

PeerSpot

8.180 reviews
Gartner MQ: Challenger (Gartner WAAP MQ 2024)

WAF / Web Application Firewall assessment

PROTECTIONStrong
OWASP Top 10 coverage
4 / 5
Bot management
4 / 5
OPERATIONSStrong
Rule management
4 / 5
Performance & latency
4 / 5
ANALYTICSStrong
Traffic & threat analytics
4 / 5
TRUST & ECOSYSTEMAdequate
CDN & network quality
3 / 5

Strongest: OWASP Top 10 coverage

Watch out for: CDN & network quality

Strengths & limitations

Strengths

Strongest DDoS scrubbing centre network outside Cloudflare and Akamai
Positive security model — auto-generates policies based on learned application behaviour
Integrated WAF and DDoS mitigation in single vendor reduces complexity

Watch out for

Less cloud-native maturity than Cloudflare or Fastly
User interface rated below category average by reviewers
Premium pricing without the brand recognition of market leaders

Best for

Enterprises wanting integrated WAF and volumetric DDoS protection from a single specialist security vendor.

Not suitable for: Organisations wanting the simplest cloud WAF with transparent pricing — Cloudflare or Barracuda are better choices.

Compliance coverage

SOC 2
HIPAA
NIST CSF
PCI-DSS
GDPR
NIS2
ISO 27001
Essential Eight
AU Privacy Act
CMMC
DORA
CIS Benchmarks

Switching intelligence

Switching from

Common migration paths based on review data

  • On-premises WAF appliances
  • Point DDoS tools

Also considering

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Quick facts

Pricing modelper appliance or cloud subscription
Pricing rangeEnterprise custom — contact for quote
Free trialNo
Min seatsNo minimum
Deployment time2-4 weeks
Complexity3 / 5
Pricing transparency2 / 5
AU presenceNo
IRAP assessedNo
Open sourceProprietary

Deployment

ModelsSaaS, On-premises, Hybrid
OS supportHardware appliance, Virtual edition, Cloud
CloudAWS, Azure, GCP
SupportPhone, Email, Dedicated CSM, Professional Services
Data residencyUS, EU

Company

Radware

Founded 1997 · 1,000-1,500 employees · Public

HQ: IL

$250M+ revenue

Certifications

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS

Integrations

SplunkServiceNowIBM QRadarSIEM via syslogTerraform