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StackPath WAF

Name: StackPath WAF
Author: StackPath

StackPath

Founded 2015·US·Private

4.2

Combined score

4.367

Gartner

4.244

▪ Editorial verdict

StackPath WAF offers a straightforward proposition for small businesses and individual developers: genuine WAF protection covering OWASP Top 10 requirements without the enterprise configuration complexity or pricing that puts Cloudflare's higher tiers or Akamai out of reach. The simple, fast deployment and accessible pricing make it a reasonable entry point for teams without dedicated security expertise.

The honest assessment is that this simplicity trades away sophistication larger organisations require, with threat detection, bot management, and global edge scale sitting meaningfully below the established category leaders.

The verdict: right for SMBs and individual developers wanting simple, affordable WAF protection. Mid-market and enterprise organisations should evaluate Cloudflare WAF or Imperva WAF instead.

Last reviewed: September 2026

4.367 reviews

Gartner

4.244 reviews

PeerSpot

7.730 reviews

Gartner MQ: Not in MQ

WAF / Web Application Firewall assessment

PROTECTIONAdequate

OWASP Top 10 coverage

3 / 5

Bot management

3 / 5

OPERATIONSAdequate

Rule management

4 / 5

Performance & latency

3 / 5

ANALYTICSAdequate

Traffic & threat analytics

3 / 5

TRUST & ECOSYSTEMAdequate

CDN & network quality

3 / 5

Strongest: Rule management

Watch out for: CDN & network quality

Strengths & limitations

Strengths

●Genuinely simple, fast deployment purpose built for developers and SMBs wanting WAF protection without enterprise complexity

●Accessible pricing starting well below enterprise-focused competitors

●Straightforward console and API designed for teams without dedicated security expertise

Watch out for

●Threat detection sophistication and bot management trail the enterprise-focused category leaders significantly

●Global edge PoP count and scale is meaningfully smaller than Cloudflare, Akamai, or Fastly

●No Gartner Magic Quadrant presence, positioned firmly for SMB rather than enterprise

Best for

SMBs and individual developers wanting simple, affordable WAF protection without enterprise complexity.

Not suitable for: Mid-market or enterprise organisations needing sophisticated threat detection or advanced bot management.

Compliance coverage

●SOC 2

○Essential Eight

○AU Privacy Act

○HIPAA

○NIST CSF

○PCI-DSS

○CMMC

○GDPR

○NIS2

○DORA

○ISO 27001

○CIS Benchmarks

Switching intelligence

Switching from

Common migration paths based on review data

No WAF
Consumer-grade protection only

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