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
Cloudbric Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacWeb $0.17/mo6.7
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Cloudbric
2
BitNinja Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $6/mo6.6
F5 WAF for NGINX vs BitNinja
3
Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo6.5
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Fastly Image Optimizer
4
BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs BunkerWeb
5
Gcore WAAP Free plan apiWeb €25/mo6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Gcore WAAP
6
Haltdos Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Haltdos
7
Hide My WP Ghost Free plan self-hostedWeb $2.42/mo6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Hide My WP Ghost
8
ModSecurity Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs ModSecurity
9
OWASP Coraza WAF Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs OWASP Coraza WAF
10
SafeLine Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $10/mo6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs SafeLine
11
Security Ninja Free plan self-hostedWeb $9.92/mo6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Security Ninja
12
Wallarm API Security Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Wallarm API Security
13
Cloudflare WAF Free plan Web $20/mo6.3
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Cloudflare WAF
14
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
15
F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.4
F5 WAF for NGINX vs F5 BIG-IP APM
16
Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Webapi 5.3
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)
17
FortiWeb Web 5.2
F5 WAF for NGINX vs FortiWeb
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open-appsec WebLinux 5.2
F5 WAF for NGINX vs open-appsec
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Wordfence Security Web 5.2
F5 WAF for NGINX vs Wordfence Security
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DataDome API Protection AndroidapiiOSWeb $3,830/mo5.1
F5 WAF for NGINX vs DataDome API Protection

F5 WAF for NGINX alternatives compared

#	App	Score	Free plan	From	Runs on
1	Cloudbric	6.7	Free plan	$0.17/mo	Android, API, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
2	BitNinja	6.6	Free plan	$6/mo	Android, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3	Fastly Image Optimizer	6.5	Free plan	$0.01/mo	API, Linux, Web
4	BunkerWeb	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5	Gcore WAAP	6.4	Free plan	€25/mo	API, Web
6	Haltdos	6.4	Free plan	$30/mo	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7	Hide My WP Ghost	6.4	Free plan	$2.42/mo	self-hosted, Web
8	ModSecurity	6.4	Free plan	Free	Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9	OWASP Coraza WAF	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
10	SafeLine	6.4	Free plan	$10/mo	Linux, self-hosted, Web
11	Security Ninja	6.4	Free plan	$9.92/mo	self-hosted, Web
12	Wallarm API Security	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13	Cloudflare WAF	6.3	Free plan	$20/mo	Web
14	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management	6.3	Free plan	Free	API, Web
15	F5 BIG-IP APM	5.4			Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16	Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)	5.3			Web, API
17	FortiWeb	5.2			Web
18	open-appsec	5.2			Web, Linux
19	Wordfence Security	5.2			Web
20	DataDome API Protection	5.1	No	$3,830/mo	Android, API, iOS, Web

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Questions about F5 WAF for NGINX alternatives

What is the best alternative to F5 WAF for NGINX?

Cloudbric, number 1 in web application firewall software with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: BitNinja, Fastly Image Optimizer, BunkerWeb and 16 more.

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

Cloudbric is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 14 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.