Alternatives · 2026
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Radware Alternatives

10 firewall & ddos protection tools that compete with Radware, ranked by community rating. Side-by-side comparisons included for every pick.

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    Sucuri logo

    Sucuri

    From €20/mo

    Website firewall and malware cleanup service

    5.0 (261)

    Sucuri provides website firewall (cloud proxy WAF), DDoS protection, CDN, and website malware cleanup services. Popular for WordPress sites and small businesses needing website security.

    Best for: WordPress site owners who want a WAF plus professional malware cleanup if they get hacked

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    AWS WAF logo

    AWS WAF

    From €5/mo

    Amazon WAF integrated with CloudFront and ALB

    4.9 (8)

    AWS WAF is Amazon's web application firewall that can be attached to CloudFront, ALB, or API Gateway. Pay per rule ($1/rule/month) and per million requests ($0.60). Integrates with AWS Shield.

    Best for: AWS-invested applications that need WAF tightly integrated with their existing CloudFront or ALB setup

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    Hetzner DDoS Protection logo

    Hardware-backed DDoS mitigation for high-traffic infrastructure

    4.9 (245)

    Hetzner's DDoS Protection filters volumetric and application-layer attacks at network edge. Designed for cloud users and hosting providers managing large traffic volumes.

    Best for: Organizations running high-traffic applications on Hetzner infrastructure who need native, straightforward DDoS mitigation without multi-vendor complexity.

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    Gcore logo

    Gcore

    Freemium

    Global CDN with 150+ PoPs including Russia and CIS

    4.8 (275)

    Gcore is a European CDN and cloud provider with 150+ PoPs including strong coverage in Russia, CIS, Middle East, and Africa. CDN, cloud compute, streaming, and DDoS protection.

    Best for: Applications needing CDN coverage in CIS, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa beyond Cloudflare's footprint

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    F5 BIG-IP logo

    F5 BIG-IP

    From €1000/mo

    Enterprise application delivery controller

    4.4 (41)

    F5 BIG-IP is the leading enterprise ADC with WAF, load balancing, SSL offloading, and application security. Used by financial services, healthcare, and government agencies.

    Best for: Large financial institutions and government agencies needing enterprise-grade application delivery controllers

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    Cloudflare logo

    Cloudflare

    Freemium

    Global CDN and DDoS protection with object storage

    4.4 (122)

    Cloudflare provides distributed content delivery, DDoS mitigation, and R2 object storage. Designed for developers and enterprises needing reliable infrastructure with minimal latency.

    Best for: Teams building web applications requiring global distribution, DDoS protection, and cost-efficient object storage without egress fees.

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    Imperva logo

    Imperva

    From €500/mo

    Enterprise WAF and DDoS protection

    4.0 (66)

    Imperva provides enterprise-grade WAF, DDoS protection, bot management, and API security. Used by financial services and Fortune 500. 6Tbps DDoS scrubbing capacity.

    Best for: Enterprise companies in financial services needing best-in-class WAF and bot management

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    ModSecurity logo

    Open source WAF for Nginx and Apache

    4.0 (250)

    ModSecurity is the leading open source WAF. Runs as a module for Nginx (via libmodsecurity) and Apache. OWASP Core Rule Set included. Self-hosted on any server.

    Best for: Security engineers who want a free self-hosted WAF they fully control on their Nginx or Apache servers

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    StackPath logo

    StackPath

    Freemium

    CDN and edge compute platform

    3.9 (93)

    StackPath provides CDN, WAF, DDoS protection, and edge compute with 50+ PoPs globally. Simple pricing model and strong integration with serverless edge workers.

    Best for: Developers wanting CDN, WAF, and edge compute in one platform at predictable pricing

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    Nexusguard logo

    Nexusguard

    From €500/mo

    DDoS protection specialist for ISPs and telcos

    3.8 (221)

    Nexusguard specializes in DDoS mitigation for ISPs, hosting providers, and telcos. 20Tbps scrubbing capacity, cloud-based mitigation, and network intelligence.

    Best for: ISPs, hosting providers, and telecommunications companies needing network-level DDoS protection at scale

Why people switch away from Radware

Most teams don't go shopping for a Radware alternative because the product stopped working. They go shopping because something changed — pricing moved, a feature they relied on got deprecated, the support tier they wanted vanished into a higher plan, a region they needed went away, or a competitor shipped the one thing that was missing. The 10 options below are the most-recommended replacements for Radware inside its category, ranked by community confidence rather than affiliate margin.

Switching infrastructure is rarely a clean swap. Even "drop-in" alternatives have different defaults, different control planes, and different gotchas you only discover at scale. Before you commit, click into the Radwarevs X comparison view on any of the cards below — we lay pricing, regions, control plane, support tier, and real community ratings side by side. The comparisons are built from the same data we'd use ourselves to make the decision: spec tables, not vibes.

If you're mid-migration: check the community reviews on each candidate — the helpful ones describe what broke during their actual migration from Radware. That signal is worth more than any vendor benchmark page. If you spot a Radware alternative we're missing, let us know and we'll evaluate it for inclusion.

How we maintain this list

This page refreshes hourly as new ratings, reviews, and pricing changes land in our catalog. The alternative-toolordering is recomputed automatically on every rebuild — we don't freeze rankings or grandfather in providers whose ratings have decayed. Last refreshed: 13 May 2026 (UTC).

Our full ranking methodology, including how we weight ratings vs. review count and how we handle disputed entries, is documented on the methodology page. If you spot a missing provider, an outdated price, or a placement that doesn't match your experience, submit a correction — we read every report and update within 48 hours.

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