Imperva Application Security Platform vs Sucuri comparison

Imperva and Sucuri Security are both solutions in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category. Imperva is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3, while Sucuri Security is ranked #37. Imperva holds a 8.1% mindshare in WAF, compared to Sucuri Security’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Imperva users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Sucuri Security users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

Imperva Application Security Platform and Sucuri are both major players in the application security market, aiming to protect against cyber threats. Sucuri appears to have an advantage due to its extensive feature set, while Imperva gains praise for its affordable pricing and excellent customer support.

Features: Imperva focuses on threat intelligence, real-time attack analytics, and utilizes machine learning to strengthen its security. It also offers Intelligent Traffic Filtering and a comprehensive view of application utilization. Sucuri highlights include website monitoring, malware removal, and user-friendly firewall, which simplify security measures while still providing robust protection.

Room for Improvement: Imperva could benefit from more frequent signature updates for on-premises versions and improved custom report capabilities. Additionally, API protection options could be enhanced. Sucuri might improve in terms of deeper analytics, offering more advanced reporting tools, and enhanced integration with third-party platforms.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Imperva's deployment process is efficient, having a well-regarded support team that provides consistent assistance. It is straightforward to integrate the solution, making it suitable for complex environments. Sucuri's deployment process is simple, with easy integration that doesn't typically require external help. Its customer service is accessible and responsive, supporting straightforward problem-solving.

Pricing and ROI: Imperva's pricing is seen as cost-effective with a balanced offering that leads to a quicker ROI. It's suited for businesses mindful of costs while still desiring strong security features. Sucuri's pricing reflects its extensive features, which could entail a higher initial investment. However, their comprehensive protection can offer a satisfactory ROI for clients willing to invest more upfront.

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As of March 2026, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is 5.4%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Imperva Application Security Platform is 8.1%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sucuri is 1.3%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Web Application Firewall (WAF) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Imperva Application Security Platform	8.1%
Cloudflare Web Application Firewall	5.4%
Sucuri	1.3%
Other	85.2%

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Featured Reviews

Dean Barisic

CTO at PlayNirvana

Advanced security reporting has protected high-traffic betting platforms from constant attacks

I don't see room for improvement to Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. One thing I don't know much about because we have a dedicated IT team for that, and I'm not involved with Cloudflare much anymore. But if I were to compare them to F5, I would like to see more features that F5 offers. F5 has an option to bring the whole infrastructure, the whole WAF and all their packages, Bot Management, and everything else on your infrastructure. You need to install certain services from their side, and then you can choose if you would like requests to hit your servers immediately or if requests need to be proxied through F5 backbone. That would be a nice addition because we have 90% of the traffic as legit traffic coming from whitelisted servers. If it comes from whitelisted servers, I don't need to go every request through the backbone; I could easily just IP whitelist everything. Then I could maybe have Bot Management on my infrastructure that drastically reduces the price of Cloudflare. I would like to see Push CDN more improved in the next release of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. And maybe something similar to Pushpin that Fastly has, which is an option where you can push messages that then can be scaled globally over the network. From our perspective, if we have a listener that listens for stock updates, I would just need to have one processor that pushes those updates to the Cloudflare API, and then Cloudflare would broadcast that message to all listeners. Cloudflare will check the order of the message, and if you, as a customer, are not connected or have some kind of network issue, when you reconnect, you will receive the latest state and missing updates.

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reviewer1247523

Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Solution ensures website availability and proactive threat mitigation

Over the seven years, the most valuable features of Imperva DDoS that I have found are related to DDoS attacks, which are a group of attacks, and not all of them can be resolved on the endpoint level before the website. Using the web firewall before the website is a common use case to protect against malicious requests to the website. I have utilized Imperva's Intelligent Traffic Filtering feature. This feature helps me understand how the attack is progressing and what is happening inside the requests to our website. It allows me to granularly grant or deny access to certain parts of our website. This helps when we know our customers and the types of requests that can be sent from them, enabling us to block some malicious requests. Imperva DDoS has User Behavior Analytics and Threat Intelligence on its board, and this helps us to be protected proactively. Imperva DDoS connects to its database of threats, storing whole information about attacks all over the world in one simple engine. Everyone can use this feature, which can connect to this engine and get information about what is going on at the world level. That is the way to be protected at the company's level. The integration capabilities of Imperva DDoS are very easy and simple. We can run it in 2 hours.

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Jagobandhu Some

Hardware Engineer at Ministry of Defense

A cost-effective choice for website security and informative support with issues related to CDN quality

One area where they could improve is in providing real-time support options because now you need to open a support ticket and wait for their response. It would greatly benefit customers if they implemented an online chat or messaging system for quicker assistance. I have found their Content Delivery Network service to be lacking in quality, and it could certainly be enhanced to provide better performance. I would also like to see improvements in the deployment process, as it currently takes more time than desirable. Another significant concern is that their service when your website is down, turns it into a static site. This means that if customers try to visit your site during downtime, they will see old content from the static site, which is not ideal. The CDN and tracking services are areas that need improvement, as well as addressing their bandwidth limitations.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Cloudflare is cheaper compared to Azure WAF, which I have considered before."

"The solution protects our application, which runs on the HTTP protocol, from DDoS attacks."

"Cloudflare has positively impacted my organization by making it easier for me to handle and set up DNS for multiple clients; I can easily go in and access their accounts, make changes they need, and it's a one-stop shop."

"The initial setup process is simple."

"It protects web applications efficiently."

"Does a good job preventing web application attacks."

"We extensively use the solution every day. The solution is very stable; we haven’t seen any glitches."

"Caching is the most valuable feature of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall."

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"The most important feature I have found to be the ease in how to do the backup and restores."

"Technical support provides good, quick responses."

"I am impressed with the product's scalability, availability, easy management, and security. We were able to integrate the product with Azure and Sentinel."

"The tool's profiling feature maps all the web application directories and related components on the profile directory. It has improved the security of my client's website applications."

"Imperva DDoS helps us automate production. The client had specific requirements for a cloud project in the financial sector."

"The main benefit is the use case my clients find valuable, because for the product and security there is good API inspection, and if any abnormal API appears or there are any similarities due to changes, the API security features will catch that so allowed APIs will get access while others will be blocked."

"I have had a positive experience with Imperva Web Application Firewall's tech support so far. They are knowledgeable and respond on time."

"It is a stable solution."

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"The initial setup was very easy."

"The initial setup was straightforward. Straight forward because the plugin can simply be installed and then it does its job. It's not complex, there is no learning curve. The online scan is simple, you put in the website address and the scan gives us a report on the browser itself. It's simple to use."

"The most valuable part is the analytics and visualization."

"I use it as a WAF, which is basically a web firewall to monitor and block traffic to our web server."

"Domain name scanning since it allows us to scan all our domain names and determine whether it has malware or if is reported as phishing."

"It significantly eases the workload and streamlines the initial setup required to protect a website."

Cons

"Their documentation could be better. They don't have documentation that explains everything well. They have documentation for everything you're looking for, but they lack a single piece of documentation to tie everything together. As a new user or beginner, it took us a little bit of time to figure out how to put all these things in place."

"The dashboard could be more user-friendly."

"The platform's control features related to real-time authentication and response time need improvement."

"A key challenge arises when dealing with numerous integrations with HVAC systems. Depending on the specifics, there might be some configuration mismatches, which necessitate specific support."

"I have experienced some difficulties with Cloudflare's support as a customer based in India."

"They have some limitations with third-party integrations."

"The notification part could be improved. It's very much connected to Web Application Firewall, rate-limiting, and DDoS protection."

"The reporting could be more granular."

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"There’s nothing that’s missing in terms of features."

"The salespeople tend to exaggerate its capabilities, which can cost you money if you don't verify the information."

"Its price could be improved. It is quite expensive. It will be good if we could export the configuration. Currently, to control the configuration, we need to go to each website, which is not very convenient."

"It would be nice to have more security control over mobile applications so I would suggest adding more mobile security features. It would also be beneficial to see improvements in regards to interface bandwidth performance, CPU time, and RAM size. Learning capability of the device is quite weak."

"It's quite expensive."

"The solution needs to improve Integration with third parties for their on-prem deployment models. The integration is not that good yet."

"The rules surrounding the making of web applications could be improved."

"The initial setup could be simplified. Every time you have to install the solution you have to get in touch with support or somebody that can to do that for you."

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"Confident score: Currently it does not have one and there are cases that most websites flagged are false-positives."

"Sucuri could provide help for specific security alerts in-line instead of requiring users to search for it in the help section."

"I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. The reason is that we have found sometimes customers or Google saying that there is something wrong with the website but Sucuri says that the site is clean so we do have to look at the site manually which means that the Sucuri scan does not pick up anything and everything."

"It would greatly benefit customers if they implemented an online chat or messaging system for quicker assistance."

"In terms of improvement, the cost factor is always there."

"The main improvement I would like to see is support for .NET applications. If they could include this feature, I would include more sites in the protection."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cloudflare offers different types of subscriptions for businesses, enterprises, and personal users, and the pricing is negotiable."

"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is more affordable than other solutions."

"The annual licensing fee is $10,000 USD."

"It starts at $20 and can easily go up to $200 monthly"

"The pricing model is very straightforward compared to the competition. You just pay per month for the product and usage."

"We pay $210 per month for CloudFlare WAF."

"It is not too pricey."

"What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I believe the pricing is not the best, but it's reasonable and acceptable. We also use the McAfee system in parallel. In terms of pricing, its okay - not great, but not bad either. It falls in the middle, which is acceptable. In terms of support licensing, last time, we were searching for a solution, and we considered products from resellers rather than directly from the cloud provider. However, the pricing we encountered was exceptionally high. As a result, we are inclined to select support from the reseller."

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"For enterprise contracts you will be in touch with a dedicated account manager who will guide you regarding licensing."

"The cost is on par with other solutions such as Cloudflare and Akamai."

"Pricing could be more competitive."

"The pricing is somewhat expensive. It is actually a huge investment when compared to other countries."

"Make sure you understand the way that Imperva charges. It's very affordable. However, I would like to see a package with the Virtual Patching included. You get to do patching separately."

"The data packages are higher than our needs so we end up paying for data that we don't use."

"We have an issue with Imperva Incapsula in the Iraqi market because of the high price."

"The license is on a yearly basis."

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"The ROI has been very good. Because of the solution, I have a tax break. The site developers were not always experienced people. We used to pay more for cleaning up the site when it was infected. Now, we have peace of mind knowing that the solution will clean up the site and that we won't have to go through the unnecessary process of restoring it from a backup. The protection on the WAF and the measures for backups have also prevented our site from going down."

"It stands out as a more cost-effective option compared to other cloud-based security services like Cloudflare or JetPass."

"I’d simply say it’s really worth it."

"Sucuri offers different plans, both the standard plan and an advanced plan. So there are different plans to choose from."

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Security Expert with 51-200 employees

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Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	6

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Midsize Enterprise	25
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Also Known As

Cloudflare WAF

Imperva Bot Management, Imperva Web Application Firewall, Imperva API Security

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Overview

Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's intuitive dashboard enables users to build powerful rules through easy clicks and also provides Terraform integration. Every request to the WAF is inspected against the rule engine and the threat intelligence curated from protecting over 27 Million websites. Suspicious requests can be blocked, challenged or logged as per the needs of the user while legitimate requests are routed to the destination, agnostic of whether it lives on-premise or in the cloud. Analytics and Cloudflare Logs enable visibility into actionable metrics for the user.

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Imperva Application Security Platform delivers comprehensive and continuous web threat protection. Renowned for its ease of use, it shields web applications and databases from various cyber threats while integrating seamlessly with cloud and on-premises environments.

Imperva Application Security Platform protects web environments by offering advanced security measures against threats like DDoS attacks, SQL injections, and cross-site scripting. As a robust web application firewall, it provides extensive monitoring and bot management capabilities. The platform integrates content delivery networks for enhanced performance and scalability, while real-time traffic analysis ensures consistent protection. Despite its strengths, improvements can be made in policy management and customization options. Users seek better integration with third-party tools and more competitive pricing models. The inclusion of AI for enhanced analytics is also anticipated.

What are the key features of Imperva Application Security Platform?

Correlated Attack Validation: Enhances threat assessment by linking related security events.
Threat Radar: Offers visibility into potential and ongoing threats.
Virtual Patching: Provides protection against vulnerabilities without immediate code changes.
IncapRules: Allows creation of custom security policies.
DDoS Protection: Defends against large-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks.
CDN Integration: Improves content delivery speed and reliability.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

User-Friendly Administration: Simplifies setup and ongoing management tasks.
Seamless Integration: Ensures smooth operation with existing infrastructure.
Comprehensive Threat Protection: Shields digital assets from a wide range of threats.
Hands-On Support: Provides timely and effective customer service assistance.

Imperva Application Security Platform is implemented in industries needing strong database and application protection. Companies use it to enforce geolocation restrictions and manage bots, benefiting sectors like finance and e-commerce where data security and threat monitoring are critical. Its ability to protect and ensure data accessibility makes it integral to business operations prioritizing cyber resilience.

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Sucuri gives website owners peace of mind with solutions that prevent hackers from abusing websites, and professional response services to those compromised. Sucuri is dedicated to researching the latest and emerging threats affecting websites like yours. Website security should be attainable for all website owners; we focus on making that a reality. Get back to running awesome WordPress websites. Our services are built around three principles – People. Process. Technology.

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