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Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF vs Pega Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Imperva Managed Rules on AW...
Ranking in Business Rules Management
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pega Platform
Ranking in Business Rules Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (3rd), Process Automation (3rd), Rapid Application Development Software (12th), Low-Code Development Platforms (7th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (11th), AI Software Development (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Business Rules Management category, the mindshare of Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF is 2.0%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pega Platform is 25.0%, down from 29.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Rules Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pega Platform25.0%
Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF2.0%
Other73.0%
Business Rules Management
 

Featured Reviews

BasilJiji - PeerSpot reviewer
System engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Edge protection has reduced junk traffic and now safeguards APIs with automated threat intelligence
The best feature I would say is the compliance. It satisfies enterprise audit criteria for web application profiling that is required by PCI DSS and HIPAA. Also, it aligns fully with my security compliance matrices, the OWASP Top 10 alignment, and standard core rules to defend against injection attacks, cross-site scripting, and path traversal. These are the major features. The managed rule set proves that modern security does not have to be slow or complicated. It turns threat intelligence into a utility function that I can enable with a few clicks. It has eliminated the heavy operational burden of threat research. Instead of my internal security engineers spending hours tracking new malicious IPs or writing custom regex signatures to deal with emerging exploits, Imperva automatically updates the rule set in the background.
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Quality Assurance Team Lead at HCLSoftware
Process automation has improved case handling and now saves half of our daily manual work
Pega Platform has improved my business process overall. The manager confirmed that manual statuses are automated and manual evaluations are automated. For eight hours of work, it automates four hours of work. Pega Platform has features for operational efficiency that are significant. It provides a business security texture app, which is a valuable feature, and it also offers report definitions such as bar charts, pie charts, and operational help. In terms of management capabilities, Pega Platform provides dashboards and tools that help with management and categories. Pega Platform has good integration features, as integration can be done in many ways, and even for legacy systems, it is a strong feature. I did not encounter any problems with legacy systems. Pega Platform has good scalability. It is not difficult to scale up or down if there is a need.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF offers continuous threat intelligence updates as the best feature, as they have a rapid response to newly discovered attack techniques and base their detection logic on real-world threat data with easy integration with AWS."
"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF has impacted my organization positively to a very good extent, as along with the default AWS WAF rules, Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF is giving more edge on layer seven security for protecting the applications at the organization, making them good-to-go rules."
"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF has positively impacted our organization because we were able to protect our websites and rectify the open attack and abuse attack that was occurring."
"The managed rule set proves that modern security does not have to be slow or complicated."
"Automatic updates are the best features Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF offers."
"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF has positively impacted my organization by addressing trust issues my customer had regarding security configuration for their application."
"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to reduce attacks."
"This solution is useful for business process management if you have any banking solutions or need to manage a process."
"The most valuable features of Pega BPM are low code, no code, functionality, and easy development."
"This product makes it easier to connect to multiple applications because integration through API or web services is very easy."
"The stability has been good. We haven't had any issues."
"Case Management is the most valuable feature of PegaRULES, which is not found in other BPM tools."
"The solution provides us with a very good dashboard."
"It's been quite good and we've been quite satisfied with it."
"The most valuable feature is flexibility, as we can configure it to best suit our requirements."
 

Cons

"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF keeps updating its rule sets, but the company could increase the number of rules on a yearly basis and incorporate more rules aligned with artificial intelligence security."
"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF can usually have false positives sometimes, blocking legitimate traffic and struggling with complex search queries, particularly with large JSON requests and certain GraphQL requests, which makes us initially deploy the rules in monitoring mode before switching to blocking mode to ensure all our use cases are supported."
"For improvement, it would be better to have access to deeper configuration levels in Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF."
"The reporting can improve a little bit with Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF."
"Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF could improve by adding more parameters. There are other add-on features that come with it, such as advanced bot protection, because the normal feature does not provide good fingerprinting for bots."
"Other issues include that the marketplace sellers do not allow me to modify individual parameters inside the vendor's compiled rule set, meaning any false positive must be handled by a custom override rule."
"Sometimes the rules act as a black box with Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF because you cannot see the underlying rule logic or regular expressions, which can be challenging when troubleshooting false positives on complex API payloads."
"The UI cannot be customized in the solution."
"PegaRULES should provide a more drag-and-drop interface to make it a low-code, no-code product."
"We need more light retail BPM tools within the Pega system. However, Pega is mostly for big companies."
"The cost of licensing could be improved."
"High licensing costs: Pega is often seen as expensive, especially for small and mid-sized enterprises."
"The UI has always been the weakest part."
"Pega's technical support could be better."
"If it's not implemented by knowledgeable resources it's going to be a disaster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We do not have to purchase any licenses for the product."
"The price of Pega BPM falls on the higher side of the spectrum if I were to compare it with other solutions in the market."
"There are multiple Pega licensing models, including outcome- and revenue-based licensing models"
"The price is a bit expensive."
"Licensing is expensive. You need to wisely select between per user and per case."
"It is cost-effective for medium enterprises. It is cheaper than ServiceNow."
"The price of PegaRULES is more expensive than other solutions on the market."
"They need to come up with licensing options. Right now they do have a cloud-based option, but the cloud prices I've seen are much more expensive compared to competing products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
28%
University
27%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF?
The settings available with Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF are fine and I find it good. The reporting can improve a little bit with Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF.
What is your primary use case for Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF?
My main use case for Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF is to control the website under the WAF. A specific example of how I use Imperva Managed Rules on AWS WAF to control my website is that we brou...
Is Pega BPM easy to work with and can beginners utilize this software?
You do need some preparation to be able to use all functions of Pega BPM. However, all users of this platform are in luck as it comes with good documentation and you can learn pretty much everythin...
Have you encountered any issues while using Pega BPM and were you assisted by the company?
My company has been using this tool for years and the only issue we have had, if you can call it that, was while setting it up. When we were setting it up initially, we had some drawbacks and could...
When you consider the features and benefits of Pega BPM, would you say this product is fairly priced?
Pega BPM can be considered overpriced for some; it all depends on the size of your company and the requirements of your customers. Sure, there are products out there that do the things that Pega B...
 

Also Known As

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Pega BPM, Pegasystems, SmartBPM, PegaRULES
 

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Sample Customers

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The State of Maine, ANZ, Coca-Cola, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), ME, New South Wales, OptumRx, Texas Department of Transportation, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement
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