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AWS WAF alternatives
The 36 most used alternatives to AWS WAF, ranked by how many websites run them. Google reCAPTCHA leads with 3,022,685 sites; AWS WAF itself is on 363.
| # | Tool | Websites | Also run AWS WAF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google reCAPTCHA | 3,022,685 | 1 | Compare | |
| 2 | Akismet | 261,350 | 0 | Compare | |
| 3 | Cloudflare Turnstile | 179,597 | 0 | Compare | |
| 4 | Wordfence | 167,669 | 0 | Compare | |
| 5 | CleanTalk | 138,386 | 0 | Compare | |
| 6 | TrustedSite | 106,398 | 0 | Compare | |
| 7 | Sign in with Google | 100,909 | 0 | Compare | |
| 8 | hCaptcha | 60,804 | 0 | Compare | |
| 9 | Imperva Incapsula | 25,436 | 0 | Compare | |
| 10 | ALTCHA | 14,952 | 0 | Compare | |
| 11 | Sift | 14,510 | 0 | Compare | |
| 12 | Friendly Captcha | 12,799 | 0 | Compare | |
| 13 | HUMAN (PerimeterX) | 12,350 | 1 | Compare | |
| 14 | Fingerprint | 10,239 | 0 | Compare | |
| 15 | Clerk | 8,695 | 0 | Compare | |
| 16 | Firebase Authentication | 7,333 | 0 | Compare | |
| 17 | Sign in with Apple | 6,514 | 0 | Compare | |
| 18 | DataDome | 4,794 | 1 | Compare | |
| 19 | SiteLock | 4,332 | 0 | Compare | |
| 20 | DigiCert Site Seal | 2,810 | 0 | Compare | |
| 21 | Azure AD B2C | 2,530 | 1 | Compare | |
| 22 | GeeTest | 2,421 | 0 | Compare | |
| 23 | Amazon Cognito | 2,019 | 0 | Compare | |
| 24 | Kasada | 1,113 | 0 | Compare | |
| 25 | ThreatMetrix | 683 | 1 | Compare | |
| 26 | Forter | 585 | 1 | Compare | |
| 27 | iovation | 495 | 0 | Compare | |
| 28 | Okta | 468 | 0 | Compare | |
| 29 | MTCaptcha | 387 | 0 | Compare | |
| 30 | Magic | 376 | 0 | Compare | |
| 31 | Kount | 169 | 0 | Compare | |
| 32 | SEON | 169 | 0 | Compare | |
| 33 | Descope | 32 | 0 | Compare | |
| 34 | Arkose Labs | 19 | 0 | Compare | |
| 35 | Stytch | 9 | 0 | Compare | |
| 36 | Cloudflare Access | 7 | 0 | Compare |
Counts are websites whose homepage code loads the tool, in StackGrep's latest crawl.
Questions
What is the most popular AWS WAF alternative?
Google reCAPTCHA, on 3,022,685 websites in our index. The table ranks every alternative we track by sites using it.
Do sites switch from AWS WAF?
Some do. The "also run AWS WAF" column counts sites that load both: often a switch in progress. Each tool's page lists its sites, and with an account you can download them.
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