# Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/barracuda-waf-as-a-service

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Web application firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/web-application-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 36 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Barracuda if you want a dedicated WAAP-focused solution with MSP support and even lower cost." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, WAF)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- atomicorp.com: 1
- cloudflare.com: 1
- csoonline.com: 1
- cybersecuritynews.com: 1
- developers.cloudflare.com: 1
- edgeone.ai: 1
- featuredcustomers.com: 1
- geekflare.com: 1
- imperva.com: 1
- marketresearchfuture.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://atomicorp.com/web-application-firewall-waf-costs-shouldnt-exclude-you: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/en-gb/application-services/products/waf: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/plans: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/products/waf: 1
- https://csoonline.com/article/566615/what-is-a-waf-12-top-web-application-firewalls-compared.html: 1
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-web-application-firewall-solutions: 1
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-web-application-firewall-waf: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf: 1

## In its own words

What Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: purpose-built, comprehensive protection for web apps and APIs with multi-cloud protection and simple licensing (https://de.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/aws-waf)
- For: organizations using AWS WAF / web applications and APIs (https://de.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/aws-waf)
- Price stated: simple, deterministic licensing (https://de.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/aws-waf)
- Free plan or trial: Try Free (https://de.barracuda.com/products/application-protection/aws-waf)
- Hosting: Azure’s extensive global presence
- Customers named: One North

## What it publishes

Every page barracuda.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10000 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 4766 pages, 244 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-12-01
- case study: 14 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-01
- webinar or virtual event: 115 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-01
- conference or event: 21 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-08-01
- report or ebook: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-02-01
- comparison: 27 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-01
- template or tool: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-04-01
- glossary or explainer: 70 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-01
- podcast or video: 5 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- news or press: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-03-01
- Recent: 2026-12-01 blog: 01 https://blog.barracuda.com/2026/12/01
- Recent: 2026-12-01 blog: 02 https://blog.barracuda.com/2026/12/02
- Recent: 2026-12-01 blog: 03 https://blog.barracuda.com/2026/12/03
- Recent: 2026-12-01 blog: 04 https://blog.barracuda.com/2026/12/04
- Recent: 2026-12-01 blog: 05 https://blog.barracuda.com/2026/12/05
- Recent: 2026-12-01 blog: 06 https://blog.barracuda.com/2026/12/06

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.