# Barracuda WAF alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 245 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Barracuda WAF holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/barracuda-waf/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare WAF: 148
- Akamai App & API Protector: 15
- Imperva Cloud WAF: 15
- Sucuri WAF: 4
- Akamai App & API Protector + Bot Manager: 2
- Cloudflare Business Plan: 2

## Web application firewalls

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Barracuda WAF.

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 63 of those 82
- Sucuri WAF: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Azure WAF: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Cloudflare Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Cloudflare Business Plan: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Barracuda WAF (Barracuda WAF is #5 of 12 at 2%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 44 of those 80
- Imperva Cloud WAF: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Sucuri WAF: first choice in 2 of those 80
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Akamai App & API Protector: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Cloudflare Business Plan: first choice in 1 of those 80
- ModSecurity: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Barracuda WAF.

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 41 of those 83
- Akamai App & API Protector: first choice in 14 of those 83
- Imperva Cloud WAF: first choice in 13 of those 83
- Akamai App & API Protector + Bot Manager: first choice in 2 of those 83
- F5 Distributed Cloud WAF: first choice in 2 of those 83
- AWS WAF + Bot Control: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Cisco Advanced WAF and Bot Protection: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Cloudflare Enterprise WAF plus Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 83

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