# Coraza WAF: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/coraza-waf

## 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% | 24 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "A modern, high-performance rewrite in Go that's fully compatible with ModSecurity rules and OWASP CRS v4." (Grok 4.20, WAF)
- "Modern open-source alternatives like Coraza WAF (Go-based)" (Gemini 3.5 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Coraza WAF, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- haltdos.com: 2
- akamai.com: 1
- alternativeto.net: 1
- cloudflare.com: 1
- developers.cloudflare.com: 1
- indusface.com: 1
- linuxlinks.com: 1
- medium.com: 1
- milesweb.co.uk: 1
- owasp.org: 1

### Pages cited

- https://akamai.com/products/client-side-protection-compliance: 1
- https://alternativeto.net/browse/all: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/products/client-side-security: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-side-security: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-side-security/how-it-works: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/devices/cloudflare-one-client: 1
- https://haltdos.com/knowledge-base/virtual-waf-vs-on-premise-waf-vs-cloud-waf: 1
- https://haltdos.com/waf/best-free-open-source-waf-solutions: 1

## 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.