# F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP: 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/f5-distributed-cloud-waap

## 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% | 39 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "You want a broader application-protection platform across cloud, on-prem, or edge locations." (GPT-6 Luna, 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- akamai.com: 2
- developers.cloudflare.com: 2
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 2
- f5.com: 2
- imperva.com: 2
- learn.microsoft.com: 2
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- cloud.google.com: 1
- docs.cloud.google.com: 1
- fastly.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf: 2
- https://imperva.com/products/web-application-firewall-waf: 2
- https://akamai.com/products/app-and-api-protector: 1
- https://akamai.com/site/en/documents/corporate/akamai-services-descriptions.pdf: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/waf/pricing: 1
- https://cloud.google.com/security/products/armor: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bot-management: 1
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/us_en/waf/latest/developerguide/what-is-aws-waf.html: 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.