# F5 Distributed Cloud WAF: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/f5-distributed-cloud-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% | 18 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best if you want a more enterprise-grade WAAP platform: F5 Distributed Cloud WAF" (GPT-5.4 mini, WAF)
- "Best Customer Satisfaction (Mid-Sized Market): F5 Distributed Cloud WAF" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, WAF)
- "Choose F5. It gives security teams maximum control over policy rules" (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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 F5 Distributed Cloud WAF, from 7 of the 9 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- developers.cloudflare.com: 4
- imperva.com: 4
- appsentinels.ai: 3
- cloudflare.com: 3
- edgeone.ai: 3
- geekflare.com: 3
- milesweb.in: 3
- openappsec.io: 3
- wafplanet.com: 3
- alibabacloud.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://appsentinels.ai/blog/top-25-web-application-firewalls-wafs-and-best-alternatives-for-cloudflare: 3
- https://cloudflare.com/products/waf: 3
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf: 3
- https://edgeone.ai/blog/details/best-waf-providers: 3
- https://geekflare.com/guides/best-web-application-firewall: 3
- https://milesweb.in/blog/website-security/top-waf-vendors: 3
- https://openappsec.io/post/best-waf-solutions-in-2024-2025-real-world-comparison: 3
- https://alibabacloud.com/help/en/waf/web-application-firewall-3-0/product-overview/billing-description: 2

## 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.