# F5 NGINX App Protect 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/f5-nginx-app-protect-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% | 31 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "For on-premises or high-performance requirements: NGINX App Protect WAF delivers low latency and flexible deployment." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 NGINX App Protect WAF, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- f5.com: 2 (its own site)
- gigaom.com: 2
- openappsec.io: 2
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- azure.microsoft.com: 1
- blog.fraktal.fi: 1
- cdnworld.com: 1
- checkpoint.com: 1
- codeables.dev: 1
- dev.to: 1

### Pages cited

- https://f5.com//go/report/high-performance-web-application-firewall-testing: 2
- https://gigaom.com/report/high-performance-web-application-firewall-testing: 2
- https://openappsec.io/post/best-waf-solutions-in-2024-2025-real-world-comparison: 2
- https://aws.amazon.com/waf/faqs: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/waf/features: 1
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/web-application-firewall: 1
- https://blog.fraktal.fi/comparing-cloud-wafs-in-2024-61b689b1b0e1: 1
- https://cdnworld.com/article/imperva-vs-cloudflare: 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.