# F5 Web App & API Protection: 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-web-app-api-protection

## 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% | 40 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose F5 or Imperva if you need enterprise-grade hybrid WAAP capabilities." (GPT-5.4 mini, 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 | 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 | 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 Web App & API Protection, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- fastly.com: 2
- imperva.com: 2
- akamai.com: 1
- cdn.studio.f5.com: 1 (its own site)
- checkpoint.com: 1
- developers.cloudflare.com: 1
- expertinsights.com: 1
- f5.com: 1 (its own site)
- fortinet.com: 1
- g2.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://akamai.com/site/it/documents/analyst-report/2024/2024-idc-waap-marketscape-report.pdf: 1
- https://cdn.studio.f5.com/files/k6fem79d/production/91ecfc4fbd45eb5d10f4b11100ecf956f13895b8.pdf: 1
- https://checkpoint.com/cyber-hub/cloud-security/what-is-web-application-firewall/the-top-5-waf-providers: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf: 1
- https://expertinsights.com/network-security/the-top-web-application-firewalls: 1
- https://f5.com/products/waf: 1
- https://fastly.com/blog/best-waf-solutions-2025-2026: 1
- https://fastly.com/blog/imperva-alternatives: 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.