2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer”: Web Application and API Protection

Fastly is the only vendor to be named a Customers’ Choice for five consecutive years

Gartner® recognizes the most highly rated vendors with the Customers’ Choice distinction. We are honored to once again be named a “Customers’ Choice” in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer” for Web Application and API Protection based on verified end-user testimonials.

We are grateful to all our customers who shared their experiences with our next-gen WAF. Fastly received the most customer reviews out of all WAAP vendors (140 reviews) and is the highest-rated vendor out of 10 total vendors included in the report with an average rating of 5/5 stars. Our award-winning platform is the strategic choice for organizations looking for highly effective web application protection.

Over 100 enterprise IT professionals rated our next-gen WAF 5/5 stars for its ability to:

  • Block attacks with virtually zero false positives
  • Integrate with a diverse array of DevOps and security tools
  • Provide visibility within a unified management console
  • Provide an easy to use and easy to manage user experience
  • Run in full blocking mode—which 90% of our customers do

See what our customers are saying

“Still the best WAF product on the market. Easy to use, but deep with customizations. Even with a small security team, this product provides strong security and compliance features.”
- Director of Product Security in the real estate industry

"This is one of the best WAF products I have used. Easy to onboard, very good dashboard capabilities and excellent user interface to manage sites and rules. No false positives and easy to enforce rules (self service)"
- Engineering Manager in the retail industry

"Easy Deployment. Up and running within 15 minutes. Full blocking mode within days based on our testing and application requirements."
- Director of IT


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2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer” for Web Application and API Protection

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Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer”: Web Application and API Protection, February 2023.
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