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Cloudflare WAF

Cloudflare · Runtime & Kubernetes Protection

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FreemiumCompany

Cloudflare WAF protects origins with managed and custom rules, rate limiting and bot management at the edge.

What it does3 capabilities · 3 at full coverage

3 of 3 at full coverage.

API Rate Limiting & Abuse PreventionFullAPI · level 2 · 6 providers
Virtual PatchingFullK8S · level 3 · 4 providers
Web Application FirewallFullK8S · level 2 · 5 providers

What it proves9 controls across 6 frameworks

Satisfied through its capabilities, not claimed by the vendor.

API Top 102 / 10API4:2023 API6:2023
ASVS 5.02 / 17V2 V3
CSF 2.02 / 106PR.IR-01 RS.MI-01
CRA1 / 41Annex I Part I (2)(h)
LLM Top 101 / 10LLM10:2025
SSDF 1.11 / 42RV.2.2

What it stops5 techniques

5 techniques countered, 5 of them common

Brute ForceT1110Very Common
Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190Very Common
Exploitation of Known Vulnerable ComponentVery Common
Injection ExploitationVery Common
Denial of AI ServiceAML.T0029Common

Where it runs2 phases · 1 way to deploy

Capabilities per lifecycle phase

Deploy1
Operate3

How it is delivered

SaaS

What it unlocks1 activity · reaches level 2

Program activities its capabilities support, reaching level 2. Supporting an activity is not completing it.

Level 2

Govern API specifications and rate limitsLow effort

How it holds up

Not assessed yet: no strengths, limits or evaluation scores. 47 of 340 products carry an assessment and 29 are scored.

What it costsOpen core or freemium · free tier

LicensingOpen core or freemium

Priced perfree tier plus paid tiers

BillingSubscription

Scales withFeature tier, users or usage beyond the free tier

Total cost

Start free; enterprise needs such as SSO, audit logs and policy often require the paid tier.

What it takes to run

No staffing, rollout time or operational commitment recorded.

What it works with

No supported language, standard, integration or named feature recorded.

What else to look at

No alternative, competitor or family sibling is modeled for it.

What backs this up

No measurement, incident or pipeline using it.

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