F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud vs Fingerprint

F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud9.0Visit Fingerprint8.6Visit

Higher score F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud #3 in Bot Detection 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 6 features Visit F5

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Fingerprint #4 in Bot Detection 8.6/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 6 features Visit Fingerprint

• F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud fits best

  Enterprises already using F5 security tooling

• Fingerprint fits best

  Teams needing visitor identity and bot signals

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Side by side

Feature	F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Fingerprint 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.6
Ranking	#3 in Bot Detection	#4 in Bot Detection
Best for	Enterprises already using F5 security tooling	Teams needing visitor identity and bot signals
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$99/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7	Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS	GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, SSO/SAML
Integrations	7 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud 0/6 · Fingerprint 0/6
Behavioral analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Device fingerprinting	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
JavaScript SDK	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Real-time scoring API	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Challenge tools	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Account abuse detection	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Protected requests	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	AI-powered risk scoring complements signature-based threat detection API protection and configurable rate limiting cover application traffic Terraform, Splunk, Datadog, and F5 BIG-IP integrations support operations	Persists visitor identification across sessions and changing networks Real-time signals cover bots, VPNs, geolocation, and device tampering Web and mobile SDKs plus proxy, CDN, and analytics integrations
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales and has no free plan Signature-based bot protection is less specialized than dedicated bot platforms Firewall and event log retention is set to 7 days	Provides signals and filtering rules rather than full case management Free plan limits Android API calls to 500,000 per month Enterprise pricing is custom rather than a published monthly amount
Our verdict	F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud protects web applications and APIs across public clouds, on-premises environments, customer-edge sites, and F5 global network points of presence. It is designed for mid-market and enterprise organizations… Read the review →	Fingerprint is a cloud device-intelligence service for engineering, security, and fraud teams that need to identify web and mobile visitors and assess suspicious activity. It generates persistent visitor IDs across sessions and changing… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud — where it wins

  • AI-powered risk scoring complements signature-based threat detection
  • API protection and configurable rate limiting cover application traffic
  • Terraform, Splunk, Datadog, and F5 BIG-IP integrations support operations

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales and has no free plan
  • Signature-based bot protection is less specialized than dedicated bot platforms
  • Firewall and event log retention is set to 7 days

• Fingerprint — where it wins

  • Persists visitor identification across sessions and changing networks
  • Real-time signals cover bots, VPNs, geolocation, and device tampering
  • Web and mobile SDKs plus proxy, CDN, and analytics integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Provides signals and filtering rules rather than full case management
  • Free plan limits Android API calls to 500,000 per month
  • Enterprise pricing is custom rather than a published monthly amount

• F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A hybrid F5 WAF with bot controls, API safeguards, and automation for larger teams.

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• Fingerprint8.6/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A device-intelligence service for identifying visitors and flagging suspicious activity.

  Visit FingerprintFull verdict →