Sold by: Check Point Software Technologies
Deployed on AWS
Check Point WAF as a Service (WAFaaS) is an AI-based web application, generative and agentic AI, and API security solution, delivering the highest protection against known and zero-day threats using advanced AI and IPS. WAFaaS provides multiple layers of protection: rate limiting, AI engines, IPS signatures, zero-day file security, bot protection, and comprehensive API discovery and schema validation. WAFaaS delivers a non-agent WAF, deployable within minutes, and adds advanced DDoS mitigation. Traffic is seamlessly routed through Check Point servers, which automatically issue SSL certificates.
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Overview
Check Point WAF as a Service (WAFaaS) is an automated solution that delivers superior benefits of a top-tier web application, generative and agentic AI, and API security solution, requiring minimal manual intervention. The AI engine continuously learns the behavior of your application, tracking changes throughout its lifecycle. This ensures a minimal false positive rate and reduces tedious rule tuning after each application change. WAFaaS delivers a non-agent WAF that can be deployed in less than 15 minutes. Traffic is effortlessly routed through Check Point servers, which automatically issue SSL certificates. Upon redirection, any HTTP requests are intercepted for inspection and forwarded to the application only after validating their security. WAFaaS is available in premium and advanced packages. Advanced package does not include API Discovery and Zero-day file security.
The Premium package provides:
AI-based engines for prevention of Zero-day Attacks and OWASP Top 10 known attacks.
AI-based contextual analysis engine to ensure precise detection rate with minimal false positives.
Real-time API discovery, sensitive data, and public exposure governance.
Snort 3.0 signature enforcement engine.
Advanced DDoS mitigation to ensure your applications stay accessible to legitimate users by mitigating attacks that overwhelm your network, servers, or applications.
Rate limiting, based on identifiers such as IP address and XFF - limited to 5 rules.
Intrusion Prevention (IPS), over 2,800 Web CVEs, based on award-winning NSS-Certified IPS.
Includes 6 months of full logs retention, based on the fair usage policy.
Auto-generated swagger schema for validation and schema enforcement. Unlimited rate limiting.
Rate limiting functionality adds identifiers such as keys within JWT, cookies, or headers.
Zero-day file security.
You are entitled to free usage of 7 days or 1M HTTP requests whatever comes first, after that you will be billed.
Highlights
- Zero-day prevention: Check Point WAF as a Service (WAFaaS) automatically prevents zero-day exploits across a wide spectrum of security events, including React2Shell, log4shell, text4shell, and MOVEit, all in real-time.
- Deployed within minutes: WAFaaS delivers a non-agent Web application firewall, deployable within minutes. Only a one-time DNS configuration is necessary for WAFaaS to start routing traffic securely to applications in the cloud.
- Unified Application Security Across the Full Attack Surface: Consolidates WAF, API, GenAI, bot, DDoS, file security, and CDN capabilities, eliminating the fragmented point solutions that create blind spots and increase administrative overhead.
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Dimension | Cost/unit |
|---|---|
First 10M HTTP requests | $1,800.00 |
10M-60M HTTP requests (price per 1M) | $44.00 |
60M-160M HTTP requests (price per 1M) | $24.00 |
160M HTTP requests and above (price per 1M) | $16.00 |
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Customer reviews
BintuFatimah T P.
Robust AI-Driven Security with Room for UI Enhancement
Reviewed on Apr 14, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like Check Point CloudGuard WAF for its ability to combine intelligent automation with strong visibility, making it a reliable solution for securing cloud applications while reducing operational overhead. It balances advanced security capabilities with usability and scalability effectively, which is great for both security operations and compliance-focused teams. It also integrates well with broader security and cloud ecosystems, which enhances visibility, monitoring, and incident response. The AI-driven protection, excellent visibility, and scalability for cloud environments are strong points, making it a solution I recommend for strengthening application security.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think there are a few areas where Check Point CloudGuard WAF could be improved. I would appreciate more guided onboarding and configuration support. Also, an enhanced UI/UX for policy management and log analysis would be beneficial. I'd like to see greater flexibility in custom rule creation and deeper integration with SIEM and GRC platforms. Expanded documentation and real-world use cases would also be helpful, along with better cost transparency and scalability options. While the setup was moderately easy, there is a learning curve during initial configuration, and the documentation and guidance could improve.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard WAF to secure cloud-hosted apps, handle web threats, reduce false positives, improve traffic visibility, simplify multi-cloud security, support compliance, and lower operational overhead.
jawher s.
Effortless Cloud Security with Automated Protection
Reviewed on Apr 08, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like how Check Point CloudGuard WAF delivers strong automated threat prevention with minimal tuning, making cloud app protection feel both powerful and effortless. I also really appreciate how seamlessly CloudGuard WAF integrates with cloud-native workflows, applying protections automatically as new services spin up so security never slows down development. It's great how CloudGuard automatically applies security policies to every new cloud resource as it's created, so nothing ever launches unprotected and you don't have to slow down development to keep things secure.
What do you dislike about the product?
CloudGuard WAF could improve by making advanced configuration and log analysis faster and less cumbersome. It would benefit from clearer, more intuitive advanced settings and a faster, more searchable log viewer that makes deep dive investigation less time-consuming.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard WAF to protect cloud applications by detecting, blocking, and mitigating web attacks. It solves the headache of constantly monitoring web defenses by automatically blocking threats like OWASP Top 10, bot attacks, and zero-day exploits, making protection feel both powerful and effortless.
Sachin-Yadav
AI-driven protection has reduced attack impact and now secures web apps and APIs in real time
Reviewed on Apr 07, 2026
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
I use Check Point CloudGuard WAF for web application and API protection. I can provide a scenario where I used Check Point CloudGuard WAF to defend against an SQL injection attack on a web app. It detects query patterns via machine learning and then blocks requests instantly without needing any rule writing.
What is most valuable?
Check Point CloudGuard WAF offers various capabilities including AI-based threat prevention, API security, DDoS protection at multi-layer, L3 and L7 protection, bot protection, behavioral analysis, and fingerprinting.
AI-based threat prevention stands out for me because instead of relying on static signatures that have been added in the cloud, it uses behavioral baselines. For example, if I'm using an application with behavioral application capabilities, it provides me high security using AI-based threat prevention. Behavioral learning mode has been divided into various phases. The first phase is the learning mode where it automatically learns. Whenever I onboard any app, it observes the traffic for a short duration or builds a statistical model for that application, and no manual training is required. In phase two, enforcement mode, any new request is evaluated against known attack patterns via machine learning.
Real-time response is really helpful when onboarding any application with Check Point CloudGuard WAF . When we onboard any application, it creates a statistical model of that application, and according to that, it observes known attack patterns, then blocks them instantly, providing another layer of security.
Check Point CloudGuard WAF has really reduced the headache of IT engineers and has helped me in security through machine learning.
What needs improvement?
Check Point CloudGuard WAF can be improved in several ways. We have faced slowness issues in our network after onboarding it on any application. The cost can be higher than traditional WAF solutions, and its heavy reliance on AI also means we have less manual control. Maximum work is done via AI, so that can be reduced.
The cost can be decreased, and regarding manual controls, I just wanted to say that relying directly on AI is not good for our environment because AI is copying our data.
According to other traditional OEMs, we experience a few issues with pricing. The pricing is high compared to other vendors, and I have already mentioned the high reliance on AI, which can be a concern.
Customer support can be improved because we have to reach out to the distributors for support. That could be directly controlled by the OEM.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard WAF for more than a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard WAF is really stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Its scalability is strongly stable. It allows cloud-native elastic scaling and is delivered via SaaS and a deployment agent.
The performance of Check Point CloudGuard WAF has improved compared to other traditional OEMs, and it is easy to use due to AI and machine learning. Management is also straightforward, but it can be improved for new users by providing specific training.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I was not using any solution previously. Check Point CloudGuard WAF is my first solution.
What was our ROI?
It has saved me time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is a little bit high compared to other OEMs, and the setup cost was handled by a partner.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have not evaluated any other options.
What other advice do I have?
I want to strongly advise this product to other users. Not because of pricing—while the pricing is a little high, the level of security provided is much more critical. I would rate this product an 8.
Munyaradzi Allan N.
AI-Powered Security with a Price Tag
Reviewed on Mar 29, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate Check Point CloudGuard WAF as it stands out as a modern, AI-driven web application and API protection platform that does far more than traditional WAFs. I like its prevention-first approach using contextual AI and machine-learning models to detect new and unknown threats before they are documented, which is especially appealing for organizations that prioritize true zero-day resilience. It addresses multiple modern security issues that traditional WAFs struggle with.
What do you dislike about the product?
the pricing is high, many companies might not benefit from this
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I find Check Point CloudGuard WAF prevents zero-day attacks before they're known, addressing multiple modern security challenges traditional WAFs struggle with.
Yosra M.
Centralized Protection with Seamless Cloud Integration
Reviewed on Mar 26, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like most about Check Point CloudGuard WAF is its seamless integration with cloud environments and the ability to enforce consistent security policies across multiple platforms through a single console. It also provides strong centralized protection and cloud-native integration. The initial setup was relatively simple thanks to the cloud-native integration and automated policy template.
What do you dislike about the product?
One area that could be improved is the initial setup and policy tuning, which can feel complex and time-consuming, especially for teams without deep prior experience with Check Point's ecosystem.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard WAF to protect our cloud-native applications from web attacks, centralize security policy management, automate defense, and solve the challenge of securing distributed cloud applications with unified visibility, automated threat prevention, and simplified compliance management.