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AppTrana WAF

The Only WAF That Guarantees Zero False Positives in Block Mode

Block Mode Without Fear Continuous false-positive monitoring and tuning from day one
Origin Protected by Design Stop WAF bypass and direct-to-origin attacks with full reverse proxy cloaking
Close Risk Fast, Pass Audits Faster Clean vulnerability reports and autonomous 72-hour remediation

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Protecting thousands of applications. Blocking billions of attacks.

Platform metrics

<5 Min

From a DNS change to complete protection

100%

Of apps protected in block mode from day one

<72 hrs

The only WAAP that patches open vulnerabilities in hours

6,500+

Customers protected across 95+ countries

AppTrana WAF Key Features

SwyftComply – Get a Clean, Zero-Vulnerability Report in 72 Hours

Enable Block Mode on Day Zero with Zero Downtime

Move beyond the standard weeks-long learning mode that leaves applications exposed. With guided onboarding, you deploy policies in block mode instantly. This ensures you stop attacks from the very first request while guaranteeing valid traffic continues to flow without interruption.

Seamless Solution For Application Security

Onboarded 10 applications which included API integration layer, did not see any major issues after onboarding applications to Apptrana

Reviewer Title: -GM, IT Security and Risk Management Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
Industry: Healthcare

Risk-Based Protection

Generic rule sets often fail to catch vulnerabilities unique to your application logic. By integrating continuous DAST scanning with the WAF, you automatically correlate findings to protection rules. This ensures your defense adapts dynamically to the specific risks your application faces rather than relying solely on generic signatures.

Integrated Platform For Website And API Security

The integrated DAST scanner is of great value to us, as it helps us look at the open vulnerabilities versus protection status

Reviewer Title: BPM Architect
Company Size: 30B+ USD
Industry: IT Services

Achieve a Zero-Vulnerability State in 72 Hours

Close the dangerous window between detecting a vulnerability and fixing the code. You receive virtual patches for critical issues within 24 hours and a verified clean report within 72 hours. This protects your application immediately and buys your developers the time they need to implement permanent fixes at their own pace.

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Very Good Cloud WAF offering and support

As a financial institution a comprehensive security offering backed with support was very important for us and Indusface with their AppTrana offering provided this to us. We have been using this service since 3+ years without any problems.

Reviewer Title: IT Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
Industry: Banking

Eliminate Alert Fatigue and False Positives

Free your internal team from the fatigue of constant monitoring and rule tuning. A 24/7 managed security team handles policy updates and validates every alert, ensuring that only genuine threats are blocked and your legitimate users never face disruption.

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Happy Apptrana customer for >5 years

Good product and very prompt support from the support team. Would highly recommend Apptrana managed service

Reviewer Title: AVP, IT Security and Risk Management Company Size: 500M - 1B USD
Industry: Financial Services

Behavioral Based DDoS Mitigation BOT Protection

Guarantee 100% Uptime Against DDoS Attacks

Keep your business operational during volumetric and application-layer attacks that typically take sites offline. Behavior-based mitigation absorbs malicious surges at the edge before they reach your network. This is backed by a 100% uptime SLA that promises total availability for your business-critical applications.

Apptrana WAF is a very good product

We have been using this product since 2020 for 28 sites. We are happy with the proactive approach of the team in alerting and guiding us on different security risks and its mitigations.

Reviewer Title: Head, ICT & Biz Apps Company Size: 3B - 100B USD
Industry: Energy and Utilities

Cloak Your Infrastructure from Direct-to-Origin Attacks

Attackers often bypass security controls by discovering and targeting your origin IP directly. Acting as a reverse proxy, the WAF masks your backend servers completely so that malicious traffic hits the global edge network instead of your core infrastructure.

Total Application Security Offering With WAF CDN Website Scan, Bot/DDOS Mitigation & 24/7

A fully integrated comprehensive offering providing a 360 degree view of the application security risks, actionable steps backed with 24/7 managed services to mitigate those risks instantly with the WAF and a solid team to support us with the product.

Reviewer Title: IT Security and Risk Management Company Size: 1B - 3B USD
Industry: IT Services

Secure User Data and Comply with PCI DSS 4.0

Prevent supply chain attacks like Magecart from skimming sensitive data directly from your customers' browsers. You gain full visibility into third-party scripts running on the client side, allowing you to block unauthorized behavior and meet strict compliance standards effortlessly.

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Protecting all web facing applications

We are using the SaaS based WAF services for around 20 Applications which are exposed to Public Internet.

Reviewer Title: CISO, IT Security and Risk Management Company Size: 1B - 3B USD
Industry: Manufacturing

Other Platforms vs AppTrana WAF

Typical WAF Solutions Separate tools, add-ons, and manual effort

AppTrana WAF All-in-one, fully managed web application & firewall

Time-to-Risk Reduction (Close exposure fast, not "find & wait")

Typical WAF Solutions

Generic Signatures & "Log Mode"

Relies on generic rule sets that don't understand your specific app logic.
High false positive rates force teams to stay in "Learning Mode" for weeks.
Lack of context between Scanner and WAF leads to blind blocking.

AppTrana WAF

Zero False Positives Guaranteed

Risk-Based Protection: We feed built-in scanner insights into the WAF to tune rules based on actual risks, not guesses.
Block Mode Day One: We are so confident in our accuracy that we onboard you in Block Mode immediately.
Zero False Positive Guarantee: If we block legitimate traffic, we pay the penalty.

Vulnerability Remediation (Speed to Clean Report)

Typical WAF Solutions

Manual Patching & Long Exposure

"Virtual Patching" requires complex manual rule writing by your team.
Vulnerabilities often remain open for 100+ days while waiting for code fixes.
Audit reports remain "Red" until development cycles catch up.

AppTrana WAF

Autonomous Fixes in 72 Hours

SwyftComply autonomously applies virtual patches to critical vulnerabilities.
Delivers a Clean, Zero-Vulnerability Report within 72 hours for compliance (PCI, SOC2).
Patches the risk at the WAF layer instantly, buying time for your dev team.

Infrastructure Security (Origin Protection)

Typical WAF Solutions

Exposed Origin Servers

Many WAFs allow direct-to-IP bypass or fail to fully mask the backend.
Attackers can ignore the WAF and hit the server IP directly.
Architecture often exposes the origin to volumetric exhaustion.

AppTrana WAF

Total Origin Cloaking

Reverse Proxy Architecture ensures your origin server IP is never exposed to the public internet.
All traffic must pass through AppTrana's edge; direct-to-origin attacks are impossible.
Prevents infrastructure reconnaissance and targeted server exhaustion.

Business Logic Defense (Beyond OWASP Top 10)

Typical WAF Solutions

Standard Rules & DIY Config

Protection is limited to standard vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS).
Specific business logic attacks (e.g., coupon fraud, price scraping) require complex custom rules.
You are responsible for writing and maintaining these rules.

AppTrana WAF

Managed Custom Rules

Unlimited Custom Rules written by our experts to match your specific business flows.
Defends against logic abuse that standard signatures miss.
24/7 Managed SOC handles all rule tuning and updates for you.

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WEB APPLICATION

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Advanced
Comprehensive Web App & API Security.
$99/App/Month
$1068/App/Yearly
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Fully Managed Web App & API Security.
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Fully Managed Web App & API Security for Enterprises.
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Indusface is the only cloud WAAP (WAF) vendor with 100% customer recommendation for 4 consecutive years

A Customers' Choice for 2024, 2023 and 2022 Gartner^® Peer Insights™

Gartner Peer Insights Customers Choice 2024

The analysts agree. So do the buyers.

Recognized by Gartner, Forrester, GigaOm, and security buyers who write reviews — for the same reasons our customers tell us they switched.

4.9

★★★★★

311 verified reviews · Gartner Peer Insights

100% customer recommendation — 4 consecutive years
Highest-rated Cloud WAAP and API Security solution

AppTrana helped us elevate security posture while achieving significant operational savings.

Anubhav Rajput

CIO & CTO · PNB Housing Finance

AppTrana's 24x7 SOC helps our customers remove false positives, deploy patches, and mitigate attacks.

Roman Mogylatov

VP of Engineering · Portside

AppTrana WAAP helps us detect vulnerabilities and protects against them in a single unified platform.

Kinshuk De

Global Head Cyber Incident Response · TCS

As featured on

The State of Application Security – 2026

The State of Application Security – Report 2026

10.54B+ malicious requests blocked across 1,400+ applications
Attacks per website up 27% year-over-year
API exploitation up 181%, accelerated by LLM-assisted tooling
90% of websites hit by at least one bot attack
6,235 zero-days detected — 2.5× year-over-year
32% of critical vulnerabilities stayed open beyond 180 days
172% DDoS spike during Operation Sindoor targeting BFS sector
AppTrana delivered $86M–$222M in value per US business

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Frequently asked questions, answered.

What is a cloud WAF? Is Apptrana a Cloud WAF?

A cloud WAF is a web application firewall that is hosted, maintained, and managed by a third-party provider in a cloud environment, offering protection against web application attacks and threats. Yes, AppTrana is a cloud WAF that is hosted in AWS.

How does AppTrana work?

AppTrana, like most cloud WAFs, inspects incoming web traffic and uses predefined rules and machine learning algorithms to detect and block malicious requests, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.