HAProxy Enterprise WAF vs Security Ninja

HAProxy Enterprise WAF

Model: Custom pricing (contact sales)

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Security Ninja

Model: Freemium (Free tier + paid subscriptions)

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HAProxy Enterprise WAF

• Intelligent WAF Engine

  Machine learning-powered threat detection trained on 60+ billion daily requests. Detects zero-day and polymorphic attacks without relying on static signatures. 98.5% balanced accuracy in open source benchmarks.

• OWASP CRS Compatibility

  Optional mode that runs OWASP Core Rule Set rules through the Intelligent WAF Engine, dramatically reducing latency and false positive rates compared to traditional CRS processing.

• WAF Profiles

  Customizable security profiles per application, allowing fine-tuned policies based on each app's unique traffic patterns. Minimizes false positives and alert fatigue for diverse application portfolios.

• Bot Management

  Proprietary bot detection module with 100% local processing for low latency. Identifies and manages automated traffic using fingerprinting and behavioral analysis.

• Global Rate Limiting

  Dynamic, cluster-wide rate limiting powered by the Global Profiling Engine. Tracks and enforces rate limits in real-time across distributed deployments.

• HAProxy Fusion Control Plane

  Centralized management, monitoring, and automation of WAF policies across multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and multi-team deployments from a single dashboard.

• DDoS Protection

  Full-spectrum DDoS mitigation via HAProxy Edge, protecting against volumetric, protocol, and application-layer attacks.

• In-Process Architecture

  WAF runs in the same process as HAProxy, adding virtually zero latency and CPU overhead. No separate WAF appliance or proxy hop required.

• Threat Intelligence

  Real-time threat intelligence from HAProxy Edge's global network, continuously updating the ML models that power the WAF engine.

Security Ninja

• 8G Firewall

  Application-level firewall based on the 8G ruleset, blocking common malicious request patterns including SQL injection, directory traversal, and known bad query strings.

• 50+ Security Tests

  Comprehensive security audit covering database configuration, file permissions, PHP settings, user accounts, and WordPress hardening best practices.

• Vulnerability Scanner

  Scans installed plugins and themes against known vulnerability databases and alerts on outdated or vulnerable components.

• Core File Scanner

  Compares WordPress core files against the official repository to detect unauthorized modifications, backdoors, or injected code.

• Event Logger

  Logs firewall events and login attempts (free). Full security audit trail with Pro.

• Malware Scanner

  Detects and removes malicious code, backdoors, and suspicious files (Pro feature).

• Login Protection

  Brute force protection, login URL rename, and two-factor authentication (Pro feature).

• Country Blocking

  Block traffic from specific countries at the firewall level (Pro feature).