DataDome vs Imperva
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose DataDome if…
- you're in its core audience: e-commerce companies, security teams
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Choose Imperva if…
- you need an API to build on
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: enterprise security teams, financial services firms
Side by side
Feature DataDome Imperva
Pricing modelPaidContact for pricing
Starting price$3830/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryBot protectionDDoS protection & WAF
CompanyDataDomeImperva, Inc.
Full feature lists
D DataDome
- AI-driven bot detection and blocking
- Website and web API protection
- Account takeover and fake account protection (Account Protect)
- Ad fraud protection (Ad Protect)
- 99.9% availability commitment
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Imperva
- Cloud web application firewall
- DDoS protection with guaranteed uptime
- Advanced bot and account takeover protection
- API discovery and threat mitigation
- Client-side JavaScript protection for PCI DSS 4.0
- Data discovery, classification and database auditing
- Compliance reporting for SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR
- 260+ integrations including Splunk and SOAR
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
DataDome
Essentials$3,830/mo
Imperva
Data AssureCustom
Data SecureCustom
Data 360Custom
Strengths and limitations
DataDome
- Covers both websites and web APIs
- Add-on modules for account and ad fraud
- 99.9% availability on the entry plan
- Entry plan starts at $3,830 per month
- Account and ad protection are licensed separately
Imperva
- Covers application, API and data security in one portfolio
- Data Security Fabric supports 100+ data repositories
- More than 260 built-in integrations
- Free trial available
- No public pricing; all plans require contacting sales
- Some Data Assure capabilities are on-premises only
- Encryption and key management need the separate Thales CipherTrust product
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CGlobal network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
Free, from $5/mo
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Free, from $5/mo
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Global network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
DDoS protection & WAFFree plan
Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy