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CGlobal network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
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Imperva vs Kasada
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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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
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Choose Kasada if…
- you're in its core audience: enterprise security teams, e-commerce and retail companies
Side by side
Feature Imperva Kasada
Pricing modelContact for pricingContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryDDoS protection & WAFBot protection
CompanyImperva, Inc.Kasada
Full feature lists
I 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
K Kasada
- Bot mitigation without CAPTCHAs
- Obfuscated JavaScript VM with changing custom bytecode
- Account intelligence linking devices to identities
- AI agent verification with endpoint-level access policies
- Credential stuffing and account takeover protection
- Guest checkout fraud risk scoring before payment
- SMS toll fraud and OTP abuse detection
- Edge blocking of bad traffic to cut infrastructure costs
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Imperva
Data AssureCustom
Data SecureCustom
Data 360Custom
Kasada
Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
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
Kasada
- Works without CAPTCHAs for real users
- Covers bots, human fraud and AI agents on one platform
- Named a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Bot and Agent Trust Management, Q2 2026
- Agent access controls work per endpoint, not just allow or block
- No public pricing; sales demo required
- Aimed at large enterprises rather than small sites
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Global network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
DDoS protection & WAFFree plan
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From $3830/mo
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy