Sold by: Check Point Software Technologies
Deployed on AWS
As your organization expands its web applications, generative AI tools, and APIs, the attack surface grows, increasing exposure to sophisticated cyber threats. Check Point WAF for AWS is a prevention-first, AI-powered web application firewall (WAF) solution designed to deliver robust web application, generative and agentic AI, and API security without compromising efficiency or ease of management.
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Overview
The growth of web applications, generative AI, and APIs introduces new vulnerabilities that traditional security solutions struggle to address. Check Point WAF provides web application, generative and agentic AI, and API Protection. The product leverages deep application contextual analysis and an AI-driven machine learning firewall to profile users, monitor application behavior, and detect both known and unknown threats. With over 90% of customers operating in prevention mode and 100% requiring fewer than 10 exception rules, Check Point WAF delivers precise API security while minimizing false positives and simplifying operations.
Advanced Threat Prevention Without Manual Overhead
Check Point WAF provides protection against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, DDoS attacks, API-based threats, and zero-day vulnerabilities - all without requiring ongoing signature updates. Its advanced machine learning firewall capabilities and contextual analysis ensure accurate detection and seamless protection, allowing your security team to focus on strategic priorities rather than managing exceptions.
Optimized for Dynamic Cloud Environments
Built specifically for cloud-native deployments, Check Point WAF integrates natively with AWS services to automate scaling and management. As your applications and APIs evolve, Check Point WAF delivers consistent and reliable web application security without increasing operational overhead. It also supports CI/CD pipeline integration and infrastructure-as-code, enabling API security directly into your development workflows.
Flexible Licensing and Seamless AWS Integration
Check Point WAF is offered as a BYOL (Bring Your Own License) solution, with pricing and entitlements managed directly through Check Point. The underlying AWS infrastructure is billed separately based on standard AWS pricing. This flexibility ensures that CloudGuard aligns with your organizations unique operational and financial needs while maintaining strong integration with AWS services.
Getting Started
To deploy Check Point WAF, click on the "View Usage Instructions" and "Usage Information" below for next steps. For licensing and private offers, contact your Check Point trusted advisor or sales team. AWS infrastructure billing is handled directly through AWS and follows standard pricing models.
Highlights
- AI-Driven Application Security: Protects against both known and unknown cyberattacks including OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, DDoS attacks, API threats, AI-driven attacks, and zero-day exploits using AI-powered machine learning. Delivers high efficacy, reduces false positives, and minimizes operational complexity.
- Rapid Deployment and Scalability: Move from setup to active protection within days and gain flexibility for growth for web application, APIs, AI applications and worloads with AWS-native scaling and pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Seamless AWS Integration: Designed for dynamic cloud environments, automates scaling, simplifies management, and integrates natively with AWS services to deliver consistent, reliable web, AI and API security at scale.
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A number of AppSec instances in an Auto Scaling Group. Load balanced by an ELB.
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Navigate to https://portal.checkpoint.com ; if you do not have an existing account, open a new account. Open the main menu (icon is in the top left corner), choose APPLICATION SECURITY under the CloudGuard column, then select Cloud on the left. The Getting Started page will open. After defining the asset, you will be redirected to the Profile page. Note: Obtain the Token for CloudGuard WAF from the Profile page.
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Customer reviews
Nijat I.
Excellent Traffic Insights for Securing Web Apps and APIs
Reviewed on May 12, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Check Point WAF was mostly used for monitoring and securing internet-facing applications and APIs receiving traffic from outside clients. The majority of daily operations entailed examining rejected requests, analyzing security events post-deployment, and tuning protection rules in case legitimate traffic was impacted.
The main asset in terms of operational activities was insight provided at the HTTP and API level. This allowed for examination of request patterns, header details, path and URL parameters and, if needed, the actual contents of blocked requests, rather than looking at basic network data. It made things more clear whether strange behavior was caused by legitimate application operation, automated scanning, or attack attempts against available services.
Post-updates policy tuning was done occasionally because even minor front-end or API changes were affecting some protection settings.
The main asset in terms of operational activities was insight provided at the HTTP and API level. This allowed for examination of request patterns, header details, path and URL parameters and, if needed, the actual contents of blocked requests, rather than looking at basic network data. It made things more clear whether strange behavior was caused by legitimate application operation, automated scanning, or attack attempts against available services.
Post-updates policy tuning was done occasionally because even minor front-end or API changes were affecting some protection settings.
What do you dislike about the product?
The tuning phase can be a lengthy one due to traffic fluctuations or custom APIs. Initially, I had to spend quite some time ensuring that blocked calls were indeed malicious or a result of the application's normal activity misinterpreted as something else.
Additionally, there is a need for constant tuning when dealing with multiple applications as well as keeping a balance between tight protection and not interrupting the production traffic.
Only after acquiring a good understanding of how signature definitions, exceptions, and policies worked internally did troubleshooting become easier.
Additionally, there is a need for constant tuning when dealing with multiple applications as well as keeping a balance between tight protection and not interrupting the production traffic.
Only after acquiring a good understanding of how signature definitions, exceptions, and policies worked internally did troubleshooting become easier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The reliance on traditional firewall filtering and manual monitoring for web application security was much higher before the deployment of Check Point WAF, as these methods were insufficient when detecting potential attacks on application layer.
With the implementation of the new system, security monitoring became more application-focused, allowing us to detect malicious activity targeted at our web applications and web APIs, as well as minimizing vulnerability to standard web attacks and gaining more control over incoming traffic.
With the implementation of the new system, security monitoring became more application-focused, allowing us to detect malicious activity targeted at our web applications and web APIs, as well as minimizing vulnerability to standard web attacks and gaining more control over incoming traffic.
Dharamveer p.
Strong and reliable WAF for modern web and API security
Reviewed on May 02, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Check Point CloudGuard WAF is its strong AI-driven threat protection and ability to handle modern web and API security challenges. It does a great job at blocking common attacks like XSS and SQL injection, as well as more advanced threats like zero-day vulnerabilities without relying heavily on manual rule updates. The real-time detection and low false positives make it reliable in production environments, and it reduces a lot of manual effort for security teams.
Another thing I appreciate is how well it fits into cloud environments. Deployment is relatively smooth, and once configured properly, it provides good visibility into traffic, threats, and application behavior. The automated learning and tuning capabilities also help in reducing the overhead typically required in traditional WAF solutions.
Another thing I appreciate is how well it fits into cloud environments. Deployment is relatively smooth, and once configured properly, it provides good visibility into traffic, threats, and application behavior. The automated learning and tuning capabilities also help in reducing the overhead typically required in traditional WAF solutions.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I dislike about Check Point CloudGuard WAF is that the initial setup and fine-tuning can take time, especially for teams that are new to the platform. Some advanced configurations require deeper understanding, and integration with other tools is not always as seamless as expected. Cost can also be a factor, particularly for smaller teams or organizations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard WAF solves the problem of securing web applications and APIs against evolving cyber threats without heavy manual intervention. It automates threat detection and prevention, reduces operational workload, and ensures continuous protection against both known and unknown attacks. For me, it helps in improving overall application security posture while saving time on manual monitoring and rule management.
Overall, my experience has been positive, especially in terms of strong protection, automation, and reduced manual effort in managing application security.
Overall, my experience has been positive, especially in terms of strong protection, automation, and reduced manual effort in managing application security.
Jawher S.
Strong Multi-Cloud Protection, Needs Easier Tuning
Reviewed on Apr 28, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I use Check Point CloudGuard WAF to protect cloud-native apps and APIs from OWASP Top 10 threats, like injection and XSS, while also providing bot mitigation and granular traffic inspection. I like its seamless integration with the CI/CD pipeline, allowing security policies to be deployed as code without slowing down development. This automation ensures security enforcement with every development, eliminating manual policy updates and reducing human error, which lets developers ship faster while protecting new code immediately. I appreciate its integration with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and CircleCI, and security platforms like Wiz and AWS Network Firewall. We switched to Check Point CloudGuard WAF from a legacy web app firewall because it lacked API security and multi-cloud support, and CloudGuard WAF provides better automation and centralized policy management.
What do you dislike about the product?
The policy tuning can be complex, leading to occasional false positives. Also, dashboard sync delays sometimes occur across multi-cloud environments. The learning curve and tuning effort for non-trivial apps keep it from being a perfect fit for every team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard WAF to secure cloud apps and APIs against automated attacks, zero-day exploits, and reduce manual rule tuning. It integrates seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines, automating security enforcement and allowing faster code deployment.
Mikolaj .
AI-Driven Protection with Complex Setup
Reviewed on Apr 27, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate the AI-driven protection of Check Point CloudGuard WAF. It helps in protecting web apps and APIs from SQL injections, XSS, and DoS attacks by analyzing incoming traffic and blocking malicious activity in real-time. This reduces the need for manual security management.
What do you dislike about the product?
The setup was a little bit complex, requiring me to understand specifications and documentation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard WAF for protecting web apps and APIs from SQL injections, XSS, and DoS, analyzing and blocking malicious activity, and reducing the need for manual security management.
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.