WAF vendor

Websites using AWS WAF

5 of the 1005 top sites we tested are protected by AWS WAF (0.5%). Below is the full list. Detection is at the homepage, so deep pages are usually more protected — check the exact URL you plan to scrape.

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Top alternatives in the same category

Cloudflare333 sites Akamai (edge)53 sites Imperva (Incapsula)15 sites Citrix NetScaler4 sites DDoS-Guard1 sites Qrator1 sites

Typical approach

What it takes to reach AWS WAF sites.

Headless browser

Needs a headless browser that runs the site's JavaScript challenge.

The lightest transport that reached these sites — a point-in-time snapshot, not a guarantee. How we score it →

Difficulty across AWS WAF sites

Easy2

Medium2

Hard1

The list

5 sites using AWS WAF

Site	Category	Protected	Anti-bot / WAF
binance.com	Crypto	Protected	AWS WAF + 1 more
espn.com	Sports	Protected	AWS WAF + 1 more
imdb.com	Entertainment	Protected	AWS WAF + 1 more