Shadow Daemon AlternativesWeb Application & Firewalls like Shadow Daemon

Shadow Daemon is described as 'Collection of tools to detect, record and prevent attacks on web applications' and is a web application firewall in the security & privacy category. There are five alternatives to Shadow Daemon for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted, NGINX and VMware vSphere Hypervisor apps. The best Shadow Daemon alternative is BunkerWeb, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Shadow Daemon are CacheGuard-OS, ModSecurity, Naxsi and BitMitigate.

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Shadow Daemon is a collection of tools to detect, record and prevent attacks on web applications.

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Shadow Daemon alternatives page was last updated Apr 14, 2024
  1. BunkerWeb icon
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    BunkerWeb is a next-generation and open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF).

    48 BunkerWeb alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    BunkerWeb Features

    1.  Kubernetes
    2.  Support for Docker
    3.  Nginx
    BunkerWeb iconShadow Daemon Icon

    BunkerWeb VS Shadow Daemon

    Is BunkerWeb a good alternative to Shadow Daemon?
     
    • BunkerWeb is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Shadow Daemon.

    • BunkerWeb is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Shadow Daemon.

    • BunkerWeb is Free and Open SourceShadow Daemon is also Free and Open Source
  2. CacheGuard-OS icon
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    All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product. Once installed on a virtual or hardware machine, CacheGuard OS turns it into a powerful Web...

    138 CacheGuard-OS alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
    CacheGuard-OS iconShadow Daemon Icon

    CacheGuard-OS VS Shadow Daemon

    Is CacheGuard-OS a good alternative to Shadow Daemon?
     
    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular Windows alternative to Shadow Daemon.

    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular commercial alternative to Shadow Daemon.

    • CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietaryShadow Daemon is Free and Open Source
  3. ModSecurity icon
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    ModSecurity is an open source web application firewall. Working embedded in the web server, or standalone as a network appliance, it detects and prevents attacks against web applications.

    7 ModSecurity alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    ModSecurity Features

    1.  Embeddable
    2.  Traffic Monitoring
    ModSecurity iconShadow Daemon Icon

    ModSecurity VS Shadow Daemon

    Is ModSecurity a good alternative to Shadow Daemon?
     
    • ModSecurity is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Shadow Daemon.

    • ModSecurity is Free and Open SourceShadow Daemon is also Free and Open Source
  4. Naxsi icon
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    NAXSI means Nginx Anti XSS & SQL Injection.

    3 Naxsi alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • NGINX
    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository has been archived by the owner on Nov 8, 2023.

    Naxsi iconShadow Daemon Icon

    Naxsi VS Shadow Daemon

    Is Naxsi a good alternative to Shadow Daemon?
     
  5. BitMitigate icon
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    Highest performing combination platform that delivers 10X improvements to page load times with enterprise-grade performance but at the fraction of the cost of commercial alternatives such as CloudFlare and SiteLock.

    53 BitMitigate alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    BitMitigate Features

    1.  SSL
    BitMitigate iconShadow Daemon Icon

    BitMitigate VS Shadow Daemon

    Is BitMitigate a good alternative to Shadow Daemon?
     
    • BitMitigate is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Shadow Daemon.

    • BitMitigate is Paid and ProprietaryShadow Daemon is Free and Open Source
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