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Replace Azure WAF / AWS WAF with ModSecurity + OWASP CRS.

ModSecurity web application firewall with OWASP Core Rule Set for comprehensive attack protection. Integrates with Nginx/Apache. Self-hosted, no per-rule or per-request billing.

You'd keep~R4 440 to ~R15 540/year

Current licence  ·  Security

Azure WAF / AWS WAF

~R4 440 – ~R15 540/yr

10-user estimate

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ModSecurity + OWASP CRS

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R15 540/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. Azure WAF / AWS WAF's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Standard

R4 440/yr

R370/month

Per web app

With ModSecurity + OWASP CRS

Keep R4 440/yr

Premium (with bot protection)

R15 540/yr

R1 295/month

Per web app

With ModSecurity + OWASP CRS

Keep R15 540/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

Azure WAF / AWS WAF grows around 10% per year on average. ModSecurity + OWASP CRS hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR7kR14kR21kR28kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R26kR12k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.05M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

Azure WAF / AWS WAFModSecurity + OWASP CRS, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

Same category

Other security migrations.

Running one of these alongside? Same migration shop covers both.

Migrate Azure WAF / AWS WAF.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.