We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and Radware DefensePro based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The decryption is great."
"The product’s most valuable features are LTM and WAF."
"CGNAT is one of its strong areas."
"It blocks various attacks and mitigates disasters from occurring."
"The solution is easily deployable and has great functionality."
"The solution is very straightforward. The usability is great."
"I find the signature base is very helpful to see traffic"
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"A valuable feature is the speed of signature updates."
"This solution is extremely scalable and has the highest level throughput (100G) which complies with Telco deployment."
"The dashboard is the best part, and there is also the ease of operations."
"With the secure signature feature, the Radware DefensePro is a big assistance. It is a big help to our customers to improve their productivity and performance. The prompt response from the Radware team is definitely increasing in the new era."
"Radware DefensePro's most valuable feature lies in its ability to mitigate non-traffic attacks."
"The DDoS protection that the solution provides is its most valuable feature."
"It has kept us up and operational on a day-to-day basis, without being interrupted by an attack from outside sources."
"The product is very effective and performs well on devices."
"The initial setup of F5 BIG-IP AFM in a complex environment was simple. However, the full deployment took us approximately one year."
"This would be absolutely the best network security solution if the price were not so high."
"The product is expensive."
"Currently, we have eighty F5s and we need some kind of management software. It would be very helpful."
"Deployment times vary according to the customer. It needs to be heavily configured. You need to look and you need to observe the behavior of the traffic before you can start configuring everything. It can take time."
"We needed to protect the database but the solution didn't offer a certain feature to do so."
"F5 could provide a distributed cloud version."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's pricing and technical support services need improvement."
"The solution needs a bit more functionality. It would be good if DefensePro could have anti-bot functionalities in order to stop bots like web scrapers from getting onto our customers’ network."
"It would be ideal if they could expand protocol support to cover emerging communication standards and ensure comprehensive protection against diverse attack vectors."
"The inability to access local technical support during our business hours poses a significant inconvenience."
"There needs to be more reporting."
"This solution may not cover all of the requirements in situations for which I am unfamiliar, and there is always room for improvement."
"Right now, we have DefensePro 6. The only complaint I have is that SSL inspection, when activated, consumes a lot of resources on the machine. We are currently reviewing a possible change to DefensePro X, the new version, which has a separate module with its processors."
"Radware DefensePro requires a continuous learning process. Using this technology, we can improve our network. Based on the different attack mechanisms, we use Radware DefensePro to provide security for our clients' networks very effectively."
"As a service provider, we are expecting the multi-tenancy feature on the dashboard and reporting side. It will help share reports with customers in real-time. They can directly see them online. We are working with their team on API integration with our portal. We will be able to achieve that, but it will take some time."
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F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews while Radware DefensePro is ranked 5th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 23 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while Radware DefensePro is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware DefensePro writes "Regular signature update with good reporting and analytics". F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS and AWS Shield, whereas Radware DefensePro is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS, Fortinet FortiDDoS and Azure DDoS Protection. See our F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs. Radware DefensePro report.
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