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 solution is very straightforward. The usability is great."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that the blocking of IP's."
"It is stable."
"CGNAT is one of its strong areas."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"The product helps us provide security validation by protecting various applications from getting hacked."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is the iRules where I can customize the configuration."
"It blocks various attacks and mitigates disasters from occurring."
"A valuable feature is the speed of signature updates."
"A flexible affordable solution for defense against DDos attacks."
"The reporting is very good and provides us with a comprehensive description of where attacks are emanating from."
"Its functionality is very good."
"As a service provider, we use the SecOps dashboard feature. That's where we check the time of attacks to see if an attack is happening at the moment or if it has already happened... It is very dynamic and helps us know when an attack occurred, how long it lasted, and what type of attack it was."
"SSL-based mitigation from DDoS attacks is good from their side. They are capable of preventing SSL-based attacks with certifications and everything loaded onto them."
"It offers valuable insights into ongoing and past attacks, aiding in post-incident analysis and continuous improvement of our cybersecurity strategy."
"Technologically simple and effective."
"F5 could provide a distributed cloud version."
"The solution’s initial setup is not easy."
"The solution's UI could be improved."
"The web gateway feature could improve in F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)."
"The pricing of the solution could be a little bit better."
"Some spam can go by the firewall."
"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."
"This would be absolutely the best network security solution if the price were not so high."
"We would like to have seven-layer functionality."
"APSolute Vision needs to be more granular so that it's possible to get real-time information."
"I would like to see more graphics within the dashboard. Right now, you are required to buy tools in order to have graphical representation for your monitoring."
"They need to increase the limit of devices that we can manage."
"This solution may not cover all of the requirements in situations for which I am unfamiliar, and there is always room for improvement."
"I had some trouble in the registration account prior to deployment, but it was fixed. They were not very fast or responsive, however. It took about one week to resolve the issue."
"This product would be improved if ongoing live monitoring with dashboards were added."
"I would like to see better implementation of a zero-day attack implementation strategy with self-mitigation."
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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 4th 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 Indusface AppTrana. See our F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs. Radware DefensePro report.
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