We performed a comparison between AWS WAF and Imperva DDoS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the geo-restriction denials and the web ACL."
"This product supplies options for web security for applications accessing sensitive information."
"This is not a product that you need to install. You just use it."
"The customized billing is the most valuable feature."
"We can host any DB or application on the solution."
"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is its highly configurable rules system."
"The simple configuration and the scalability have been most valuable. We are able to scale across all of our different AWS instances."
"It is Amazon. Everything is scalable. It is beyond what we need."
"The most valuable features are DDoS protection."
"The setup of Imperva DDoS was easy."
"Gives us the ability to trace each connection, and to have logs to be able to differentiate between a positive and a false-positive intruder action."
"Its unique interface for managing security performance and ease of use are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable features for us are the DDoS and Bot."
"The three-second service level agreement is already better than the competition."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it is easy to configure."
"There are quite a few useful Imperva Incapsula features. For example, one of them is the reports. The graphics are very good and it's easy to configure. The whole process is very fast and reliable too. They have good tech support as well."
"AWS WAF could improve by making the overall management easier. Many people that have started working with AWS WAF do not have an easy time. They should make it easy to use."
"The cost must be reduced."
"The cost management has room for improvement."
"In a future release of this solution, I would like to see additional management features to make things simpler."
"It would be good if the solution provided managed WAF services."
"There is room for improvement in pricing."
"While the complexity of the installation can vary from one service to another, overall, I would say that it and the configuration and navigation are somewhat complex."
"We haven't faced any problems with the solution."
"There’s nothing that’s missing in terms of features."
"We would like them to hire people in Sweden because it's quite hard when people are sitting in the UK or Belgium because some of the customers really want them to be local."
"The salespeople tend to exaggerate its capabilities, which can cost you money if you don't verify the information."
"Analytics in the area of risk need to be improved to supply more information to the users for creating better environments."
"It would be beneficial to include vulnerability management in the solution, similar to what they have for their on-premise solution."
"The product could use a broader scope in the area of policies."
"Incapsula services also provides load balancing services for their service IP address environment. So far, with monitoring their services, the IP address was only changed once."
"I miss being able to integrate the dashboard with other BI tools we are using. We have to export and import data to be able to present it, and doing so is a lot of work."
AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Imperva DDoS is ranked 18th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 Silverline Managed Services, whereas Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and Fastly. See our AWS WAF vs. Imperva DDoS report.
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