We performed a comparison between AWS WAF and Rapid7 AppSpider based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), F5, Microsoft and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."AWS WAF is something that someone from a cloud background or cloud security background leverages. If they want to natively use a solution in the cloud, AWS WAF comes in handy. It's very useful for that, and the way we can fine-tune the WAF rules is also nice."
"The product’s availability, ease of configuration, and documentation are valuable."
"The most valuable feature is that it is very easy to configure. It just takes a couple of minutes."
"Their technical support has been quite good."
"The most valuable feature is the security, making sure that files are protected, preventing unauthorized users from accessing the system."
"Its best feature is that it is on the cloud and does not require local hardware resources."
"I believe the most impressive features are integration and ease of use. The best part of AWS WAF is the cloud-native WAF integration. There aren't any hidden deployments or hidden infrastructure which we have to maintain to have AWS WAF. AWS maintains everything; all we have to do is click the button, and WAF will be activated. Any packet coming through the internet will be filtered through."
"AWS WAF is a stable solution. The performance of the solution is very good."
"The setup is usually straightforward."
"I like the ability the product has to detect vulnerabilities quickly, when it has been released in our environment, then displaying them to us."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which is compliant with international standards."
"When it is set up properly, it can do scanning on web apps with multiple engines automatically."
"The most valuable feature of Rapid7 AppSpider is the vulnerability reporting data. Additionally, the data is reported in a convenient way rather than seeing them as a PDF. We are able to generate all the reports exactly what we want in a flexible way."
"What I like most about AppSpider is that it's easy to use and its automated scan gives me all the details I need to know when it comes to vulnerabilities and their solutions."
"AppSpider's most valuable feature is reporting - everything is stored in the local database so it can be sent to other machines."
"It scans all the components developed within a web application."
"The solution can improve its price."
"For now, there is no feature to protect against attack of the bad bots"
"It would be good if the solution provided managed WAF services."
"In a future release of this solution, I would like to see additional management features to make things simpler."
"The setup is complicated."
"I would like to see it more tightly integrated with other AWS services."
"I would like to see the addition of more advanced rate-limiting features in the next release. It would be beneficial to extend rate limiting beyond just web servers to the main node level."
"We should be able to do proper whitelisting."
"The tech support is responsive but issues remain unresolved."
"It needs better integration with mobile applications."
"This price of this solution is a little bit expensive."
"Integration could be better."
"The performance of the solution could improve. When I compare the speed it is slower than others on the market. There are some tricks we use to help speed up the solution."
"AppSpider could improve in the area of integration. They need to add more integration opportunities."
"AppSpider has some problems with the RAM needed while scanning."
"One of the challenges I have with AppSpider is that it gives you a lot of false positives, especially when compared to other solutions."
AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Rapid7 AppSpider is ranked 26th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 13 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Rapid7 AppSpider is rated 7.8. 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 Rapid7 AppSpider writes "Useful vulnerability reporting data, flexible, and simple implementation". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Rapid7 AppSpider is most compared with Rapid7 InsightAppSec, OWASP Zap, Acunetix, Invicti and Qualys Web Application Scanning.
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