We performed a comparison between AWS WAF and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning 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)."The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to integrate central sets. It protects from intrusion attacks such as scripting and SQL injections."
"The most valuable features of AWS WAF are its cloud-native and on-demand."
"The ease of deployment of the product is valuable to me."
"The most valuable feature is that it is very easy to configure. It just takes a couple of minutes."
"The most valuable feature is the way it blocks threats to external applications."
"The most valuable feature is the security, making sure that files are protected, preventing unauthorized users from accessing the system."
"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is its highly configurable rules system."
"If hackers try to insert bugs, the tool blocks it."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use."
"We use the tool for our websites. We have a vulnerable subdomain. The tool helps to scan it for vulnerabilities."
"All the features are valuable to us as they offer cutting-edge scanning methods and address the latest issues with a contemporary approach. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is highly stable. I rate it a nine out ten. Since the solution works on the Cloud, it's highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. The setup of the solution is straightforward. The Return on Investment is substantial. I recommend the solution to all."
"The solution's instant reports feature is the most effective for detecting threats."
"Tenable provides the end analysis results covering all the published vulnerabilities and information on the market."
"The most valuable features of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are the integration into specific use cases and scanning. All of the features of the solution are useful."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which provides a good level of detail with respect to vulnerabilities."
"It would be good if the solution provided managed WAF services."
"The default content policy available in the tool is not very strong compared to the competitors."
"The solution should identify why it blocks particular websites."
"We should be able to do proper whitelisting."
"We don't have much control over blocking, because the WAF is managed by AWS."
"I would like to see it more tightly integrated with other AWS services."
"We have issues with reporting, troubleshooting, and analytics. AWS WAF needs to bring costs down."
"This solution could be improved if the configuration steps were more specific to WAF, compared to other cloud services."
"The reporting has a very limited customization capability."
"I would like for them to add proxy filtering, where you can transfer and alter the package. It is fully automated. Other web application testers programs are actually proxy software, and the proxy software gives you the flexibility of modifying the outgoing package, which will actually help you in exploiting any vulnerability in detail."
"They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning could improve by offering faster fuzzing."
"The report customization needs to be better."
"It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is not very user-friendly and you need a lot of information to get proper reports. The tool's support is not very responsive."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."
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AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is ranked 24th in Application Security Tools with 14 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is rated 7.6. 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 Tenable.io Web Application Scanning writes "Highly Recommended Solution with Latest Scanning Methods". 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 Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is most compared with Acunetix, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Fortify on Demand, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and HCL AppScan.
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