We performed a comparison between Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and Radware Alteon 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."It protects web applications efficiently."
"It is configurable via API."
"We extensively use the solution every day. The solution is very stable; we haven’t seen any glitches."
"The security features are valuable. The particular feature we use is called OWASP."
"Does a good job preventing web application attacks."
"Caching is the most valuable feature of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"It is a SaaS solution unlike much of the competition."
"Security is one of the most valuable features that I like. It is easy to use and easy to configure."
"The health status information, with its highly detailed reporting, has saved us time on troubleshooting. We have the precise information needed that helps us find different types of situations."
"The solution has been very stable."
"A user-friendly and reasonably priced solution."
"The most valuable aspect is the ability to customize the types of load-balancing scenarios needed for customized applications. Some of the load balancers on the market today are strictly out-of-hand load balancers for SSL or HTTP. Radware Alteon is most useful for customizing in-house applications based on ports and protocols."
"The most valuable aspect is that it establishes user security."
"his solution allows me to secure applications, by blocking suspicious traffic based on the signature that has been enabled for that particular application."
"The best part is that we are able to manage it easily. It is easy to manage and easy to integrate with third-party applications."
"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall should improve visibility for a customer."
"There could be an option to duplicate the cluster to maintain the consistency of rules."
"I have experienced some difficulties with Cloudflare's support as a customer based in India."
"The platform's control features related to real-time authentication and response time need improvement."
"The reporting could be more granular."
"Their documentation could be better. They don't have documentation that explains everything well. They have documentation for everything you're looking for, but they lack a single piece of documentation to tie everything together. As a new user or beginner, it took us a little bit of time to figure out how to put all these things in place."
"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall should include port forwarding features."
"The blocked logs are difficult to read at times."
"I would like this solution to have an integration tool that will convert configuration from other software, into readable values for this product during implementation."
"We’d like the solution to include more security features in the standard license."
"I would like for the load balancing to work with premier and the cloud, a mix of premium and cloud."
"I would like to see the loading documentation improved."
"The interface implementation can be improved."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
"A feature that I would like to see included in the next version might be a better analysis when working with crypt issues. Right now, it is very manual; you load it into Alteon and it runs. It would be interesting to see a more dynamic process."
"The community portal does not have a place to find scripts."
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Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is ranked 7th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 16 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall writes "A cloud solution for web application firewall protection with rate-limiting, managed, and custom firewall rules". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware Alteon writes "It's a good fit for a small team because the maintenance is easier and you don't need to know how to code". Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Akamai App and API Protector, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb and Alibaba Cloud WAF, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and Azure Web Application Firewall. See our Cloudflare Web Application Firewall vs. Radware Alteon report.
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