We performed a comparison between Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and F5 Advanced WAF 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."Caching is the most valuable feature of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall."
"It protects web applications efficiently."
"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."
"The integration of Cloudflare with Cloud Suite is its most valuable feature."
"I'm highly satisfied. It's remarkably user-friendly, enabling me to quickly identify issues, and deploy solutions, and it offers the necessary features."
"Does a good job preventing web application attacks."
"The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's most valuable feature is its ease of configuration."
"With F5 Advanced WAF, it was protection for online publications and for our customers that caused us to choose the platform."
"The solution uses AI to protect against botnet attacks."
"It also has antivirus and DDoS mitigation capabilities. We have enabled these features."
"Feature-wise, they are always cutting edge and up-to-date. Many features aren't available via competitors. There's always a lot of enhanced critical features that just aren't available through anyone else, or, if they are, are too lightweight."
"Customers find the load balancer feature as the most valuable."
"It's flexible and powerful, and the users can input their own rules to the system."
"The most valuable feature is artificial intelligence and to get extra internal access."
"The most valuable features of F5 Advanced WAF are SSL uploading, signature, and anomaly detection. It is overall a high-quality solution."
"The reporting could be more granular."
"There could be an option to duplicate the cluster to maintain the consistency of rules."
"The platform's control features related to real-time authentication and response time need improvement."
"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall should improve visibility for a customer."
"It would be ideal if the solution offered better log integration and more integration with different platforms."
"A key challenge arises when dealing with numerous integrations with HVAC systems. Depending on the specifics, there might be some configuration mismatches, which necessitate specific support."
"The ModSecurity core rules need to be updated."
"They have some limitations with third-party integrations."
"I would like to see the API Protection improved."
"The reporting could be clearer and embedded to include our movement data."
"I think the deployment templates can be better."
"We get false positives sometimes."
"The contextual-based component needs a lot of help to catch up with the next-gen products."
"Compatibility with multiple cloud environments needs improvement. Both stability and scalability need to be improved."
"The user interface (UI) seems a bit outdated. Making it more user-friendly would be beneficial."
"The pricing could be more flexible."
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Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is ranked 7th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 16 reviews while F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6. 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 F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Akamai App and API Protector, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb and Radware Alteon, whereas F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). See our Cloudflare Web Application Firewall vs. F5 Advanced WAF report.
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