We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and Radware DefensePro based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"It excels in preventing downtime and maintaining application performance, which is crucial for our clients' security and operational continuity."
"I find the signature base is very helpful to see traffic"
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that the blocking of IP's."
"This product excells in every aspect from installation and the interface to providing superior network security."
"The product helps us provide security validation by protecting various applications from getting hacked."
"We use three main features. The first one is access control. The second feature we use is called IP intelligence. Finally, we have a DDoS safety feature."
"It blocks various attacks and mitigates disasters from occurring."
"The reporting is very good and provides us with a comprehensive description of where attacks are emanating from."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create signatures on-demand."
"They have a hybrid model approach if a client wants to go that way."
"The DDoS protection that the solution provides is its most valuable feature."
"Technologically simple and effective."
"The product is very effective and performs well on devices."
"It offers valuable insights into ongoing and past attacks, aiding in post-incident analysis and continuous improvement of our cybersecurity strategy."
"A valuable feature is the speed of signature updates."
"The web gateway feature could improve in F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)."
"This would be absolutely the best network security solution if the price were not so high."
"The product is expensive."
"Currently, we have eighty F5s and we need some kind of management software. It would be very helpful."
"The solution’s initial setup is not easy."
"The pricing of the solution could be a little bit better."
"It doesn't compare to next generation firewalls"
"Deployment times vary according to the customer. It needs to be heavily configured. You need to look and you need to observe the behavior of the traffic before you can start configuring everything. It can take time."
"This product would be improved if ongoing live monitoring with dashboards were added."
"They need to increase the limit of devices that we can manage."
"We would like to have seven-layer functionality."
"It would be ideal if they could expand protocol support to cover emerging communication standards and ensure comprehensive protection against diverse attack vectors."
"The dashboard could be updated."
"If they would go to a cloud-based approach, that would give much more flexibility in terms of working with them."
"There's room for improvement in the clarity of the feedback provided by the command service in the CLI."
"Radware DefensePro requires a continuous learning process. Using this technology, we can improve our network. Based on the different attack mechanisms, we use Radware DefensePro to provide security for our clients' networks very effectively."
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F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews while Radware DefensePro is ranked 5th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 23 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while Radware DefensePro is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware DefensePro writes "Regular signature update with good reporting and analytics". F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS and AWS Shield, whereas Radware DefensePro is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS, Fortinet FortiDDoS and Indusface AppTrana. See our F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs. Radware DefensePro report.
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