We performed a comparison between Azure Web Application Firewall and NGINX App Protect 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."The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."
"Azure WAF is extremely stable."
"The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."
"It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products."
"The integration it has with GitHub is great."
"The solution has good dashboards."
"We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation."
"It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn. It's cloud-based, so you don't need to buy or maintain any hardware infrastructure."
"The initial setup was simple and took three to four days."
"I tested specific features and evaluated the solution against the Web Application Firewall. I conducted research to test different detection percentages. I did not use it directly for protection but for evaluation purposes."
"We were looking for a product that is capable of complete automation and a container based solution. It's working."
"It's very easy to deploy."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is the reverse proxy."
"The stability of the product is very impressive since it handles 60,000 to 70,000 requests or transactions per second."
"Deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it."
"There is a need to be able to configure the solution more."
"The support for proxy forwarding could improve."
"I would say that Azure's customer service is not that good...I am not very happy with the support offered."
"The management can be improved."
"In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common."
"Azure WAF should not be deployed in the middle of the traffic."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment."
"Setting policies and parameters through the UI should be more automated because the process is manual, where we can only edit one rule at a time."
"Right now, the tool doesn't provide an option revolving around update feeds, specifically the signature update option in the UI."
"They could provide a better user interface."
"The solution needs to be improved in the e-commerce portal."
"I encountered issues with NGINX App Protect while trying to upgrade custom rules."
"Its technical support could be better."
"The product's user interface is an area with shortcomings as it can be quite confusing for users, making it an area where improvements are required."
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Azure Web Application Firewall is ranked 14th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 9 reviews while NGINX App Protect is ranked 13th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 20 reviews. Azure Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4, while NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Web Application Firewall writes "It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". Azure Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Front Door, Azure Firewall and F5 Advanced WAF, whereas NGINX App Protect is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF and 42Crunch API Security Platform. See our Azure Web Application Firewall vs. NGINX App Protect report.
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