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."It blocks various attacks and mitigates disasters from occurring."
"We use the solution for load balancing and WAF (web application firewall)."
"The setup and functionality are fairly straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that the blocking of IP's."
"It is stable."
"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."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's most valuable feature is load balance. It is readily available and uncomplicated."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"It has kept us up and operational on a day-to-day basis, without being interrupted by an attack from outside sources."
"It offers valuable insights into ongoing and past attacks, aiding in post-incident analysis and continuous improvement of our cybersecurity strategy."
"The product integrates well with Cisco."
"It has not gone down for a quite long time. It's working fine."
"As a service provider, we use the SecOps dashboard feature. That's where we check the time of attacks to see if an attack is happening at the moment or if it has already happened... It is very dynamic and helps us know when an attack occurred, how long it lasted, and what type of attack it was."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create signatures on-demand."
"Radware DefensePro is one of the best solutions for on-premise protection."
"Technologically simple and effective."
"There should be simplified and better integration with BIG-IQ."
"F5 could provide a distributed cloud version."
"F5 BIG-IP AFM can improve the reporting interface in relation to advanced troubleshooting depending on CLI. They should have enhanced troubleshooting with the use of GUI."
"This would be absolutely the best network security solution if the price were not so high."
"Currently, we have eighty F5s and we need some kind of management software. It would be very helpful."
"Some spam can go by the firewall."
"There is room for improvement in Advanced Firewall Manager's dashboard statistics, especially during attacks."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's pricing and technical support services need improvement."
"They need to increase the limit of devices that we can manage."
"If they would go to a cloud-based approach, that would give much more flexibility in terms of working with them."
"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."
"It could incorporate more intelligence for reacting with web site visitors."
"This product would be improved if ongoing live monitoring with dashboards were added."
"I would like to see more focus on layer seven protection."
"The inability to access local technical support during our business hours poses a significant inconvenience."
"It would be ideal if they could expand protocol support to cover emerging communication standards and ensure comprehensive protection against diverse attack vectors."
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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 4th 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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