We performed a comparison between Imperva 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."Very intuitive and granular configuration - It does not require much time, or advanced knowledge, for configuration and maintenance."
"Imperva WAF's strongest features are the detection of web application threats and vulnerabilities in the source code."
"Imperva monitors all traffic, even customer access, to the web application. Then, Imperva uses features like signatures to identify attacks like cross-site scripting or SQL injection."
"Learning mode and custom policies are helpful features."
"Imperva is a Gartner leader, so its scalability, performance, and features are excellent."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall is a highly stable solution and is very mature."
"One good thing about Imperva Web Application Firewall is it can be on the cloud and also it can be on-premise."
"Compared to other web application firewalls in the market, Imperva does things in the most accurate way."
"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."
"I like the web GUI. It's very intuitive and easy to use."
"I am finding SSL-TLS acceleration the most valuable function, with certificate management. It is easy to generate certificates and assign them to services"
"I like the ADC feature and the global certificate feature."
"I like the concept of self-service, that I can do everything on my own."
"The features that mitigate attacks are very valuable."
"With Alteon, the load-balancing options are practically unlimited. We haven't had any issues with offloading, decryption, putting in cookies, or any other load-balancing features. We can check URLs, etc., on the back end for load balancing instead of running a TCP check. We're also doing some certificate stuff on there. Alteon covers all of the standard load-balancing techniques, and we employ most of them daily."
"The best features are the security through the web application firewall, the functionality that the solution offers, being a load balancer with the security functionality on top of it, and the ease of administration."
"I loved the approach of the cloud. The cloud has a lot of new features, like advanced web protection and DDoS protection. If those could also be on-boarded onto the on-prem versions, that would be ideal. They need to pay attention to both deployment options and not just favor one."
"I would like the solution to improve its support response time."
"The process to upgrade from one version to another can be a lot simpler than it is currently."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall can improve by adding more features to the dashboard. increasing the visibility of the real-time events, besides configuring the administration itself."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall could improve the console by making it easier to use."
"The only disadvantage of Imperva is that it is a pretty costly solution."
"The initial setup could be simplified. Every time you have to install the solution you have to get in touch with support or somebody that can to do that for you."
"I would like to improve the tool's turnaround time in terms of support."
"Recently our team was talking about the things you can customize in Alteon and the level of programming that doing so demands. I would like to see more information on how to customize the programming and troubleshoot."
"I would like for the load balancing to work with premier and the cloud, a mix of premium and cloud."
"We are having a difficult time with the security module, and how to implement the Radware security."
"Radware Alteon could improve the troubleshooting from the command line interface, they could do a better job making it easier."
"Load balancing needs improvement. It needs better integration. I heard f5 works as a DNS operator which is not available in this solution. It would be better if that was implemented."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
"It can be improved by combining the web application firewall (WAF) facility."
"I would like to see the loading documentation improved."
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Imperva Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 46 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews. Imperva Web Application Firewall is rated 8.6, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Imperva Web Application Firewall writes "Offers simulation for studying infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure protection". 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". Imperva Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb and Fastly, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and Fortinet FortiADC. See our Imperva Web Application Firewall vs. Radware Alteon report.
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