We performed a comparison between Amazon CloudFront and Imperva DDoS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two CDN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can personalize a lot of things inside CDN."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to deliver content to users nearby."
"The support team is knowledgeable."
"Feature-wise, I like the solution's signed URL because it provides security for me."
"The solution has many features that are comprehensive."
"Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution."
"If you're using AWS entirely, it's smooth sailing."
"The product is very well interconnected with other Amazon services."
"On the activity log, I can see the exact details, the visit, and the threat."
"The dashboard is good and user-friendly."
"Technical support provides good, quick responses."
"It fits our requirements, as well as our budget."
"Real-time monitoring is also a great tool, as you may watch several parameters in real time."
"The technical support is excellent."
"The most valuable features for us are the DDoS and Bot."
"Scalability is pretty easy on the base platform. You just add another, and you're ready to go."
"The product should be more intuitive."
"They should have more Edge locations so that CloudFront can be used much more. If they can make it a little bit cheaper and better than other networks, we will be able to use it more."
"They could be expanding the number of locations available. It will help users easily access content."
"Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure."
"The solution can benefit from expanding its data center and server locations to multiple places for smoother content delivery with even lower latency. The latency we experience is sufficient for our needs, and we are doing well. However, if they expand their locations in the future, it could be a positive factor. Its competitors have multiple data and server locations."
"Sometimes, the server goes down automatically."
"With a mixed stack, things become a problem. With GCP and Azure, the DNS setup gets tricky when using CloudFront."
"I have utilized certain characteristics and invested effort in reading the documentation, which proved to be challenging."
"Imperva now offers add-ons to add functionality, but I would like to see these included in the product, even if it would cost more."
"Imperva DDoS does not provide version control."
"A limited tool if you're looking to customize."
"Certificate management could be improved."
"The log analytics interface within Incapsula isn't really good. For example, if you have to get all logs from there, it's a very cumbersome process."
"I would like to see automated reporting to improve visibility."
"It would be beneficial to include vulnerability management in the solution, similar to what they have for their on-premise solution."
"The solution should integrate with something that looks at continuous security management."
Amazon CloudFront is ranked 4th in CDN with 21 reviews while Imperva DDoS is ranked 5th in CDN with 74 reviews. Amazon CloudFront is rated 8.0, while Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon CloudFront writes "Top-notch in terms of customer service and offers pay-as-you-go model with a free tier". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". Amazon CloudFront is most compared with Azure Front Door, Akamai, Cloudflare, Windows Azure CDN and Edgio Global CDN, whereas Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and Akamai App and API Protector. See our Amazon CloudFront vs. Imperva DDoS report.
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