We performed a comparison between Citrix Web App and API Protection and F5 Advanced WAF 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 stability is good. If there is a problem, the load will be shifted to other sites automatically, which has been a good experience for us."
"We have good customer support."
"The advantage of Citrix Web App and API Protection is just its graphic user interface for beginners. The solution is nothing special, but we have to use it for the corporation. Another advantage of Citrix Web App and API Protection is that we have our copy to test things and get the know-how of it."
"I like the solution's simplicity compared to Citrix's on-prem solutions."
"Citrix Web App API Protection allows you to enable a blocking mode"
"When our primary link goes down I can still get to my Cisco devices and the NetScaler devices on-prem because of the SDN solution. If the internet connection at one of the branches goes down, we can still route them, they still get internet based on the SDN solution through one of the other sites. They can carry on working."
"I prefer this solution because of its user-friendly interface. I find it simple and close to what I am currently using, which is Citrix Fortiva Access for Multi-Factor Authentication. I appreciate the familiar user interface and troubleshooting tools it offers."
"The work balancing applications are the most valuable feature."
"There is no need to worry about updating signatures because WAF will automatically update the signatures for you."
"With F5 Advanced WAF, it was protection for online publications and for our customers that caused us to choose the platform."
"F5 Advanced WAF has very good stability and scalability. Its initial setup was straightforward."
"F5 Advanced WAF is a stable solution, we are satisfied. It is more stable than ForiWeb."
"The solution uses AI to protect against botnet attacks."
"It protects and mitigates damage in the network."
"I definitely recommend this solution because of the time you save on analysis."
"It's flexible and powerful, and the users can input their own rules to the system."
"The product could be improved by making it easier to use and easier to implement."
"Security could be improved because then I can get rid of my Cisco firewalls. If they improve the security then I could run my security, my proxy, my firewalling and my SDN solution on one device instead of having to have multiple devices."
"The configuration for its web application firewall is complicated."
"The reporting is not so good. They don't have an application to connect the logs."
"The solution's pricing is a big concern and should be improved."
"An area for improvement in Citrix Web App and API Protection is for it to give real-time notifications and alerts. It would be practical if the solution warns you if there's an attack or if the load or traffic volume increases or decreases. An additional feature I'd like to see in Citrix Web App and API Protection is a prediction or artificial intelligence on what is happening, for example, attacks."
"I am not an expert in this solution, but simplicity and user-friendly interfaces are crucial for me. I would appreciate advice from Citrix, particularly in the form of an interactive guide for API protection. It would be helpful if they could provide specific points and recommendations for cybersecurity, indicating areas that need attention or improvement. I find such interactive guidance valuable."
"The user interface could be more friendly. Some wizards and other documentation for administrators, as well as some use cases, helps us to understand the solution."
"There should be more ability to rate limit certain scenarios. The majority of the time, it is either on or off. For certain types of use cases, there should be the ability to rate limit, not just enable or disable."
"Most customers encounter stability issues with the product's Big-IP logs."
"F5 Advanced WAF needs better integration within the application, like remote dashboards."
"The delay times on firmware patches and software updates could be better and improved."
"One thing that can be improved, is to increase the quantity over predefine policy."
"I think the deployment templates can be better."
"There is a learning curve that extends the time of implementation."
"The solution is tedious. It takes a lot of discrete settings so one needs to get detailed and granular when they use the solution. It takes you a whole lot of energy and concentration to configure. It needs to be much more straight-forward, like other web solutions."
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Citrix Web App and API Protection is ranked 20th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 10 reviews while F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews. Citrix Web App and API Protection is rated 8.0, while F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Citrix Web App and API Protection writes "Has a good graphic user interface for beginners, but lacks real-time notifications, alerts, and artificial intelligence". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". Citrix Web App and API Protection is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Front Door, AWS WAF, Akamai App and API Protector and Imperva DDoS, whereas F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Cloudflare. See our Citrix Web App and API Protection vs. F5 Advanced WAF report.
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