We performed a comparison between Cloudflare 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."I like Cloudflare's application gateway and DDoS protection."
"The solution offers the flexibility to control configuration rules."
"The DDoS protection is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"Many websites require an SSL certificate because they sell stuff and want SSL. Cloudflare comes with an SSL certificate built in. It's automatic. You sign yourself up for Cloudflare, and an SSL certificate automatically protects your website. You don't necessarily need a certificate if you have a connection between your website and your host, the server, Cloudflare, and the host."
"Cloudflare is a security SaaS provider that provides security and protects us from any application layer attack."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is the GUI. You are able to control the solution very well through the interface. There is a lot of functionality that is embedded in the service."
"This solution is extremely scalable and has the highest level throughput (100G) which complies with Telco deployment."
"The reporting is very good and provides us with a comprehensive description of where attacks are emanating from."
"A valuable feature is the speed of signature updates."
"All of our traffic has to pass through the appliance, so we can very quickly mitigate the attack. This is a very valuable feature. On top of that, it's not only volumetric attack protection that the solution offers, but also layer 7 attack protection as well."
"The dashboard is the best part, and there is also the ease of operations."
"They have a hybrid model approach if a client wants to go that way."
"The product integrates well with Cisco."
"SSL-based mitigation from DDoS attacks is good from their side. They are capable of preventing SSL-based attacks with certifications and everything loaded onto them."
"Cloudflare could offer a better view or maybe dashboards of the main resources used in the client."
"I think the APIs are a little bit hard for us to work with. The APIs could be more open so that we could integrate better with our SolarWinds or our monitoring solution."
"They lack a good way to manage DNS as a company, since everything is relegated to single account logins until you get to the higher levels. They have come out with a paid feature to remedy this, but I have not had a chance to fully review it yet to know if it fixes the access problem."
"I would like Cloudflare to offer a dedicated account manager for large enterprise clients like us."
"Cloudflare does not have an on-premise solution. If they had different approaches they could be better suited to accommodate more customers, such as on-premise and hybrid deployments. For example, hybrid deployments would be useful where you could move the traffic from the enterprise to the cloud."
"It should be easier to collect the logs with companies like Sumo. However, based on my discussions with the salespeople, I understand that's how they make their money. With the enterprise product, they want people doing those kinds of enterprise features to do the logging. They want them to pay a lot of money, and that's where I have an issue with them. That should be a default. You should be able to get the log no matter what. The logging should be universal."
"We are a product integrator and reseller, and we would like to have a better partner relationship, similar to a channel sales relationship. Sometimes we are on our own or get diverted by Cloudflare because they have direct sales, which competes with us and makes it difficult to build a relationship with this company since we want to be an MSP or a managed service provider for the solution."
"The solution could use more analytics on the backend to give us more insights into everything. More reports would be helpful."
"It would be ideal if they could expand protocol support to cover emerging communication standards and ensure comprehensive protection against diverse attack vectors."
"Right now, we have DefensePro 6. The only complaint I have is that SSL inspection, when activated, consumes a lot of resources on the machine. We are currently reviewing a possible change to DefensePro X, the new version, which has a separate module with its processors."
"There needs to be more reporting."
"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."
"I would like to see more focus on layer seven protection."
"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."
"This solution may not cover all of the requirements in situations for which I am unfamiliar, and there is always room for improvement."
Cloudflare is ranked 1st in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 56 reviews while Radware DefensePro is ranked 5th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 22 reviews. Cloudflare is rated 8.4, while Radware DefensePro is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cloudflare writes "It's easy to set up because you point the DNS to it, and it's working in under 15 minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware DefensePro writes "Regular signature update with good reporting and analytics". Cloudflare is most compared with Akamai, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS, AWS Shield and Nexusguard DDoS Protection, whereas Radware DefensePro is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Imperva DDoS, Fortinet FortiDDoS, Check Point DDoS Protector and Corero. See our Cloudflare vs. Radware DefensePro report.
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