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."F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's most valuable feature is load balance. It is readily available and uncomplicated."
"The most valuable features of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) are the web gateway, load balancing, services, and applications available."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is the iRules where I can customize the configuration."
"CGNAT is one of its strong areas."
"The decryption is great."
"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."
"The protection is very useful."
"The solution is very straightforward. The usability is great."
"The reporting is very good and provides us with a comprehensive description of where attacks are emanating from."
"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."
"It has not gone down for a quite long time. It's working fine."
"This solution is extremely scalable and has the highest level throughput (100G) which complies with Telco deployment."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create signatures on-demand."
"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 kept us up and operational on a day-to-day basis, without being interrupted by an attack from outside sources."
"The initial setup of F5 BIG-IP AFM in a complex environment was simple. However, the full deployment took us approximately one year."
"The pricing of the solution could be a little bit better."
"The solution doesn't really meet our requirements for an edge firewall."
"For configuring the firewall, every single vendor on the planet has pretty much the same logic when it comes to firewalls, and F5 has a completely different approach and completely different behavior."
"Some spam can go by the firewall."
"The product is expensive."
"We would have preferred to have support when we first started"
"The solution’s initial setup is not easy."
"I would like to have more granular steps according to protected bandwidth, so the granularity should be better."
"It could incorporate more intelligence for reacting with web site visitors."
"This solution may not cover all of the requirements in situations for which I am unfamiliar, and there is always room for improvement."
"The inability to access local technical support during our business hours poses a significant inconvenience."
"As a service provider, we are expecting the multi-tenancy feature on the dashboard and reporting side. It will help share reports with customers in real-time. They can directly see them online. We are working with their team on API integration with our portal. We will be able to achieve that, but it will take some time."
"I would like to see more focus on layer seven protection."
"This product would be improved if ongoing live monitoring with dashboards were added."
"I had some trouble in the registration account prior to deployment, but it was fixed. They were not very fast or responsive, however. It took about one week to resolve the issue."
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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 5th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 22 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while Radware DefensePro is rated 8.2. 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 Azure DDoS Protection. See our F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs. Radware DefensePro report.
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