We performed a comparison between Azure Web Application Firewall and F5 Silverline Managed Services 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."It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products."
"The integration it has with GitHub is great."
"The solution has good dashboards."
"We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation."
"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."
"It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn. It's cloud-based, so you don't need to buy or maintain any hardware infrastructure."
"Azure WAF is extremely stable."
"The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."
"The most valuable feature is flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of F5 Silverline Managed Services is it becomes similar to a distributed architecture."
"Most vendors fulfill the requirements for standard DDoS protection, but F5 Silverline Managed Services has a better understanding of defending web applications like HTTP and can mitigate more bot activity than any other vendor."
"It's a good front end for public infrastructure"
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The product’s UI is easy to understand."
"F5 technical support is really good."
"From a reporting perspective, they could do more there."
"Azure WAF should not be deployed in the middle of the traffic."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"I would say that Azure's customer service is not that good...I am not very happy with the support offered."
"There is a need to be able to configure the solution more."
"Deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it."
"In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common."
"The management can be improved."
"You need to have Linux knowledge in order to use the shell."
"The navigation is difficult to use."
"We need to have support for cloud protection, which is not offered by this solution."
"There is a lot of room for improvement with their tech support. I am not sure F5 Silverline Managed Services can be classified as having tech support."
"There is room for improvement in the stability of the solution."
"The price is high in comparison to other products."
"I just hope the price can be cheaper."
"F5 Silverline Managed Services can improve by adding features that Palo Alto has."
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Azure Web Application Firewall is ranked 12th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 9 reviews while F5 Silverline Managed Services is ranked 19th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 14 reviews. Azure Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4, while F5 Silverline Managed Services is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Web Application Firewall writes "It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 Silverline Managed Services writes "It is flexible and lets you easily apply policies, but it needs to support more PoPs". Azure Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Front Door, Azure Firewall and F5 Advanced WAF, whereas F5 Silverline Managed Services is most compared with Cloudflare, Arbor DDoS, AWS WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. See our Azure Web Application Firewall vs. F5 Silverline Managed Services report.
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