We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and Radware Alteon 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."This solution inspects your traffic and based on that, automatically create distinct qualities for you, so you can add this to the policy already created. That's what I like most."
"F5 Advanced WAF secures our connectivity and combines both the main functions of WAF (balancing and web application security)."
"It's scalable and very easy to manage."
"The solution is easily accessible on mobile and laptop devices."
"The product has valuable features for load balancing, monitoring tools, and HPXpress services."
"One of the most valuable features is the Local Traffic Manager."
"It also has antivirus and DDoS mitigation capabilities. We have enabled these features."
"The most valuable features of F5 Advanced WAF are the overall capabilities, there is not a comparable solution on the market."
"A user-friendly and reasonably priced solution."
"The solution has been very stable."
"I like the web GUI. It's very intuitive and easy to use."
"The most valuable aspect is that it establishes user security."
"The command line interface is simple and very user-friendly."
"I like the concept of self-service, that I can do everything on my own."
"The GUI was a valuable feature. It was uncomplicated and easy to use."
"It saves us a lot of work in terms of management since it has tasks already defined automatically. That enables us to better administer our services. It is very dynamic and easy to administer."
"The BNS module needs improvement."
"F5 Advanced WAF could improve the precision of the scanning. There are many false positives. They should improve their threat database."
"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."
"F5 Advanced WAF could improve resource usage, it is CPU intensive. Additionally, adding automated remediation would be a benefit. For example, an easy button alerts us of the events that are occurring, and what we want to do at the time. An automated approach where somebody could be alerted very quickly. Instead of going and reconfiguring everything, an automated approach is what I'm looking at."
"This solution can be made more user-friendly."
"The overall price of F5 Advanced WAF could improve."
"I think the deployment templates can be better."
"Support is an area that needs improvement."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
"It can be improved by combining the web application firewall (WAF) facility."
"The community portal does not have a place to find scripts."
"A feature that I would like to see included in the next version might be a better analysis when working with crypt issues. Right now, it is very manual; you load it into Alteon and it runs. It would be interesting to see a more dynamic process."
"The GUI needs to be improved. Right now, the solution isn't so user-friendly."
"I would like to see the loading documentation improved."
"Performance could be improved."
F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews. F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware Alteon writes "It's a good fit for a small team because the maintenance is easier and you don't need to know how to code". F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Citrix Web App and API Protection, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, A10 Networks Thunder ADC, HAProxy and NGINX Plus. See our F5 Advanced WAF vs. Radware Alteon report.
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