Imperva Web Application Firewall vs R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) comparison

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We performed a comparison between Imperva Web Application Firewall and R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Question: Which Web Application Firewall (WAF) would you recommend? R&S or Imperva?
Answer: Imperva is a strong choice, given their security focus and ongoing R&D into the product in areas such as bot management.
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"I have had a positive experience with Imperva Web Application Firewall's tech support so far. They are knowledgeable and respond on time.""The solution is scalable.""The most valuable features of the Imperva Web Application Firewall are DDoS, malware, and the other malicious threat prevention it provides. Additionally, third-party integration is available. You can forward the log for further analysis.""The WAF itself has been very valuable to me because it has such a complete range of features. Another reason why I like it is because it also takes care of the total overview of the traffic over the network.""If you are using the appliance as opposed to the virtual deployment, it can stand as the network layer-two and provide real transparency.""The tool's profiling feature maps all the web application directories and related components on the profile directory. It has improved the security of my client's website applications.""There are a number of features that are valuable such as the account takeover and various antivirus features.""Imperva monitors all traffic, even customer access, to the web application. Then, Imperva uses features like signatures to identify attacks like cross-site scripting or SQL injection."

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"The three most valuable features that I noticed are the geo-localization of the user, the IP reputation, and the compartmental analysis."

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Cons
"I am looking for more data enrichment. We should have the ability to add our own custom data to the system, to the live traffic.""There could be some limitations that from the converged infrastructure perspective: when you want to converge with everything and you want Imperva to get there easily because it's not a cloud component. For example, when you want to build servers and you're using OneView to manage your software-defined networks, implementing Imperva right away is not that simple. But if you're doing just a simple cloud infrastructure with servers in there, you're good to go. Also, we are not able, with Imperva, to block by signatures. Imperva by itself needs to be complemented with another service to do URL filtering.""The user interface could be better.""They recently separated the WAF and the DAM management gateways in order for each of these to be managed from different areas, so I believe it now requires additional investments for what was previously a single complete solution.""I loved the approach of the cloud. The cloud has a lot of new features, like advanced web protection and DDoS protection. If those could also be on-boarded onto the on-prem versions, that would be ideal. They need to pay attention to both deployment options and not just favor one.""They can provide an option to create reports, automatically import the entire report, and create rules again. In a real-life crisis, it would be helpful to be able to import a report and generate security rules from that report. I should be able to create a simple query and import the reports automatically. It can maybe also tell us the format of the report.""Sometimes, support tickets don't get addressed quickly.""The support for the on-premises version needs improvement."

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"The area that should be improved is licensing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Make sure you understand the way that Imperva charges. It's very affordable. However, I would like to see a package with the Virtual Patching included. You get to do patching separately."
  • "Everybody complains about the price of this solution."
  • "The cost of this solution depends on the platform."
  • "The price of this solution is a little bit high compared to competitors."
  • "There are some licenses that you have to buy to use some features. Its price could be better. Price is always important because, at the end of the day, customers have a budget. If you can meet the budget, you can sell, and if you don't, you cannot sell."
  • "There is a license for this solution and we purchase the license annually with no additional fees."
  • "There are a couple of different licensing models."
  • "The price of Imperva Web Application Firewalls is expensive compared to others."
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    Answers from the Community
    Prasert Mahapol
    reviewer1662357 - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer1662357 (Works at Ally Financial Inc.)
    Real User

    Imperva Cloud WAF by far.

    Thameem Ansari - PeerSpot reviewerThameem Ansari
    Real User

    Imperva or F5 if you don't have budget constraints. there is budget limitation means you can look barracuda, Radware, A10 or fortinet

    reviewer1304067 - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer1304067 (Product Manager (Zscaler) at a tech services company with 201-500 employees)
    Real User

    I would recommend you to look at F5 AWAF solution. If you need more information, please reach me through my email ammar.anis@westcon and I shall be happy to help.

    Ricardo Fernandes - PeerSpot reviewerRicardo Fernandes
    Real User

    We have had a very good experience with FortiWeb.

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:For ADC, any ADC can do a good job. But in case if you want to add WAF functionality to the same ADC hardware you have to look for other ADC's like F5, Imperva, Radware, Fortinet, etc. 
    Top Answer:You can have a look to Imperva Cloud WAF, the anti-DDoS mitigation is under 1s and works very well. I observed a lot of DDoS attacks that were well managed (even not seen by the customer) by Imperva… more »
    Top Answer:Imperva is a strong choice, given their security focus and ongoing R&D into the product in areas such as bot management.
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    Also Known As
    Rohde & Schwarz Web Application Firewall, R&S WAF, DenyAll Web Application Security
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    Overview

    Imperva Web Application Firewall is a versatile solution that protects web applications and databases from various attacks, including DDoS, cross-site scripting, and SQL injection attacks. It offers data security, availability, and access control and can be deployed on-premises or on the cloud. 

    The solution has good security against web attacks and offers advanced bot protection, API security, and mitigation features. Imperva WAF is easy to configure and deploy; it has good customer service and an excellent user interface.

    Beyond the basic capabilities of traditional negative and positive security models, DenyAll’s scoring mechanism, user behavior tracking and advanced detection engines deliver best-of-breed security that won’t let you down. None of our customers have made the headlines with security breaches.

    Web Services and automated machine-to-machine communications support business processes, internal and with ecosystem partners that are often critical. DenyAll makes it easy to optimize and secure these XML-based data flows, with capabilities found in no other WAF or SOA Gateway.

    Sample Customers
    BlueCross BlueShield, eHarmony, EMF Broadcasting, GE Healthcare, Metro Bank, The Motley Fool, Siemens
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Insurance Company10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Small Business53%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise31%
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    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    April 2024
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    Imperva Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 46 reviews while R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) is ranked 32nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF). Imperva Web Application Firewall is rated 8.6, while R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Imperva Web Application Firewall writes "Offers simulation for studying infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) writes "Geo-localization and IP reputation help to keep our clients secure and more available". Imperva Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb and Azure Front Door, whereas R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) is most compared with AWS WAF, Akamai App and API Protector and Fortinet FortiWeb.

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