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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and SonicWall Web Application Firewall 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Azure Application Gateway vs. SonicWall Web Application Firewall Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly.""The simplicity of the solution and its ability to integrate easily with others are its most valuable aspects.""The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on.""The health probe is pretty good for your backend health. It tells you whether it's communicating and talking to the endpoint correctly. It is quite useful.""The most valuable feature is WAF.""The solution provides great automation and it is easy to upgrade service.""The solution was very easy to configure. It wasn't hard at all to adjust it to our needs.""We can control what rules should be used and what should be disabled."

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"The solution offers better data protection than competitors.""Capture ATP is a good additional feature in the latest version.""We use SonicWall Web Application Firewall for security and tunneling."

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Cons
"The solution should provide more security for certificate-based services so that we can implement more security on that.""Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port.""I believe that there is room for improvement in terms of additional functionality. It is an advantage to have features readily available for configuration without needing customer-defined rules.""There is room for improvement in the pricing model.""We have encountered some issues with automatic redirection and cancellation, leading to 502 and 504 gateway errors. So, I experienced some trouble with containers.""Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's first deployment is complex. It needs to improve its pricing.""The configuration is very specific right now and needs to be much more flexible.""The tool's pricing could be improved."

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"We should get the logs from the solution, and it should communicate with the local DNS.""We have a lot of unknown errors popping up in the latest version.""The solution needs an access management feature with API integration so we can assign certain levels of access within groups."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is not expensive."
  • "Every solution comes with a license and cost. Microsoft provides the license and the total cost is for the maintenance every year."
  • "Between v1 and v2, there is a lot of change in the pricing. It is very costly compared to AWS."
  • "There is some additional cost, such as extended support."
  • "The cost is not an issue."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced compared to other solutions."
  • "The pricing is based on how much you use the solution."
  • "The solution is paid monthly. The solution is highly expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the… more »
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Web Application Firewall or Microsoft Azure Application Gateway web application firewall software was the better fit for… more »
    Top Answer:I rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has more than 1000 users who use it daily.
    Top Answer:We use SonicWall Web Application Firewall for security and tunneling.
    Top Answer:We should get the logs from the solution, and it should communicate with the local DNS. There is some lag in the solution's technical support response time.
    Top Answer:Our company uses the solution to protect our website that is for internal resources only and does not allow enterprise access.
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    Also Known As
    Azure Application Gateway, MS Azure Application Gateway
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    Overview

    Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications. Traditional load balancers operate at the transport layer (OSI layer 4 - TCP and UDP) and route traffic based on source IP address and port, to a destination IP address and port.

    To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

    The SonicWall Web Application Firewal l (WAF) solutions enables the defense-in-depth strategy to protect your web applications running in a private, public or hybrid cloud environment. compromise the application, steal data and/or cause a denial-of-service.

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    Lilly, AccuWeather, AIRFRANCE, Honeywell
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Comms Service Provider19%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Healthcare Company7%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise48%
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    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft Azure Application Gateway vs. SonicWall Web Application Firewall
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft Azure Application Gateway vs. SonicWall Web Application Firewall and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    771,157 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 3rd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 40 reviews while SonicWall Web Application Firewall is ranked 25th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 3 reviews. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2, while SonicWall Web Application Firewall is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Web Application Firewall writes "A stable and durable solution that can be used for security and tunneling". Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with AWS WAF, Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, Azure Front Door and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, whereas SonicWall Web Application Firewall is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Microsoft Azure Application Gateway vs. SonicWall Web Application Firewall report.

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