We performed a comparison between Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva DDoS 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."We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation."
"It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products."
"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."
"The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."
"It has been a stable product in my experience."
"The integration it has with GitHub is great."
"Azure WAF is extremely stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."
"Its unique interface for managing security performance and ease of use are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Real-time monitoring is also a great tool, as you may watch several parameters in real time."
"The solution is very good at intercepting traffic before it gets to our data centers."
"We have peace of mind that nobody will use malware on us or try to hack our website."
"This product is a reliable defense from malicious attacks on a network environment."
"DDoS protection and WAF are the most valuable features. It is easy to deploy a service. It is easy and quick to deploy to a new website."
"I like the user-friendly interface."
"The dashboard is good and user-friendly."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"The support for proxy forwarding could improve."
"Azure WAF should not be deployed in the middle of the traffic."
"In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common."
"There is a need to be able to configure the solution more."
"I would say that Azure's customer service is not that good...I am not very happy with the support offered."
"From a reporting perspective, they could do more there."
"The management can be improved."
"I miss being able to integrate the dashboard with other BI tools we are using. We have to export and import data to be able to present it, and doing so is a lot of work."
"Incapsula services also provides load balancing services for their service IP address environment. So far, with monitoring their services, the IP address was only changed once."
"Analytics in the area of risk need to be improved to supply more information to the users for creating better environments."
"Imperva DDoS does not provide version control."
"I am not sure if this application has a policy where you can create your custom policy and run it as our firewall. We should have some ability to also create some custom policy, then run it as a firewall."
"Imperva always needs to adjust to new versions of cyber attacks, it needs to be faster, improve the resiliency of the software of the solution."
"There’s nothing that’s missing in terms of features."
"The solution should integrate with something that looks at continuous security management."
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Azure Web Application Firewall is ranked 14th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 9 reviews while Imperva DDoS is ranked 19th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews. Azure Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4, while Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8. 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 Imperva DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". Azure Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Front Door, Azure Firewall and F5 Advanced WAF, whereas Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and AWS WAF. See our Azure Web Application Firewall vs. Imperva DDoS report.
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