Cloudflare DDoS vs Radware DefensePro comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare DDoS
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Radware DefensePro
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection category, the market share of Cloudflare DDoS is 6.9% and it increased by 20.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of Radware DefensePro is 9.3% and it increased by 39.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

NB
May 26, 2022
Perfect from my perspective; simple, user-friendly and easy to configure
We use this solution for our web application firewall. We are partners of Cloudflare and I am a system architect and specialist.  This is a simple, user-friendly solution. You turn it on and that's it. It's a perfect solution from my perspective; it's easy to understand and easy to configure.  I…
NJ
Apr 9, 2024
100% availability, good dashboards, and ease of operations
Security is the most important benefit. In security services, we need to get proactive information. After implementing Radware DefensePro, we have a dashboard, and we can do proactive detection. It helps us to be reactive as well as proactive to protect the customers. Radware DefensePro provides a single dashboard for our operations team and the admin team. It is very convenient. All the information is available in a single place. As a service provider, we are using the Radware SecOps dashboard as per our customer's requirements. It is always customized. The Radware SecOps dashboard is quite useful. It is generally used by my team. I am not using it directly. My team uses it for day-to-day operations. The Radware SecOps dashboard is easy to use. The interface is very user-friendly. This is the feedback that I am getting from my team. Radware DefensePro is very useful for protecting our organization against DDoS threats and attacks. We evaluated it against a lot of its competitors and finalized it. It is definitely useful, and it serves the purpose. We are serving the BFSI customers. There are also a lot of trading companies. We are able to meet the compliance requirements for the Internet traffic given by the Reserve Bank of India and SEBI. Radware DefensePro is able to detect attacks in real-time. It does the detection and provides alerts in real-time as well. The action is something we need to take. My team has not reported any false negatives given by Radware DefensePro. The proactive information and the dashboard of Radware DefensePro definitely give us comfort. It also helps me with online reporting for my customers, which is not in real-time, but whenever a customer asks for a report, we share the report with the customer. Radware DefensePro has not helped us reduce downtime associated with attacks because we did not have any downtime previously. We have been lucky. The downtime was not there at all, but it is helping to maintain our uptime. We are able to maintain that now.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks."
"It is a stable solution."
"Cloudflare is by far the most effective solution that I have come across."
"Cloudflare is simple to use."
"The solution has different options that can be used to differentiate DDoS attacks."
"The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."
"Cloudflare DDoS is better than its competitors for its security, deployment, and scalability."
"This solution is easy to understand and easy to configure."
"The DDoS protection that the solution provides is its most valuable feature."
"As a service provider, we use the SecOps dashboard feature. That's where we check the time of attacks to see if an attack is happening at the moment or if it has already happened... It is very dynamic and helps us know when an attack occurred, how long it lasted, and what type of attack it was."
"The pricing is reasonable. It's not overly expensive."
"The product integrates well with Cisco."
"Radware DefensePro's most valuable feature lies in its ability to mitigate non-traffic attacks."
"With the secure signature feature, the Radware DefensePro is a big assistance. It is a big help to our customers to improve their productivity and performance. The prompt response from the Radware team is definitely increasing in the new era."
"All of our traffic has to pass through the appliance, so we can very quickly mitigate the attack. This is a very valuable feature. On top of that, it's not only volumetric attack protection that the solution offers, but also layer 7 attack protection as well."
"The important features include automated protection and defense against many attacks, it's important that our networks are protected in the Radware cloud."
 

Cons

"The software has automated alerts, but the automated alerts are not available in the mobile app."
"Our customers no longer use Cloudflare because its service is subpar."
"The tool should provide on-premise versions. Currently, all versions are cloud-based."
"The onboarding process can be improved a little bit."
"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support."
"The response time for support must be reduced."
"Lacks a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center."
"The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."
"I would like to see more focus on layer seven protection."
"If they would go to a cloud-based approach, that would give much more flexibility in terms of working with them."
"It could incorporate more intelligence for reacting with web site visitors."
"I would like to see more graphics within the dashboard. Right now, you are required to buy tools in order to have graphical representation for your monitoring."
"I had some trouble in the registration account prior to deployment, but it was fixed. They were not very fast or responsive, however. It took about one week to resolve the issue."
"It would be ideal if they could expand protocol support to cover emerging communication standards and ensure comprehensive protection against diverse attack vectors."
"There needs to be more reporting."
"This product would be improved if ongoing live monitoring with dashboards were added."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."
"The solution is not that expensive."
"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."
"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."
"The licensing cost is about $50,000."
"The product's pricing is a good value."
"Radware DefensePro is expensive when considering the issue we have and its limitations."
"The pricing is based on the amount of network traffic and the number of packets being inspected."
"The price varies by use case and there are monthly and annual licensing options. If you deploy on-premise, there is an annual license with the amount dependent on the throughput you need and which features you will be using - i.e. IPS, behavioral, etc."
"The NetFlow security could be improved too."
"The Radware DefensePro was bundled together with our security platform."
"Radware DefensePro is a bit on the expensive side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Educational Organization
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Educational Organization
48%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GRE tunnels. We have decreased site load times on Mobile 3G from 8 to 1,6 seconds ...
What do you like most about Cloudflare DDoS?
Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudflare DDoS?
The solution's pricing lacks transparency. You never know what you're paying for, and even their team sometimes cannot give you a correct answer on how they calculate something.
What do you like most about Radware DefensePro?
The dashboard is the best part, and there is also the ease of operations.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware DefensePro?
Radware DefensePro is a bit on the expensive side. While researching DDoS solutions and looking for the most affordable option, I'd recommend considering Radware DefensePro even though it might not...
What needs improvement with Radware DefensePro?
We've been encountering a lack of updates in DefensePro. Currently, we're facing numerous bugs within our data solution. These bugs are impacting the failover process, and we're observing repeated ...
 

Also Known As

Cloudflare DDoS Protection
"Radware Defense Pro"
 

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Sample Customers

crunchbase, SoFi, ao.com, LogMeIn, DigitalOcean, okcupid, Montecito, Discord, Udacity
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