We performed a comparison between Imperva DDoS 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."We have peace of mind that nobody will use malware on us or try to hack our website."
"The complete solution is valuable for everything it delivers and the protection it offers."
"Gives us the ability to trace each connection, and to have logs to be able to differentiate between a positive and a false-positive intruder action."
"Integration with IBM AS/400 and Db2 is okay."
"This product is a reliable defense from malicious attacks on a network environment."
"Its unique interface for managing security performance and ease of use are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Technical support provides good, quick responses."
"On the activity log, I can see the exact details, the visit, and the threat."
"The best part is that we are able to manage it easily. It is easy to manage and easy to integrate with third-party applications."
"The health status information, with its highly detailed reporting, has saved us time on troubleshooting. We have the precise information needed that helps us find different types of situations."
"I am finding SSL-TLS acceleration the most valuable function, with certificate management. It is easy to generate certificates and assign them to services"
"The solution has been very stable."
"Radware has been characterized by being extremely robust. This gives us the confidence to offer our users a continuous service."
"With Alteon, the load-balancing options are practically unlimited. We haven't had any issues with offloading, decryption, putting in cookies, or any other load-balancing features. We can check URLs, etc., on the back end for load balancing instead of running a TCP check. We're also doing some certificate stuff on there. Alteon covers all of the standard load-balancing techniques, and we employ most of them daily."
"Security is one of the most valuable features that I like. It is easy to use and easy to configure."
"I like the concept of self-service, that I can do everything on my own."
"The solution needs to improve Integration with third parties for their on-prem deployment models. The integration is not that good yet."
"Analytics in the area of risk need to be improved to supply more information to the users for creating better environments."
"Imperva now offers add-ons to add functionality, but I would like to see these included in the product, even if it would cost more."
"The product could use a broader scope in the area of policies."
"The solution should integrate with something that looks at continuous security management."
"The rules surrounding the making of web applications could be improved."
"We had an issue when securing the web applications for DDoS protection."
"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."
"Radware Alteon could improve the troubleshooting from the command line interface, they could do a better job making it easier."
"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 reverse proxy piece is a little bit complicated. If the reverse proxy were easier to implement, that would help."
"You need to have pretty good internal knowledge of the solution."
"We are having a difficult time with the security module, and how to implement the Radware security."
"I would like this solution to have an integration tool that will convert configuration from other software, into readable values for this product during implementation."
"The user interface can be improved."
"Their support can be better. The Radware management is very proactive. We can connect to anybody in Radware Management in India. We can even connect with the MD of Radware India. However, their lower level staff should be more proactive towards the customers."
Imperva DDoS is ranked 19th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews. Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Imperva DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". 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". Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and AWS WAF, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and F5 Advanced WAF. See our Imperva DDoS vs. Radware Alteon report.
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