We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"In terms of F5 Advanced WAF's most valuable features, I would definitely say its stability. F5 is one the most stable products. Either as the load balancer or the web application firewall, it is very stable."
"F5 technical support is excellent. They are experts who always provide the right solution, and they understand the problem. Their response and resolution times are good."
"The solution isn't too expensive. The license allows you to license what you need and leave out what you don't need."
"The most valuable features of F5 Advanced WAF are SSL uploading, signature, and anomaly detection. It is overall a high-quality solution."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"It is easy to obtain dashboard compliance because security policy views are included."
"F5's user-friendly interface and seamless integration stand out as the most valuable features for us."
"The three most valuable features that I noticed are the geo-localization of the user, the IP reputation, and the compartmental analysis."
"We usually use a third-party tool for logging and reporting. It would be nice if we could do that right on this solution. They have one, but it's not very stable. Logging and reporting effectively would be a big enhancement."
"The solution could improve by having an independent capture module. It has a built feature that you can deploy the capture on your published website. However, it's not very user-friendly. When you compare this feature to Google Capture or other enterprise captures, they are very simple. It needs a good connection to the F5 Advanced WAF sandbox. When you implement this feature in the data center, you may suffer some complications with connecting to the F5 Advanced WAF sandbox. This should be improved in the future."
"F5 Advanced WAF could improve the reporting. It's a bit difficult to populate, them. If you're not so familiar with the functions, such as where to find the logs and other settings."
"The deployment side is quite complex."
"I would like to see additional controls."
"The solution is tedious. It takes a lot of discrete settings so one needs to get detailed and granular when they use the solution. It takes you a whole lot of energy and concentration to configure. It needs to be much more straight-forward, like other web solutions."
"Most customers encounter stability issues with the product's Big-IP logs."
"One area for improvement in the product is its SSO integration, which posed challenges and required significant effort to resolve."
"The area that should be improved is licensing."
F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews while R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) is ranked 33rd in Web Application Firewall (WAF). F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6, while R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". 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". F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) is most compared with AWS WAF and Akamai App and API Protector.
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