We performed a comparison between Imperva DDoS and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway 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."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."
"We have peace of mind that nobody will use malware on us or try to hack our website."
"We use Imperva DDoS to stop DDoS attacks and reduce the amount of unwanted queries against web services or web scraping."
"This product is a reliable defense from malicious attacks on a network environment."
"The complete solution is valuable for everything it delivers and the protection it offers."
"The three-second service level agreement is already better than the competition."
"There are quite a few useful Imperva Incapsula features. For example, one of them is the reports. The graphics are very good and it's easy to configure. The whole process is very fast and reliable too. They have good tech support as well."
"An improvement has been to our website: It increases the speed of our response, the capacity of the site, and optimizes the bandwidth."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway gives us a lot of benefits, including domain mapping."
"The production is a valuable feature."
"I rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has more than 1000 users who use it daily."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"Azure Application Gateway's most valuable feature is ease of use. The configuration is straightforward. It isn't difficult to adjust the size of your instances in the settings. You can do that with a few clicks, and the configuration file is the same way. You can also set rules and policies with minimal time and effort."
"The solution provides great automation and it is easy to upgrade service."
"It has a filter available, although we are not currently using it because it is not part of our requirements. But it is a good option and when it becomes part of our requirements we will definitely use it."
"Application Gateway automatically redirects unwanted users and takes care of the security aspect. It also handles the performance side of things, which is why we use it."
"The product could use a broader scope in the area of policies."
"The log analytics interface within Incapsula isn't really good. For example, if you have to get all logs from there, it's a very cumbersome process."
"The rules surrounding the making of web applications could be improved."
"It's quite expensive."
"It needs to be improved every time there are new attacks."
"Its price could be improved. It is quite expensive. It will be good if we could export the configuration. Currently, to control the configuration, we need to go to each website, which is not very convenient."
"A limited tool if you're looking to customize."
"I would like to see automated reporting to improve visibility."
"Microsoft needs to work on their documentation."
"It does not have the flexibility for using public IPs in version 2."
"Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port."
"The tool is a pain to deal with when it comes to the area of configuration."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway could improve by allowing features to use more third-party tools."
"Scalability can be an issue."
"Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port."
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Imperva DDoS is ranked 19th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 3rd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 41 reviews. Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. 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 Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and AWS WAF, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Citrix NetScaler, AWS WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and Azure Front Door. See our Imperva DDoS vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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