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We performed a comparison between AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed AWS Shield vs. Radware DefensePro Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The solution's ease of use is the most valuable feature.""It is integrated with AWS. So, it gives you a good first step.""I am impressed with the product's multiple features like security.""The product has a good mechanism to analyze trends and trigger events."

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"Technologically simple and effective.""The important features include automated protection and defense against many attacks, it's important that our networks are protected in the Radware cloud.""The product is very effective and performs well on devices.""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 initial setup is easy.""It has not gone down for a quite long time. It's working fine.""The reporting is very good and provides us with a comprehensive description of where attacks are emanating from.""The pricing is reasonable. It's not overly expensive."

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Cons
"The product is expensive.""The product should give users more flexibility to customize their security policies according to their requirements.""The management of it is a bit hard. If you don't engineer it on the front side, it is hard to go back in and change it. It could be improved in terms of architecture requirements and then ongoing support requirements as a secondary component to it. People tend to set up things like this, and they just expect it to work without the care and feeding that needs to go back into it either from an application team or a network environment team.""We end up having to pay extra for features that AWS adds that we don't need."

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"The inability to access local technical support during our business hours poses a significant inconvenience.""Right now, we have DefensePro 6. The only complaint I have is that SSL inspection, when activated, consumes a lot of resources on the machine. We are currently reviewing a possible change to DefensePro X, the new version, which has a separate module with its processors.""They need to increase the limit of devices that we can manage.""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.""The dashboard could be updated.""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.""There needs to be more reporting."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It depends on your subscription level and the volume that you're spending with AWS. So, it is very relative to the consumption alignment in your subscription level. It is a well-constructed, scalable pricing option, but it is relative to how much you're spending on AWS. Because the more you spend, typically, the more you get off on services like this. I find it to be comparable to other solutions."
  • "The cost depends on traffic each month, so on average, it costs us between US$200 and US$300 per month."
  • "We pay $3000 per month for the solution."
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  • "The product's pricing is a good value."
  • "The cost for maintenance is cheaper because the majority of the deployments using the solution are in areas where cost of maintenance is also lower."
  • "Licensing of Radware is quite simple and straightforward, while Arbor DDos is a bit complicated."
  • "It is sort of middle-of-the-road for this type of solution."
  • "The Radware DefensePro was bundled together with our security platform."
  • "The price was well over six figures."
  • "The initial cost is over $100,000 for one appliance."
  • "The pricing is based on the amount of network traffic and the number of packets being inspected."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I am impressed with the product's multiple features like security.
    Top Answer:We pay $3000 per month for the solution. We have to purchase on the organizational level. We should have one organization for billing. Otherwise, we must pay for every organization, increasing the… more »
    Top Answer:Radware DefensePro is one of the best solutions for on-premise protection.
    Top Answer:Radware DefensePro is expensive when considering the issue we have and its limitations. We pay for an annual license and also for the support service.
    Top Answer:Radware DefensePro can defend against Layer 3 and Layer 4 DDoS attacks but it is not capable of protecting against Layer 7 attacks. Radware DefensePro suffers from a high false positive rate of 25… more »
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    Also Known As
    "Radware Defense Pro"
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    Overview

    AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency, so there is no need to engage AWS Support to benefit from DDoS protection.

    Radware DefensePro is a next-generation robust Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) solution. The solution provides real-time network intrusion prevention that will protect an organization's valuable ecosystem from being damaged or immobilized by malicious attacks or threats. Radware DefensePro will aggressively protect an organization's network to negate any potential downtime and minimize any vulnerabilities caused by theft, malware, ransomware, or any other potential network attack scenario.

    Radware DefensePro is also very effective in defending against IoT-based, Burst, DNS, and TLS/SSL attacks to ensure organizations are able to stay protected against emerging network multivector attacks, ransom DDoS campaigns, IoT botnets, phantom floods, and many other types of cyberattacks common in the marketplace today.

    Radware DefensePro provides users with the following branded security protocols:

    • Reputation Engine: A real-time anti-phishing, anti-trojan protocol that is able to discover any potential threats that have been developed to cause disruption in the financial sector, information theft, and by the dissemination of malware. 
    • Denial of Service Protection: This protocol is designed to protect against DDoS attacks by discovering any potential threats and any additional anomalous behavior in real-time and will thoroughly investigate each and every new connection to ensure their validity to the network and maintain security.
    • Network Behavior Analysis (NBA): This protocol utilizes a Radware patented real-time behavioral-based next-generation signature technology to intuitively discover suspicious behaviors that may predict an attack. The NBA protocol immediately uses that data to block the attack.
    • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS): Built on an intuitive stateful static signature detection technology, IPS will glean from systematic and emergency updates to comprehensively protect the organization's network.

    Radware DefensePro has many valuable benefits. Some of its most valuable benefits include:

    • Prevent system downtime.
    • Minimize employee downtime.
    • Maintain peak performance.
    • Minimize network attack surface.
    • Minimize overall risk.
    • Improve response time to potential threats.
    • Improve defense and security.
    • Protect the organization's brand and reputation.
    • Cost-effective
    • Excellent Return on Investment

    Regrettably, DDoS attacks are on the rise in today’s busy marketplace.  As these types of attacks become more sophisticated and pervasive, it is incumbent on today’s busy enterprise organizations to ensure they have an effective and aggressive DDoS solution in place. Radware DefensePro is a valued-added effective solution to consider.

    Reviews from Real Users

    “The most important thing for me right now in the Radware portfolio is that Radware went to the cloud and has a flexible model based on virtual machines that can be delivered in our data center model, which could be delivered via the public cloud. That’s the big advantage of Radware, from my perspective.” A Senior Product Manager - ICT Solutions, Marketing, and Development of Cybersecurity at a comms service provider

    “The important features include automated protection and defense against many attacks. It's important that our networks are protected in the Radware cloud.” John P., Network Architect at Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones

    “In terms of the environment that I work in, the SSL, DNS, and HTTP are all valuable features. This is a very technologically simple and effective solution.” Aliasgar R. System Engineer at Check Point Software Technologies

    Sample Customers
    netflix, dow jones, mapbox, pearson, rovio, youview, moviestar planet, asurion, payplug, hour of code
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider43%
    Outsourcing Company7%
    Educational Organization7%
    Computer Software Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization48%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company3%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise65%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business48%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise39%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise56%
    Large Enterprise31%
    Buyer's Guide
    AWS Shield vs. Radware DefensePro
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about AWS Shield vs. Radware DefensePro and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    AWS Shield is ranked 9th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 4 reviews while Radware DefensePro is ranked 6th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews. AWS Shield is rated 8.6, while Radware DefensePro is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Shield writes "The solution automatically scales according to traffic, only takes minutes to deploy, and is maintenance-free". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware DefensePro writes "Regular signature update with good reporting and analytics". AWS Shield is most compared with Cloudflare, Cloudflare DDoS, Azure DDoS Protection, Akamai App and API Protector and Prolexic, whereas Radware DefensePro is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS, Fortinet FortiDDoS and Check Point DDoS Protector. See our AWS Shield vs. Radware DefensePro report.

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