We performed a comparison between Azure DDoS Protection and F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) 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."I like the user interface, documentation, and support. Azure DDoS Protection is one of the most valuable solutions for any endpoint that is publicly reachable through the internet. It will automatically secure all your endpoints from third-party attacks, cyber attacks, or phishing attacks."
"Azure DDoS Protection offers superior protection against denial-of-service attacks."
"DDoS Protection is simple to deploy and integrates seamlessly with the Azure environment. Ease of deployment is a crucial feature for us."
"The most valuable feature of Azure DDoS Protection is that it performs well."
"The most important feature is that the solution continuously monitors traffic by inbuilt rules to identify preconfigured attacks."
"This solution is the best option for us because we use a lot of Microsoft products. So, it is easy for us to deploy or integrate any features or products."
"The product helps us provide security validation by protecting various applications from getting hacked."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's most valuable feature is load balance. It is readily available and uncomplicated."
"I find the signature base is very helpful to see traffic"
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"The solution is easily deployable and has great functionality."
"Its performance and ease of use are valuable."
"We use the solution for load balancing and WAF (web application firewall)."
"The product’s most valuable features are LTM and WAF."
"Sometimes, it is hard for our staff to keep track of changes (in the GUI) between different projects, because there are constant changes. As a result, it is hard to manage, recall, and see all the features because they have been moved from one place to another."
"The implementation of Azure DDoS Protection results in a decrease in our bandwidth capacity and should be optimized to reduce resource consumption."
"Azure DDoS Protection could improve on the reporting."
"The reporting aspect and dashboard management monitoring need improvement."
"The visibility could be better. We would like to have better metrics, so we could see all the information in a central place."
"The UI needs to be improved."
"The solution’s initial setup is not easy."
"The web gateway feature could improve in F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)."
"Firstly, geolocation currently relies on manual updates. It has to move to automatic updates. There are no automatic updates for this feature. If some IPs, countries, or service providers move to another country, now you will be allow IPs that you previously denied. This is because you depend on the database, which doesn't update automatically. This is really a very important area that they need to improve."
"F5 could provide a distributed cloud version."
"There is room for improvement in Advanced Firewall Manager's dashboard statistics, especially during attacks."
"Currently, we have eighty F5s and we need some kind of management software. It would be very helpful."
"The solution doesn't really meet our requirements for an edge firewall."
"For configuring the firewall, every single vendor on the planet has pretty much the same logic when it comes to firewalls, and F5 has a completely different approach and completely different behavior."
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Azure DDoS Protection is ranked 9th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 6 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews. Azure DDoS Protection is rated 8.6, while F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure DDoS Protection writes "It's simple to deploy and integrates seamlessly with the Azure environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". Azure DDoS Protection is most compared with Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, AWS Shield, Cloudflare and Arbor DDoS, whereas F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS, AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro. See our Azure DDoS Protection vs. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) report.
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