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Bot Management
April 2024
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We performed a comparison between Imperva Bot Management and Symantec Web Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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RiaanDu Preez
A product that offers advanced bot detection capabilities and reporting features
The advanced bot detection capabilities and the reporting features in Imperva Bot Management have helped our client's organization by splitting up... Read more →
Anonymous User
An excellent up-to-date data repository handling external threats successfully
Symantec has specifically helped connect external users to our internal network. It has also enabled us to ensure that those who have permission... Read more →
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
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Pros
"I am impressed with the product's automatic bot mechanism. It also gives us the control to create our own custom bot rules.""The stability of the product is good since I haven't had any problems with the solution."

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"The interface is user-friendly.""The solution has an up-to-date data repository to deal with external threats.""The setup was straightforward."

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Cons
"Sometimes, it takes a bit of time for the technical staff of the solution to get back to our company with a resolution for our problems.""The tool needs to include artificial intelligence and machine learning. It also needs to improve profiling."

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"Sometimes scanning slows down the endpoints.""It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java.""I'm not convinced that it's necessary the best solution going forward in the future."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The tool's pricing is good."
  • "I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

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    What do you like most about Imperva Bot Management?
    Top Answer:The stability of the product is good since I haven't had any problems with the solution.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Imperva Bot Manag...
    Top Answer:I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price. The price of the product also depends on the cost of the tools offered by competitors like… more »
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    What needs improvement with Imperva Bot Management?
    Top Answer:At the moment, I am okay with the product. I haven't found something that needs to be improved yet. I am not physically busy with any implementations associated with the product, but I will share the… more »
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    Ranking
    4th
    out of 17 in Bot Management
    Views
    344
    Comparisons
    336
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    577
    Rating
    8.0
    37th
    out of 79 in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Views
    228
    Comparisons
    186
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
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    Also Known As
    Distil Networks, Distil Bot Detection and Mitigation
    Symantec WAF, Blue Coat Protecting Web Applications
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    Imperva
    Broadcom
    Overview
    Distil Networks is the first easy and accurate way to identify and police malicious website traffic, blocking 99.9% of bad bots without impacting legitimate users. Only 41% of web traffic originates from humans, so it’s imperative to be able to detect and block automated attacks. Bots are the key culprits behind web scraping, online fraud, web application security breaches, content spam, digital ad fraud, and downtime. Distil Networks is purpose built to defeat bad bots that circumvent traditional web application defenses like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Distil makes your web applications more secure with API security, real-time threat intelligence, a 24/7 security operations center, and complete visibility and control over human, good bot, and bad bot traffic.

    The Symantec Web Application Firewall (WAF) enables you to secure and accelerate your web applications.

    Sample Customers
    StubHub, Yelp, Glassdoor, DowJones, The Wall Street Journal, Whitepages, CrunchBase, AOL, Staples, Wayfair, EasyJet, Autotrader, Skyscanner, Orbitz, and Conde Nast, Amadeus, and Thomson Reuters, just to name a few.
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government6%
    Retailer6%
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    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Imperva Bot Management is ranked 4th in Bot Management with 2 reviews while Symantec Web Application Firewall is ranked 37th in Web Application Firewall (WAF). Imperva Bot Management is rated 8.0, while Symantec Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Imperva Bot Management writes "A product that offers advanced bot detection capabilities and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Web Application Firewall writes "An excellent up-to-date data repository handling external threats successfully". Imperva Bot Management is most compared with Cloudflare, Cequence Security, AWS WAF, Akamai Bot Manager and DataDome Real-Time Bot Protection, whereas Symantec Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and WAPPLES.

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