We performed a comparison between Cloudflare and F5 Shape Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, NETSCOUT, Akamai and others in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection."New and innovative way to protect the client's data."
"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is the GUI. You are able to control the solution very well through the interface. There is a lot of functionality that is embedded in the service."
"Generally, I am satisfied with this product."
"Easier http to https redirect using page rules"
"The solution provides good load balancing and protection against DDoS attacks."
"What I like best about Cloudflare is that my company can use it to trace and manage applications and monitor traffic. The solution tells you if there's a spike in traffic. Cloudflare also sends you a link to check your equipment and deployment and track it through peering, so it's a valuable tool."
"It is easier to configure and develop documentation to see how we have configured firewalls."
"The simplicity of the overall dashboard makes it a great product for a user like me who has less understanding of the internet than a developer or other more technical people. It gives me peace of mind. I also love the easy customization of the Page Rules."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of configuration."
"F5 Shape Security's most valuable feature is performance."
"Latencies are always a problem."
"There should be a specific price list for enterprise-level customers."
"The timing aspect can lead to it being considered overpriced. This is a particular concern we have with Cloudflare, as they may struggle with accurately detecting the client."
"For the free and Pro plans, Cloudflare could use a simple bot to provide information to users. This would improve support, especially for less advanced users who utilize the free components."
"They lack a good way to manage DNS as a company, since everything is relegated to single account logins until you get to the higher levels. They have come out with a paid feature to remedy this, but I have not had a chance to fully review it yet to know if it fixes the access problem."
"It should confirm audit findings of the assigned area with auditees to ensure that the audit conclusions are based on an accurate understanding of the issues."
"In the last two years, there has been a certain amount of downtime when using the VDM."
"There are some issues with the CDN services."
"I want the solution's custom exclusion rules to be more granular."
"The tool's price is high."
Cloudflare is ranked 1st in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 56 reviews while F5 Shape Security is ranked 7th in Fraud Detection and Prevention with 2 reviews. Cloudflare is rated 8.4, while F5 Shape Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cloudflare writes "It's easy to set up because you point the DNS to it, and it's working in under 15 minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 Shape Security writes "Easy to configure and blocks bot attacks for web users". Cloudflare is most compared with Akamai, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS, AWS Shield and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, whereas F5 Shape Security is most compared with Akamai Bot Manager, Akamai App and API Protector, HUMAN BotGuard for Applications, F5 Silverline Managed Services and Imperva DDoS.
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