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We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and NSFOCUS ADS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Reliable and straightforward to set up but has confusing logic
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  • "It is somewhat on the expensive side although it is worth the additional cost."
  • "It's very expensive, and you pay extra for the models."
  • "F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is an expensive solution. They are one of the best in the market, but the price could be cheaper."
  • "F5 BIG-IP AFM is an affordable solution. There were not any additional fees other than the standard licensing."
  • "The solution is slightly on the higher priced side."
  • "The price of F5 BIG-IP AFM is a little more expensive than other firewalls on the market."
  • "F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager is not an expensive solution."
  • "The product is expensive."

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    What do you like most about F5 Advanced Firewall Manager?
    Top Answer:CGNAT is one of its strong areas.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 Advanced Firew...
    Top Answer:As per pricing, I would not say cheap, but little higher than cheap, but not very expensive. So you can say kind of value for money solutions.
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    What needs improvement with F5 Advanced Firewall Manager?
    Top Answer:If you're looking for a plain vanilla firewall or IPS, then this is a good tool. If you compare it with the next-generation firewalls, then definitely this tool is not comparable. The next generation… more »
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    7th
    out of 43 in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
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    652
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    Also Known As
    F5 AFM, F5 Advanced Firewall Manager
    NSFOCUS Anti-DDoS System
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    Overview

    F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is a high-performance, full-proxy network security solution designed to protect networks and data centers against incoming threats that enter the network. Built on F5’s industry-leading BIG-IP hardware and software platforms, BIG-IP AFM provides a scalable platform that delivers the flexible performance and control needed to mitigate aggressive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and protocol attacks before they overwhelm and degrade applications and infrastructure availability.

    For service providers, BIG-IP AFM IPS does even more, protecting the network edge and performing traffic inspection and protocol adherence for prevalent service provider protocols such as SS7, Diameter, HTTP/2, GTP, SCTP and SIP traffic coming into the network over UDP, TCP, and SCTP.

    NSFOCUS Anti-DDoS system provides real-time mitigation for all classes of DDoS attacks. With extremely low latency, high-performance, and surgical mitigation of attack traffic, legitimate traffic continues to flow through the technology with no impact to your customers.

    Sample Customers
    City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office
    G20 Summit 2016, Micron21
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm50%
    Media Company21%
    Educational Organization14%
    Computer Software Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Insurance Company8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 7th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews while NSFOCUS ADS is ranked 30th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while NSFOCUS ADS is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". On the other hand, F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS, AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro, whereas NSFOCUS ADS is most compared with Arbor DDoS and Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service.

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