Compare F5 Silverline DDoS Protection vs. Imperva Incapsula
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Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"The most valuable features are the configuration and configuring the process." "We have a lot of businesses that we put behind this solution, and it has really helped us in terms of monitoring the logs and incidents." "F5 technical support is really good." | "Scalability is pretty easy on the base platform. You just add another, and you're ready to go." "This product is a reliable defense from malicious attacks on a network environment." "They're quite easy to install and quite easy to set up. Clients really like that. Especially when you're dealing with the cloud, it's really easy." "I like the user-friendly interface." "The solution has a very good interface." "It is an effective threat mitigation tool." "The technical support is excellent." "The most valuable features for us are the DDoS and Bot." |
Cons | |
"The product could be improved on the global load and the integration with the other solution like Cisco and Dell. As a representor of the operation, we prefer to have one platform which can accommodate all type of integration. We are also looking for more improvements in the security policy configuration." "You need to have Linux knowledge in order to use the shell." "In terms of the scalability, this part is always so confusing because they are checking for packet count. Also, after an attack, they said that the throughput must be from gigabits but then I check my bandwidth and it is already done in gigabits. So it is a little bit confusing." | "The solution needs to improve Integration with third parties for their on-prem deployment models. The integration is not that good yet." "Analytics in the area of risk need to be improved to supply more information to the users for creating better environments." "We would like them to hire people in Sweden because it's quite hard when people are sitting in the UK or Belgium because some of the customers really want them to be local." "The rules surrounding the making of web applications could be improved." "Imperva should have more points of presence in Africa." "I would like to have support for SSL management and secure DNS." "The log analytics interface within Incapsula isn't really good. For example, if you have to get all logs from there, it's a very cumbersome process." "It's quite expensive." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
Information Not Available | "The data packages are higher than our needs so we end up paying for data that we don't use." "The cost is on par with other solutions such as Cloudflare and Akamai." "It is not expensive compared to the other similar solutions in this category." "It is a very expensive solution. The price is very high. A lot of customers tell us that they would love to use Imperva more. I have some customers who have 50 websites, but they have only 10 websites on Imperva because of the price. They would love to have all their websites running through Imperva, but they can't. They have to choose the more critical websites to protect because the price is very high. It is a very good product, but it is too expensive. If you buy a plan for 20 megabytes and you don't consume all of your 20 megabytes, it is okay, but if you consume more, you are charged for the superior traffic." |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: F5 technical support is really good. Top Answer: Again, if the solution doesn't have a web application firewall capability, it can raise the solution price. Pricing can be higher than the other solutions. Top Answer: To make this solution much better, they must have a user-friendly configuration interface. I'm working for a partner site, so for the technical portion, it must have great troubleshooting stats. For… more » | Top Answer: Imperva Incapsula. Has the biggest POP capacity. Top Answer: The most valuable features for us are the DDoS and Bot. Top Answer: The cost is on par with other solutions such as Cloudflare and Akamai. There's not much difference in it. |
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Views 3,119 Comparisons 2,362 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 491 Rating 7.3 | Views 14,590 Comparisons 10,671 Reviews 7 Average Words per Review 582 Rating 8.3 |
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Also Known As | |
| Incapsula | |
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| F5 | Imperva |
Overview | |
F5 Silverline DDoS Protection is a service delivered via the Silverline cloud-based platform. It provides detection and mitigation to stop even the largest of volumetric DDoS attacks from reaching your network. Silverline services are wholly deployed and managed by experts from F5’s Security Operations Center (SOC). That means you have access to highly specialized security experts, 24/7. | Imperva Incapsula is a cloud-based application delivery service that protects websites and safeguards web applications and their data from attacks, and improves their performance by enhancing user experience. Incapsula includes a security platform with a web application firewall, DDoS mitigation, content delivery network, and global load balancer to maximize performance. |
Offer | |
Learn more about F5 Silverline DDoS Protection | Learn more about Imperva Incapsula |
Sample Customers | |
| Sarasota County Schools | Hitachi, BNZ, Bitstamp, Moz, InnoGames, BTCChina, Wix, LivePerson, Zillow and more. |
Top Industries | |
Computer Software Company28% Comms Service Provider24% Retailer7% Real Estate/Law Firm6% | Financial Services Firm17% Non Tech Company13% Marketing Services Firm10% Insurance Company7% Computer Software Company31% Comms Service Provider22% Media Company9% Financial Services Firm5% |
Company Size | |
No Data Available | Small Business44% Midsize Enterprise14% Large Enterprise42% |
Find out what your peers are saying about F5 Silverline DDoS Protection vs. Imperva Incapsula and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
455,301 professionals have used our research since 2012.
F5 Silverline DDoS Protection is ranked 10th in DDoS with 3 reviews while Imperva Incapsula is ranked 2nd in DDoS with 11 reviews. F5 Silverline DDoS Protection is rated 7.4, while Imperva Incapsula is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of F5 Silverline DDoS Protection writes "The core features help us with compliance but the reporting needs to be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva Incapsula writes "There is not too much to know but that it is one of the best products of this type that you can get". F5 Silverline DDoS Protection is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 BIG-IP and Akamai Kona Site Defender, whereas Imperva Incapsula is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Shape Security. See our F5 Silverline DDoS Protection vs. Imperva Incapsula report.
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