We compared Imperva DDoS and Imperva Web Application Firewall based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Imperva DDoS seems to be the superior solution. Our reviewers feel that because Imperva Web Application Firewall can be difficult to use, Imperva DDoS is a better investment.
"It is an effective threat mitigation tool."
"The setup of Imperva DDoS was easy."
"DDoS protection and WAF are the most valuable features. It is easy to deploy a service. It is easy and quick to deploy to a new website."
"On the activity log, I can see the exact details, the visit, and the threat."
"Technical support provides good, quick responses."
"The solution has a very good interface."
"Scalability is pretty easy on the base platform. You just add another, and you're ready to go."
"Its unique interface for managing security performance and ease of use are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable features of the Imperva Web Application Firewall are DDoS, malware, and the other malicious threat prevention it provides. Additionally, third-party integration is available. You can forward the log for further analysis."
"One good thing about Imperva Web Application Firewall is it can be on the cloud and also it can be on-premise."
"I have had a positive experience with Imperva Web Application Firewall's tech support so far. They are knowledgeable and respond on time."
"Very scalable and very stable firewall for web applications, with a good interface in its cloud version. Mitigation is its most valuable feature. The technical support for this product is also good."
"If you are using the appliance as opposed to the virtual deployment, it can stand as the network layer-two and provide real transparency."
"The solution has been quite stable. I have not seen any bugs at all."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution can scale."
"Certificate management could be improved."
"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 cost could be lower; our end clients need to have a high budget to purchase this solution."
"Its price could be improved. It is quite expensive. It will be good if we could export the configuration. Currently, to control the configuration, we need to go to each website, which is not very convenient."
"I would like to have support for SSL management and secure DNS."
"A limited tool if you're looking to customize."
"It needs to be improved every time there are new attacks."
"The solution needs to improve Integration with third parties for their on-prem deployment models. The integration is not that good yet."
"It is complicated to integrate the solution's on-cloud version with other platforms."
"I would like to improve the tool's turnaround time in terms of support."
"I think that better bot protection is needed in this solution."
"The UI interface needs improvement."
"It would be helpful to have a "recommended deployment", or even a list of basic features that should either be used or turned on by default."
"The reporting is missing some features, such as: only two export formats, and the time period does not include the last day, week, year."
"The signature updates could be faster. Sometimes we have to upload signatures to the Imperva portal for checking and analysis before we can use them."
"The process to upgrade from one version to another can be a lot simpler than it is currently."
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Imperva DDoS is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews while Imperva Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 46 reviews. Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8, while Imperva Web Application Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Imperva DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva Web Application Firewall writes "Offers simulation for studying infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure protection". Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and Fastly, whereas Imperva Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb and Barracuda Web Application Firewall. See our Imperva DDoS vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall report.
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