We performed a comparison between Imperva DDoS and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We have peace of mind that nobody will use malware on us or try to hack our website."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it is easy to configure."
"Integration with IBM AS/400 and Db2 is okay."
"The solution is very good at intercepting traffic before it gets to our data centers."
"On the site security, I can see which countries have incidents, whether it was a robot attack, a real human user, or non-human user."
"The dashboard is good and user-friendly."
"It's very pretty easy to onboard the URL."
"Real-time monitoring is also a great tool, as you may watch several parameters in real time."
"Using policies to link and manage these URL-based routing configurations is also valuable."
"The health probe is pretty good for your backend health. It tells you whether it's communicating and talking to the endpoint correctly. It is quite useful."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"The production is a valuable feature."
"I find Application Gateway’s WAF module valuable because it helps prevent layer 7 attacks."
"I like the tool's stability and performance."
"WAF feature replicates the firewall."
"The pricing is quite good."
"The rules surrounding the making of web applications could be improved."
"Imperva always needs to adjust to new versions of cyber attacks, it needs to be faster, improve the resiliency of the software of the solution."
"The salespeople tend to exaggerate its capabilities, which can cost you money if you don't verify the information."
"We had an issue when securing the web applications for DDoS protection."
"A limited tool if you're looking to customize."
"Imperva should have more points of presence in Africa."
"Some maintenance must be performed by our IT team."
"I would like to see automated reporting to improve visibility."
"The solution could improve by increasing the performance when doing updates. For example, if I change the certificate it can take 30 minutes. Other vendors do not have this type of problem."
"It is a bit tricky to configure. You've got to have a very specific format to configure it. They should make it a little bit easier to configure. Mapping the certificates into it isn't easy, and it could be better. Currently, you've to write a bit of automation to pull certificates directly to HTTPS."
"In the next release, the solution could improve the integration with Service Mesh and other Azure Security Services."
"The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team."
"It does not have the flexibility for using public IPs in version 2."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway could improve by allowing features to use more third-party tools."
"The tool's pricing could be improved."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved. Right now, it's a bit expensive."
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Imperva DDoS is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews. Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. 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 Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and AWS WAF, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with Azure Front Door, Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, AWS WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Imperva DDoS vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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