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Radware Alteon vs. The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences)
March 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Radware Alteon and The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) 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.
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Featured Review
Bikash Kumar Dash
Cost-effective, reduces downtime, and allows third-party SSL integration
In our data center, the biggest problem was handling the traffic. We have more than 9,000,000 consumers or electricity utility users. Handling the... Read more →
Archana Heeralal
A good solution to implement web application firewall for applications
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
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Pros
"With Alteon, the load-balancing options are practically unlimited. We haven't had any issues with offloading, decryption, putting in cookies, or any other load-balancing features. We can check URLs, etc., on the back end for load balancing instead of running a TCP check. We're also doing some certificate stuff on there. Alteon covers all of the standard load-balancing techniques, and we employ most of them daily.""The UI is user-friendly.""The product offers high availability.""The link load balancing is a great feature.""Security is one of the most valuable features that I like. It is easy to use and easy to configure.""The strength of this solution is the application delivery controller.""I like the concept of self-service, that I can do everything on my own.""The most valuable features of Radware Alteon are the reverse proxy functionality and the SSL offload and hardware."

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"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily.""When configuring a web application firewall using Signal Sciences, we configure a rule whereby no one except a few people can access the application."

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Cons
"Radware Alteon could improve the troubleshooting from the command line interface, they could do a better job making it easier.""The user interface can be improved.""I would like this solution to have an integration tool that will convert configuration from other software, into readable values for this product during implementation.""It can be improved by combining the web application firewall (WAF) facility.""I would like to see the loading documentation improved.""We’d like the solution to include more security features in the standard license.""I would like to see future enhancements in security, specifically in threat protection.""I would like for the load balancing to work with premier and the cloud, a mix of premium and cloud."

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"Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic.""The areas that could be improved in Signal Sciences include the effectiveness of rules, as many didn't function optimally and required custom rule-writing to address bypasses for WAF."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It has a good price point and is more reasonable than other comparable products"
  • "Radware Alteon is less expensive than many of the other competitors."
  • "The pricing is better than the competition. It is getting more pricey as the years go on, as more people are migrating to it, and as the technology gets better."
  • "I'm content with Alteon's pricing."
  • "Alteon's price is excellent compared to other solutions. F5 costs around twice as much. We still have about three years left before this hardware reaches the end of its life. We're migrating to the cloud, and phasing some of this out, but it's nice that they've given us a long window to keep their hardware in place."
  • "The cost of Radware Alteon is mid-ranged."
  • "Its pricing is very good. It is very competitive. Radware Alteon is the leader in the market. At a lesser price, we get a good product and also good support. Other vendors who are providing load balancers charge separately for two items. You have the hardware cost, and you have the support cost, whereas, in the case of Radware, you get both in a single package."
  • "The solution is cost-efficient."

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  • "Signal Sciences is pretty cheap compared to other solutions."
  • "The product has an affordable cost."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Radware Alteon?
    Top Answer:It saves us a lot of work in terms of management since it has tasks already defined automatically. That enables us to better administer our services. It is very dynamic and easy to administer.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Alteon?
    Top Answer:We have a three-year contract with Radware. It is beneficial to have a longer-term contract because you can obtain more discounts. It seems to be a much cheaper alternative. We use their Gel Elastic… more »
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    What needs improvement with Radware Alteon?
    Top Answer:It is a fairly complete service and it is difficult for me to think of what can be improved. A feature that I would like to see included in the next version might be better analysis when working with… more »
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    What do you like most about Signal Sciences?
    Top Answer:The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signal Sciences?
    Top Answer:The product has an affordable cost.
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    What needs improvement with Signal Sciences?
    Top Answer:The areas that could be improved in Signal Sciences include the effectiveness of rules, as many didn't function optimally and required custom rule-writing to address bypasses for WAF. Additionally… more »
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    Ranking
    10th
    out of 79 in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Views
    1,878
    Comparisons
    1,355
    Reviews
    21
    Average Words per Review
    750
    Rating
    8.7
    28th
    out of 79 in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Views
    873
    Comparisons
    645
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    504
    Rating
    7.0
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Alteon, Radware AppWall
    Signal Sciences Next-Gen WAF, Signal Sciences RASP
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    Radware
    Fastly
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    Overview

    Radware Alteon is an application delivery controller (ADC) solution that provides global load balancing for all web, cloud and mobile-based applications. The solution is designed to help your organization simplify operations while ensuring resilience and SLA. It manages application traffic across both data and cloud center locations, optimizing availability and performance. In addition, Radware Alteon integrates multiple application protection services to provide protection against an array of cyberthreats.

    Radware Alteon Features

    Radware Alteon has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Robust
    • Load-balancing reverse proxy
    • Stable
    • Flexible
    • Guaranteed application availability
    • Application aware traffic redirection capabilities
    • Faster web application response time
    • Application specific optimized configuration guides
    • Configuration templates
    • Built-in virtualization
    • Built-in application and network security

    Radware Alteon Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Radware Alteon. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Flexible deployment options: Radware Alteon is deployable in a multitude of form factors, including on-premises, virtual, and cloud, and provides a consistent application delivery and security service in any application environment.
    • Automation scripts library: To support faster time to service for complex application delivery and security services, Alteon is supported by an extensive range of automation scripts library. This also enables seamless integration of Radware Alteon services into the DevOps CI/CD processes.
    • Integrated application protection: The solution offers comprehensive application protection via embedded WAF, bot management, threat intelligence, and API protection capabilities. This ensures application availability and helps to minimize false positives, as well as keep applications along with their data secure.
    • Actionable visibility: With Radware Alteon you can stay ahead of issues and threats. The solution provides real-time visibility and actionable insights for proactive management of application availability and security issues before the user experience is impacted.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the solution.

    PeerSpot reviewer Jefe de implementaciones de Datos at RETO Industrial S.A. de. C.V., mentions, “The simple and well-documented configuration allows us to be able to implement new balancing services at the request of the user with the same conditions and good service that they expect. We can also make changes to services that are already running, as I mentioned before, the graphical interface is very intuitive and you can almost always make the most common changes quickly. Radware has been characterized by being extremely robust. This gives us the confidence to offer our users a continuous service.”

    A director of consulting says, “The most valuable features are the load-balancing and reverse proxy. Global-load balancing as well is valuable. I also find it to be stable. To date, we have not had any issues with it.”

    An SOC Specialist at a tech services company explains, “The interface is easy, it's friendly, and has good alerting. When you have a problem with a server, it will alert you. It is useful in many areas, especially for web applications and load balancing. It's something that the customer can see on the internet.”

    The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) provides web application and API protection, RASP, rate limiting, bot protection and DDoS purpose built to eliminate the challenges of legacy WAF.

    Sample Customers
    Convergys
    Chef, Adobe, Datadog, Etsy, GrubHub, Vimeo, SendGrid, Under Armour, Duo, AppNexus
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company26%
    Transportation Company16%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization23%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews while The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is ranked 28th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 2 reviews. Radware Alteon is rated 8.4, while The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Radware Alteon writes "It's a good fit for a small team because the maintenance is easier and you don't need to know how to code". On the other hand, the top reviewer of The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) writes "A good solution to implement web application firewall for applications". Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy, whereas The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is most compared with AWS WAF, Cloudflare, Akamai App and API Protector, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and Azure Web Application Firewall. See our Radware Alteon vs. The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) report.

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