We performed a comparison between Radware Alteon and Symantec Web Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, F5 and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability. During the time that I have been using it, it has not undergone a service failure... And with the integrated application protection, we have not suffered from attacks anymore."
"The device blocks threats and allows legitimate users to work correctly."
"The command line interface is simple and very user-friendly."
"The strength of this solution is the application delivery controller."
"The features that mitigate attacks are very valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the load-balancing reverse proxy."
"I like the web GUI. It's very intuitive and easy to use."
"The most valuable aspect is that it establishes user security."
"The setup was straightforward."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The solution has an up-to-date data repository to deal with external threats."
"The user interface can be improved."
"I would like the solution to display and help visualize the reference map more easily. I would also like to better understand where queries come from and know which users are consulting the application, along with which app."
"I would like to see future enhancements in security, specifically in threat protection."
"We don't integrate anything with it because most things don't integrate with Radware. If it were F5, we could integrate it. We can integrate F5 with practically anything that integrates with a load balancer, but that's not the case with Alteon."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
"You need to have pretty good internal knowledge of the solution."
"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."
"The GUI needs to be improved. Right now, the solution isn't so user-friendly."
"I'm not convinced that it's necessary the best solution going forward in the future."
"It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java."
"Sometimes scanning slows down the endpoints."
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Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews while Symantec Web Application Firewall is ranked 37th in Web Application Firewall (WAF). Radware Alteon is rated 8.4, while Symantec Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Symantec Web Application Firewall writes "An excellent up-to-date data repository handling external threats successfully". 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 Symantec Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and WAPPLES.
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