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SiteLock

Read 3 SiteLock reviews
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66% willing to recommend
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w3af

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341 views|178 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
April 2024
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We performed a comparison between SiteLock and w3af based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Anonymous User
Not only did its website scanner find my website's security issues, but I was also able to implement a security...
I run several personal websites and after getting hacked on one of them I found SiteLock. Not only did SiteLock's website scanner find the issue... Read more →
Omar Sánchez (Mr.Tech)
It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable.
We've been able to do lots of tests and have gotten lots of useful results.
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    27th
    out of 43 in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
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    481
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    41st
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    Overview

    Real website security means protection from the inside out as well as the outside in. SiteLock does it all -- daily scanning, automatic malware removal, web app firewall, a global CDN for a blazingly fast website and our support team is here for you 24/7. Our dynamic Trust Seal shows visitors your website is safe, increasing conversions and ROI.

    w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework. The project's goal is to create a framework to help you secure your web applications by finding and exploiting all web application vulnerabilities. Our framework is proudly developed using Python to be easy to use and extend, and licensed under GPLv2.0.
    Sample Customers
    galaxyguitar.com, robertasinc.com, indiarunning.com, comprarenpr.com, idbasolutions.com, newgrip.com
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Government7%
    Educational Organization6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Media Company11%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    SiteLock is ranked 27th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection while w3af is ranked 41st in Application Security Tools. SiteLock is rated 6.6, while w3af is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SiteLock writes "Not only did its website scanner find my website's security issues, but I was also able to implement a security system to prevent future breaches. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of w3af writes "It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable". SiteLock is most compared with Sucuri, Cloudflare, AWS WAF and Imperva DDoS, whereas w3af is most compared with Acunetix.

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