Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service vs F5 Advanced WAF comparison

Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service
Read 5 Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service reviews
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75% willing to recommend
F5 Advanced WAF
Read 55 F5 Advanced WAF reviews
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97% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service and F5 Advanced WAF 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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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
30th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
F5 Advanced WAF
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the market share of Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is 0.9% and it increased by 135.1% compared to the previous year. The market share of F5 Advanced WAF is 15.0% and it increased by 34.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

KS
Dec 20, 2023
A product that offers great bot protection feature with a need to improve its stability
My company had faced some downtime or an outage twice with Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service due to backend problems. The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required. I don't know much about what additional features are required in the product's future releases since I think it has almost all users. One feature I want in the solution stems from the fact that there are almost 17 applications protected in our company with the help of Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service. If I need to block one IP address for all 17 applications together, it is not possible, and I need to block the IP address on each application separately, making it a time-consuming process. It would be great if the product allows users to block an IP address for all the applications in an environment in one go rather than having to block the IP address separately for each application.
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Richard Polyak - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 24, 2022
Protects our environment and is easy to use and scalable for our needs
It protects our public entities. Its use case is very directed at a resolution of security It protects our environment. It protects our entities. Identification, ease of use, and ease of modifying it to most of our needs are valuable. There should be more ability to rate limit certain…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It provides an ease of policy management."
"I like its ability to identify known attacks, including DDOS attacks. It's valuable because software must be able to stop known attacks. Application attacks are evolving all the time. When it comes to software-as-a-service, we need to have software that knows about all the latest attacks. It should also protect against major unknown attacks."
"The most valuable features of the solution are it is plug and play, has automated policies, a simple configuration, and is easy to create rules."
"The solution can be used for threat prevention or as a cloud-to-cloud backup system"
"The product's bot protection feature is valuable for our company."
"With F5 Advanced WAF, it was protection for online publications and for our customers that caused us to choose the platform."
"There are a lot of good features."
"It's a fairly easy-to-use and user-friendly tool. My administrators and team also like its ability to customize the rules per the requirements."
"The most valuable feature of F5 Advanced WAF is its ability to have a pool of resources that can distribute your traffic, and that is a plus for me. My company tried to look into a competitor, Imperva, but it was lacking that capability, so F5 Advanced WAF outperforms Imperva."
"F5 technical support is excellent. They are experts who always provide the right solution, and they understand the problem. Their response and resolution times are good."
"The most valuable features of the F5 Advanced WAF are the enhanced ASM and the performance. Additionally, the usability and effectiveness are very good."
"The most valuable features of F5 Advanced WAF are the easy identification of events and customization. We can pinpoint our settings."
"The web application firewall itself is most valuable. It provides positive security and negative security. In negative security, it blocks a task such as cross-site scripting, code injection, etc. In positive security, it lets you specify and enforce things, such as the parameters allowed in username and password fields and the number of characters allowed in a field."
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Cons

"We found it a bit slow when accessing it through the web browser. The URL also exposed the user name and the hashed password. When I log into my Barracuda WAF user portal, I could see the username and the hashed password on the URL itself. So, it is not very secure, and it is important to take that off."
"The solution can improve by bundling Security Operation Center (SOC) with the WAF-as-a-Service, it would provide a lot more value to customers."
"One significant area for improvement in Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service lies in its market positioning and pricing strategy."
"It's a very specific solution that is only requested for a customer's web code or their global IT policy."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The BNS module needs improvement."
"Scalability could be improved."
"The tool needs to improve its pricing."
"The user interface (UI) seems a bit outdated. Making it more user-friendly would be beneficial."
"Compatibility with multiple cloud environments needs improvement. Both stability and scalability need to be improved."
"The delay times on firmware patches and software updates could be better and improved."
"There should be more ability to rate limit certain scenarios. The majority of the time, it is either on or off. For certain types of use cases, there should be the ability to rate limit, not just enable or disable."
"I would like to see a better interface and better documentation compatibility with other products. It's more complicated with OWASP."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's very difficult for me to give an estimate of the cost. All I know is that we sell the box itself as a service."
"The product is expensive but it offers flexible pricing. It could be affordable."
"I rate the product's price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high. There are no additional costs to be paid apart from the standard licensing fees attached to the solution."
"After buying the program, you just pay for the support every year."
"I am not sure about pricing but licenses are available on Google."
"Pricing for this solution is higher than average."
"The pricing for F5 Advanced WAF is comparable to a Rolls-Royce. Its price is a bit high when you compare it with other vendors. F5 Advanced WAF is a bit expensive. The customer was on a three-year plan and it was around $560,000."
"There is a perpetual license that comes with your hardware. There is also an additional fee for support."
"The solution is very expensive so should only be used in the right environment."
"F5 Advanced WAF pricing structure should be adjusted to meet the need of small to medium-sized companies."
"The cost is slightly above average."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service?
It provides an ease of policy management.
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What needs improvement with Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service?
One significant area for improvement in Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service lies in its market positioning and pricing strategy. Additionally, it could operate in a local data center. This limitation hinder...
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What is your primary use case for Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service?
We use the product for securing email systems, protecting websites, and safeguarding web-based applications and portals.
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What do you like most about F5 Advanced WAF?
It's a fairly easy-to-use and user-friendly tool. My administrators and team also like its ability to customize the rules per the requirements.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 Advanced WAF?
The product is not so expensive. It depends on the assets.
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What needs improvement with F5 Advanced WAF?
The self-service aspect could be improved. The user interface (UI) also seems a bit outdated. Making it more user-friendly would be beneficial.
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Overview

Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is a comprehensive solution designed to provide application security, DDoS protection, SSL authentication, protocol support, and application delivery. It is a plug-and-play solution with automated policies, simple configuration, and easy rule creation. 

The solution can be used for threat prevention or as a cloud-to-cloud backup system based on email protection with cloud security. It is also a web application firewall and covers major protection and threat management functions. With Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service, customers can ensure the security of their web code and comply with global IT policies.

F5 Advanced WAF is a web application security solution for financial and government sectors, e-commerce, and public-facing websites. It offers protection against various attacks, including botnets, web scraping, and foreign entities. The solution can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud and is often used with other security tools. Its most valuable features include DDoS and DNS attack protection, SSL uploading, anomaly detection, and the ability to input custom rules. 

F5 Advanced WAF has helped organizations to expose more services to the public while providing an extra layer of protection, preventing revenue loss, and securing connectivity.

 

Sample Customers

Salvation Army
MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank
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