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We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and Indusface AppTrana based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Feature-wise, they are always cutting edge and up-to-date. Many features aren't available via competitors. There's always a lot of enhanced critical features that just aren't available through anyone else, or, if they are, are too lightweight.""The best solution for WAF.""The support experience is better than average.""F5 Advanced WAF secures our connectivity and combines both the main functions of WAF (balancing and web application security).""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 feature is that it is secure.""The solution isn't too expensive. The license allows you to license what you need and leave out what you don't need.""iRules are quite appealing when it comes to F5."

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"We use Indusface AppTrana as a firewall."

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Cons
"F5 Advanced WAF could improve the precision of the scanning. There are many false positives. They should improve their threat database.""One thing that can be improved, is to increase the quantity over predefine policy.""The tool needs to improve its pricing.""One area for improvement in the product is its SSO integration, which posed challenges and required significant effort to resolve.""I would like to see a better interface and better documentation compatibility with other products. It's more complicated with OWASP.""F5 Advanced WAF could improve resource usage, it is CPU intensive. Additionally, adding automated remediation would be a benefit. For example, an easy button alerts us of the events that are occurring, and what we want to do at the time. An automated approach where somebody could be alerted very quickly. Instead of going and reconfiguring everything, an automated approach is what I'm looking at.""F5 Advanced WAF could improve the reporting. It's a bit difficult to populate, them. If you're not so familiar with the functions, such as where to find the logs and other settings.""The delay times on firmware patches and software updates could be better and improved."

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"The solution should add an enhanced dashboard to make it easy to navigate."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing is too high."
  • "I think the price is very high."
  • "After buying the program, you just pay for the support every year."
  • "Licensing fees for this solution are paid on a yearly basis."
  • "It's more expensive than other solutions and depending on the modules, there can be additional fees."
  • "F5 bundles up services and the bundle is what you pay for rather than individual components."
  • "Its price is fair. We have done a couple of deals where they were able to give some kind of discount to the customers. The price was initially high for the customers, but after a couple of negotiations, it came within their budget. They were happy with that."
  • "There are various plans available for Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF as a Service, including a trial version."
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  • "Indusface AppTrana is an affordable and cost-effective solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:The product is not so expensive. It depends on the assets.
    Top Answer:The self-service aspect could be improved. The user interface (UI) also seems a bit outdated. Making it more user-friendly would be beneficial.
    Top Answer: One of the best practices is to educate employees on how to avoid becoming a bot, so to speak. Attackers often use compromised devices controlled remotely to launch DDoS attacks. It's essential to… more »
    Top Answer:The self-managed rules feature offers a lot of flexibility in defining the trigger conditions for activating rules within users' applications. Users can specify the circumstances under which the… more »
    Top Answer: Two of the advanced techniques that a WAF employs are geo-fencing and geo-blocking to further enhance security. Geo-fencing allows users to create a virtual perimeter around a specific geographical… more »
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    AppTrana
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    Overview

    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.

    AppTrana is designed to address the shortcomings in existing cloud security solutions which claim to provide comprehensive protection using only technology based cookie cutter solutions. Welcome to the new world of AppTrana where your entire application security is custom built by experts based on your existing risk posture.

    Sample Customers
    MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company25%
    Non Tech Company6%
    Media Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise65%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise28%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    May 2024
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    F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews while Indusface AppTrana is ranked 26th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 1 review. F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6, while Indusface AppTrana is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Indusface AppTrana writes "Cost-effective and used as an effective firewall". F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas Indusface AppTrana is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Radware DefensePro and AWS WAF.

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