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AWS Shield mindshare

As of March 2025, the mindshare of AWS Shield in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category stands at 7.1%, down from 7.7% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

PeerAnalyst reports based on AWS Shield reviews

TypeTitleDate
CategoryDistributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) ProtectionMar 29, 2025Download
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Top industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
Retailer
4%
Educational Organization
4%
University
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Healthcare Company
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
Media Company
2%
Construction Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Non Tech Company
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Sports Company
1%
Leisure / Travel Company
1%
 

AWS Shield reviews

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Manikandan-R - PeerSpot user
Senior Project Manager at Synopsys Inc
Verified user of AWS Shield
Jan 21, 2025
Solution provides essential protection with good support and a simple setup

Pros

"The solution operates smoothly at its baseline level, and we do not encounter any issues at that level."

Cons

"Perhaps the time required to detect anomalies can be reduced. "
PM
Senior Security Specialist at Westpac Bank
Verified user of AWS Shield
Jul 10, 2023
A stable and easy-to-deploy solution that efficiently triggers events and protects applications from attacks

Pros

"The product has a good mechanism to analyze trends and trigger events."

Cons

"The product should give users more flexibility to customize their security policies according to their requirements."
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SteveNg - PeerSpot user
Head of Strategic Alliances at Quantum Security
Verified user of AWS Shield
Jan 24, 2023
The solution automatically scales according to traffic, only takes minutes to deploy, and is maintenance-free

Pros

"The solution's ease of use is the most valuable feature."

Cons

"We end up having to pay extra for features that AWS adds that we don't need."
Manikandan-R - PeerSpot user
Senior Project Manager at Synopsys Inc
Verified user of AWS Shield
Jun 21, 2024
Identifies abnormal activities on the infrastructure and protects from attacks

Pros

"The product is easy to use."

Cons

"The time taken to detect anomalies must be reduced."
PeerSpot user
Director of Cybersecurity Solutions at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of AWS Shield
Aug 24, 2022
An AWS-integrated and scalable service, but the management of it is a bit hard

Pros

"It is integrated with AWS. So, it gives you a good first step. "

Cons

"The management of it is a bit hard. If you don't engineer it on the front side, it is hard to go back in and change it. It could be improved in terms of architecture requirements and then ongoing support requirements as a secondary component to it. People tend to set up things like this, and they just expect it to work without the care and feeding that needs to go back into it either from an application team or a network environment team."
ER
Security Officer at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of AWS Shield
Apr 11, 2024
A transparent solution that offers protection against denial-of-service attacks

Pros

"We have integrated the tool with Active Directory. The most important feature is that it's transparent and doesn't degrade the performance of our solution. Additionally, it's easy to configure, which is crucial for us. It's easy to use and set up and stops attacks on our servers. We haven't encountered any attack problems because the solution stops them in real-time. AWS Shield specifically focuses on defending against denial-of-service attacks, making it a great solution for that type of threat. "

Cons

"The product needs to improve its logs and reports to make it read better. "
PeerSpot user
Cloud Engineer/Cloud Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of AWS Shield
Jul 3, 2023
A scalable solution that is easy to setup but pricing is expensive

Pros

"I am impressed with the product's multiple features like security. "

Cons

"The product is expensive. "