Azure Web Application Firewall Reviews

Name: Azure Web Application Firewall
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 4 (11 reviews)

4.2 out of 5

11 reviews
91% willing to recommend

What is Azure Web Application Firewall?

Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities. Web applications are increasingly targeted by malicious attacks that exploit commonly known vulnerabilities. SQL injection and cross-site scripting are among the most common attacks.

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Azure Web Application Firewall is the #13 ranked solution in top Web Application Firewalls and #20 ranked solution in top Microsoft Security Suite solutions. PeerSpot users give Azure Web Application Firewall an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. Azure Web Application Firewall is most commonly compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Azure Web Application Firewall vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Azure Web Application Firewall is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 62% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 21% of all views.

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Thomas Zebar

Azure Principal Architect at Cloud Computech Consultancy

We use the solution to protect our web applications. It is important to protect web applications from the core, such as SQL injection. We can leverage the built-in Microsoft application, such as Defender, to do this. Application firewalls offer many benefits The WAF protection is the most…

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Audrien Manfo

President & Chief Executive Officer at a hospitality company with 11-50 employees

We primarily use the solution for cloud security The solution has been very good at helping us avoid DDoS attacks. The solution is very good. It has a lot of useful features. It's great for protecting against DDoS attacks. Its security control is very good. The knowledge base could be…

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Mrigendra Kumar

Senior Specialist - Azure Cloud at HCL Technologies Ltd

We are using the solution for filtering the web application traffic. It's based on the matrix configured by the application server. That traffic will be filtered based on incoming traffic. It'll transfer the outgoing traffic to the endpoint We're just monitoring post-configuration. The monitoring…

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Azure Web Application Firewall mindshare

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As of November 2024, the mindshare of Azure Web Application Firewall in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category stands at 5.4%, up from 5.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Last updated Sep 20, 2024

Valuable Features

"The most valuable feature of Azure Web Application Firewall is its ability to filter requests and block false positives by using custom rules and the OWASP rule set."
"It's great for protecting against DDoS attacks."
"The integration it has with GitHub is great."

Room for Improvement

"We would like to see additional site services using AI to provide information about blocking requests and offer analytics on the origin of calls."
"The knowledge base could be improved."
"The documentation needs to be improved."

Pricing

"The price is reasonable. It is approximately $2,000 US per month."
"I give the pricing a nine out of ten."
"Azure WAF has price advantages over other WAF solutions. The pricing model is flexible because you pay on a scale based on the level of protection you need."

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