A10 Thunder TPS vs Azure DDoS Protection comparison

A10 Networks and Microsoft are both solutions in the Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection category. A10 Networks is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.3, while Microsoft is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4. A10 Networks holds a 1.8% mindshare in DDOS, compared to Microsoft’s 4.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of A10 Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

A10 Thunder TPS

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Azure DDoS Protection

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between A10 Thunder TPS and Azure DDoS Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed A10 Thunder TPS vs. Azure DDoS Protection Report (Updated: October 2024).

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A10 Thunder TPS vs. Azure DDoS Protection

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Categories and Ranking

A10 Thunder TPS

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

12th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Azure DDoS Protection

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Microsoft Security Suite (19th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection category, the mindshare of A10 Thunder TPS is 1.8%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure DDoS Protection is 4.4%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

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David Mello

Technology manager at Folha de S. Paolo

Aug 31, 2023

A highly stable solution that can be used for load balancing

We have our own data center, and we perform load balancing for a lot of internal and external services using A10 Thunder TPS. For some users, we use A10 Thunder TPS for HTTP protocol. We perform load balancing for HTTPS on A10 Thunder TPS and others with too much workload we have to do on the…

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Venkat Raju Mallipudi

Group Chief of Enterprise Architecture & S/W Engineering/ CTO at Aventra Group

Aug 20, 2024

Acts as an additional layer of protection, provides endpoint security but not very easy to configure

It's not very easy to configure, in my view. We have to do some work behind the scenes. It's not very simple. We have to do it very carefully, and we need to monitor this enablement as well. But apart from that, I didn't see any kind of challenges. So, in my opinion, configuration is the main trouble for them. It is something that can be done to be better. Not just configuration. You need an expert who knows the ins and outs of these security solutions. In my experience, people struggle with configuration. While configuring, we get this error, we get that error, and then we try to fix those issues. I have seen those. It's not straightforward.

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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

"The primary benefit that we see from their systems is that their filtering technology has the ability to detect and drop the malicious traffic from the legitimate traffic with a high success rate. That, in combination with the very small effort needed to manage their systems, are the two most important benefits to us."

"The solution has reduced the amount of manual intervention required during an attack. We have the inline solution and when it comes to the customers that we have on it, it has saved us some troubleshooting time."

"The solution is easy to use and implement in terms of operations."

"Based on previous equipment that we had, it's amazing that this device can do what it can do in a 1U form factor. The devices that we have right now have never gone over capacity and we've actually mitigated some pretty large attacks."

"Thunder TPS has automated mitigation and fully managed support in case the device cannot handle the attack. They have engineers available to respond."

"The product's initial setup phase is very simple."

"They give us the ability to configure many features for DDoS. There are many items that we can use."

"The most valuable feature of A10 Thunder TPS is load balancing."

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"DDoS Protection is simple to deploy and integrates seamlessly with the Azure environment. Ease of deployment is a crucial feature for us."

"The most important feature is that the solution continuously monitors traffic by inbuilt rules to identify preconfigured attacks."

"The most valuable feature of Azure DDoS Protection is that it performs well."

"I like the user interface, documentation, and support. Azure DDoS Protection is one of the most valuable solutions for any endpoint that is publicly reachable through the internet. It will automatically secure all your endpoints from third-party attacks, cyber attacks, or phishing attacks."

"AI capabilities are very good. I would rate them an eight out of ten."

"This solution is the best option for us because we use a lot of Microsoft products. So, it is easy for us to deploy or integrate any features or products."

"Azure DDoS Protection offers superior protection against denial-of-service attacks."

Cons

"The solution is a little expensive."

"We currently do not use the solution's machine-learning-powered Zero-day Automated Protection because of an issue with it... We also use the aGalaxy platform, which is a management platform for the TPS devices. The issue is that some TPS features were added at the TPS level but weren't carried over to aGalaxy, and we manage all of our devices through aGalaxy. So we can't actually use some of the new features that are available on the TPS because that functionality doesn't exist in aGalaxy. That is one of my biggest complaints."

"The last issue we had to contact them about was just a question of a false-positive. The A10 system wasn't supposed to decide what is a false-positive. So if we send it good traffic, it's supposed to just pass that good traffic through. But we opened this last ticket because the A10 did block some of the good traffic. Their support had to tweak it a little bit, but it wasn't anything that took a long time."

"It is very difficult to implement. It should be made a bit easier to implement. There is also a lack of resources on the internet. They need to develop more resources."

"I would like for them to develop an advanced reporting feature."

"We have had some issues with implementation. So, it is the only area that needs improvement."

"The solution needs improvement in terms of fail-open."

"They have a cloud scrubbing feature that redirects the traffic if the on-prem appliance can't accommodate a large amount of traffic but it's not available where we are."

More A10 Thunder TPS cons

"The implementation of Azure DDoS Protection results in a decrease in our bandwidth capacity and should be optimized to reduce resource consumption."

"The visibility could be better. We would like to have better metrics, so we could see all the information in a central place."

"The reporting aspect and dashboard management monitoring need improvement."

"Azure DDoS Protection could improve on the reporting."

"Sometimes, it is hard for our staff to keep track of changes (in the GUI) between different projects, because there are constant changes. As a result, it is hard to manage, recall, and see all the features because they have been moved from one place to another."

"It's not very easy to configure, in my view."

"The UI needs to be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We did a price survey, and compared to other solutions, A10 Thunder TPS wasn't cheap."

"The tool is expensive. If one is low price and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as a ten."

"We may need to pay fifty percent more if we purchase other solutions. For the payments made to A10 Thunder TPS, we have received three-year support."

"The financials are always a challenge with this type of technology. That's not really a product-functionality thing but it's the area where we push A10 the most."

"Pricing is very reasonable."

"We had a customer who was down for six hours and the loss of revenue for him was three times the price he was paying for us per year. The customer just said, "I don't care about paying you because on only one attack I saved money. It's three times better than losing money.""

"Pricing was much higher with Arbor (APS) for the same type of solution."

"The pricing is good but is not the best. It could be improved so that middle-sized organizations, such as startups, can benefit from it."

"The pricing is quite high. It is a monthly subscription that costs about $2,000 per month, depending on the user sizes."

"It is an expensive solution."

"You can test it for a certain period of time free of charge. You can have a free account. You can test it to compare its pros and cons with other products that you are testing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

33%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about A10 Thunder TPS?

The most valuable feature of A10 Thunder TPS is load balancing.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for A10 Thunder TPS?

The tool is expensive. If one is low price and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as a ten.

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What needs improvement with A10 Thunder TPS?

The solution needs improvement in terms of fail-open. We need separate fail-open kits connected to A10 Thunder TPS and the network so that network traffic will pass through normally when the tool g...

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What do you like most about Azure DDoS Protection?

Azure DDoS Protection offers superior protection against denial-of-service attacks.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure DDoS Protection?

It is an expensive solution. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is a cheap solution and ten is an expensive one.

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What needs improvement with Azure DDoS Protection?

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Overview

The Thunder TPS is a family of high-performance DDoS defense solutions that detect and mitigate multi-vector DDoS attacks. Unlike traditional DDoS defenses that leave a wake of collateral damage against users, Thunder TPS applies a source-based defense-in-depth mitigation pipeline. This multimodal defense that includes actionable DDoS weapons intelligence, operator definable adaptive policies, and machine learning-powered Zero-Day Automated Protection (ZAP) blocks attackers while protecting real users.

The Thunder TPS is uniquely suited for communication service providers, online gaming, and enterprise network operators who protect large networks and need compact solutions with faster response from a fully automated, zero-touch defense during an attack.

Azure DDoS Protection, combined with application design best practices, provides defense against DDoS attacks.

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DDoS defense solution trusted for more than 200 service providers, online gaming, and enterprises including; Bungie, Comcast, KDDI Corporation, Leaseweb, Microsoft Azure, NTT Docomo, Softbank, Turkcell Superonline, Verizon and more.

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