A10 Thunder TPS vs Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform comparison

A10 Networks and Cloudflare 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 Cloudflare is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.7. Additionally, 100% of A10 Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Cloudflare users who would recommend it.

A10 Thunder TPS

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Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

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A10 Thunder TPS

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between A10 Thunder TPS and Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform 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. Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

A10 Thunder TPS

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

12th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

4.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

5th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Security (13th), Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (8th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (8th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (7th), Access Management (5th), Bot Management (3rd), ZTNA as a Service (4th), ZTNA (2nd), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (8th), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) (2nd)

Featured Reviews

David Mello

Technology manager at Folha de S. Paolo

A highly stable solution that can be used for load balancing

We contacted the solution's technical support to maintain and exchange the power supply. A few versions ago, we had some CPU and memory problems. We just started the appliance, and it was already on 70% of CPU usage. We first contacted our reseller in Brazil and then escalated the issue to A10 Thunder TPS support. The reseller in Brazil was a little slow, but the A10 Thunder TPS support was fast.

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Leandro Soares Costa

Coordinator of the Architecture Security Team at TOTVS

Replaces traditional VPN and enables endpoint exposition

It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it.

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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 product's initial setup phase is very simple."

"The GUI is very use-friendly. You can configure it through CLI or GUI, they give you an option to choose. It's a good solution in terms of the appliance itself. It's very light compared to other brands that offer DDoS solutions."

"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."

"We can keep track of all the customer's requirements. We can forecast our trails and we can forecast our overall financial things."

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

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

"We selected the solution because of its programmable automated defense using RESTful API. We didn't want to connect to the box. We wanted to be able to do some automation. We wanted to have our own portal because we wanted to connect our customers to our own UI using the A10 API. It has been good and exactly what we need."

"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."

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"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform removes the risk of exposing the applications to the public."

"Cloudflare is by far the most effective solution that I have come across."

"Cloudflare is simple to use."

"It is a stable solution."

"This solution is easy to understand and easy to configure."

"The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."

"The capabilities of the software are strong enough for me to do what it's supposed to do. For me, we don't need to do a lot of configuration on our site. We just enable it and monitor it."

"Enables me to work from two locations."

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Cons

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

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

"The upgrade process for the boxes is not efficient. We have to go through the A10 aGalaxy where we have issues, like timeouts. They told me it was fixed in the latest version, but I tried to do it on the Portal and it is not working all the time."

"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."

"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."

"I rate Thunder TPS seven out of 10 for scalability."

"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."

"If there's one aspect of A10 that needs improvement it would be the training. All of their training is done online, at least in what we've been exposed to. I would like to have a classroom environment for training... It would give [people] a chance to provision it."

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"There are premium tier live service and lower tier live service, so we opted for the lower tier. But there is no medium tier where we pay a little extra and get a bit more service. So if that can be improved."

"The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."

"Our subscription plan for the solution has a limitation of bot signatures."

"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."

"Lacks a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center."

"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support."

"Operating and tuning the product is difficult."

"The tool should provide on-premise versions. Currently, all versions are cloud-based."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"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.""

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

"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."

"The solution is not that expensive."

"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."

"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."

"The prices are slightly expensive."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."

"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

34%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

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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 Cloudflare Access?

The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudflare Access?

The price of Cloudflare Access is the same as compared to Akamai, but I get better performance from Cloudflare. My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the so...

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What needs improvement with Cloudflare Access?

Cloudflare Access has strong integration with Microsoft, among other platforms. However, when it comes to Kaspersky, we have clients who typically encounter challenges. The usual setup involves con...

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Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS

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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.

Cloudflare SASE & SSE is a comprehensive platform that integrates Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Security Service Edge (SSE) functionalities. As a SASE solution, it replaces traditional network security with a cloud-based model that combines networking and security services at the network edge, using a "Zero Trust" approach for continuous verification of access. The SSE component focuses on securing access to cloud applications, offering Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) functionalities for access control and security policy enforcement, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to safeguard sensitive information. Leveraging Cloudflare's extensive global network with over 320 locations, Cloudflare One delivers security and network services close to users, enhancing performance, reducing latency, and providing a consistent user experience. Key features include Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), CASB, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Cloud DLP to ensure secure and efficient application access and data protection.

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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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