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Arbor DDoS vs F5 Silverline Managed Services comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Arbor DDoS
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
F5 Silverline Managed Services
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
20th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (27th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection category, the mindshare of Arbor DDoS is 15.8%, up from 14.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of F5 Silverline Managed Services is 2.1%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
 

Featured Reviews

Tushar Sail - PeerSpot reviewer
A critical solution for security, as it includes features that can automatically detect and prevent DDoS attacks
Arbor DDoS offers security features that automatically detect and prevent DDoS attacks. When a DDoS attack is detected targeting a specific IP, the Arbor device immediately becomes in line with the traffic and actively works to prevent the attack. This auto feature is one of the best aspects of Arbor DDoS, as it ensures timely and effective protection against such attacks.
Rifqi Pratama Nugraha - PeerSpot reviewer
Good security and protection but needs better pricing
We'd like more AI to be used. Right now, they don't use it enough. We'd like the solution to offer open sessions so that the session syncs to other IP faster. The protection could be a bit better in various areas. The stability could be a bit better. It could offer better pricing.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like all the features together as a whole."
"We are able to respond quickly and prevent DDoS attacks."
"In the GUI, the packet capture is a very good option, as is the option to block an IP address."
"It is fully mitigating the attacks. We've dealt with other ones where we didn't necessarily see that. The detection is very good. It's also very simple to use. Arbor is a single pane of glass, whereas with other solutions you might have a detection pane of glass and then have to go to a separate interface to deal with the mitigation. That single pane of glass makes it much simpler."
"Predefined filters/techniques to easily stop the attacks and start mitigation."
"Our customers are very happy when we provide them with the interface... They can check how many attacks they have faced and how many attacks have been blocked."
"We have taken on the Arbor Cloud subscription, which is really useful because you secure yourself for anything beyond your current mitigation capacity. This is a really good feature of Arbor that is available."
"The most valuable features include the traffic categorization and control of the traffic. The filtering of the traffic is very precise. When you want to stop some traffic, you precisely stop that traffic."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of F5 Silverline Managed Services is its cloud-native functionality and the high level of protection it provides."
"The most valuable feature of F5 Silverline Managed Services is the benchmark performance."
"The most important feature is that they have seven firewall protection, to protect our web servers."
"F5 technical support is really good."
"The most valuable features are the configuration and configuring the process."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Most vendors fulfill the requirements for standard DDoS protection, but F5 Silverline Managed Services has a better understanding of defending web applications like HTTP and can mitigate more bot activity than any other vendor."
 

Cons

"The product could have end-to-end platform visibility."
"For troubleshooting problems, it's not so intuitive. It's not straightforward. This is the core of their kernel, so they need to improve it a little bit... In F5 I have full control of everything."
"The solution's shortcomings are related to its documentation, so it's an area that needs to improve."
"Implementation could be better."
"Arbor's SSL decryption is confusing and needs external cards to be installed in the devices. This is not the best solution from an architectural point of view for protecting HTTPS and every other protocol that is SSL encrypted."
"Arbor Pravail APS devices do not sync features or config the backup enough. This needs to be improved."
"The look and feel of the management console is a little old, excessively simple. If you compare it with other solutions, the look and feel of the console is like you're using technology from five or six years ago. It doesn't show all the technology that is actually behind it. It looks like an older solution, even though it is not."
"I think the diversity of protection is extremely limited. It must be expanded in future upgrades and versions."
"You need to have Linux knowledge in order to use the shell."
"There is a lot of room for improvement with their tech support. I am not sure F5 Silverline Managed Services can be classified as having tech support."
"F5 Silverline Managed Services can improve by adding features that Palo Alto has."
"We'd like more AI to be used. Right now, they don't use it enough."
"F5 Silverline Managed Services can improve by reducing the price."
"The navigation is difficult to use."
"The price of F5 Silverline Managed Services could be better."
"The product could be improved on the global load and the integration with the other solution like Cisco and Dell. As a representor of the operation, we prefer to have one platform which can accommodate all type of integration. We are also looking for more improvements in the security policy configuration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Start with a small license. Measure your bandwidth requirements."
"You need to find a way to get a good offering from Arbor by negotiating a price. That is the challenge."
"The price of this solution is a little high in the African market, it should be lower."
"As far as I know, they are the best in this sector, in DDoS protection. They know it, I know, because their service prices are too high. They provide cloud DDoS protection for ISPs, but that is also too expensive."
"The solution's pricing is based on a licensing model that is expensive when compared to other tools."
"The price is a little high."
"Arbor DDoS is quite expensive, but all these solutions are expensive because they deal with confidential information."
"We do not use the Arbor Cloud DDoS solution because it is too costly."
"The price of F5 Silverline Managed Services could be better, they are not very flexible. The price of the solution is based on the requirements of the enterprise."
"The price of F5 Silverline Managed Services could be reduced."
"F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall works based on your bandwidth. They look at the clean bandwidth and do the pricing. 20% of a total pipe would be a clean bandwidth. The list price or a non-negotiated price for F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall would be around $2,200 per application per year for everything that you need. When you get into an enterprise kind of a setup, they negotiate this to the last bit. I would easily take 20% on that, which would be the cost, but it should cover all your Advance WAF features, bot protection, tech campaign, etc. It is built as a package and gives you most of the capability. You don't get the mobile SDK, which is an additional license. Mobile SDK is required only if you're buying or if you have a mobile application, and you are going to instrument F5 or Imperva into your mobile appliance. This anyways would be an additional module. It doesn't come within the WAF, but it is a WAF feature."
"The product’s pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
11%
Insurance Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
I would say if it’s an ISP that will build a scrubbing center, Netscout/Arbor is a good solution. In all other solutions, Imperva is a great choice.
Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Arbor would be the best bid, apart from Arbor, Palo Alto and Fortinet have good solutions. As this is an ISP, I would prefer Arbor.
What do you like most about Arbor DDoS?
The quality of the technical support provided by Arbor DDoS is premium.
Is Citrix ADC (formerly Netscaler) the best ADC to use and if not why?
For ADC, any ADC can do a good job. But in case if you want to add WAF functionality to the same ADC hardware you have to look for other ADC's like F5, Imperva, Radware, Fortinet, etc.
 

Also Known As

Arbor Networks SP, Arbor Networks TMS, Arbor Cloud for ENT
F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall, F5 Silverline DDoS Protection
 

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Sample Customers

Xtel Communications
City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office
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