Arbor DDoS vs Nexusguard DDoS Protection comparison

NETSCOUT and Nexusguard are both solutions in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category. NETSCOUT is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.1, while Nexusguard is ranked #24. NETSCOUT holds a 6.4% mindshare in DDOS, compared to Nexusguard’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of NETSCOUT users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nexusguard users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Arbor DDoS and Nexusguard DDoS Protection are products in the DDoS protection category. Arbor DDoS is favored for its flexible pricing and excellent customer support, while Nexusguard is valued for its advanced mitigation capabilities, suggesting a preference for Nexusguard due to its robust features.

Features: Arbor DDoS delivers comprehensive analytics and threat intelligence capabilities, offering extensive insight into network threats. Its solutions include both on-premise and cloud-based options, ensuring flexibility. It is enriched with real-time packet capture and traffic visualization features. Nexusguard DDoS Protection is designed with a cloud-native infrastructure and proactive threat mitigation, ideal for service providers and enterprises. It is tailored for seamless integration within current infrastructures, emphasizing scalability and advanced traffic filtering.

Room for Improvement: Arbor DDoS could enhance its scalability and user interface, focusing on simplifying the setup process for greater accessibility. It can also benefit from integrating more advanced cloud-native features. Nexusguard DDoS Protection might improve by refining its cost structure to appeal to budget-conscious users while enhancing its customer training programs. Further enrichment of its dashboard analytics for user-friendliness and enhanced detail could also be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nexusguard makes use of a simplified cloud-based deployment model that facilitates smooth scalability and system integration, combined with proactive customer support. Arbor DDoS offers both cloud and on-premise deployments, granting more control but requiring intricate initial setup. Its customer service is noted for being responsive. The distinction rests in Arbor’s deployment flexibility as opposed to Nexusguard’s scalability ease.

Pricing and ROI: Arbor DDoS provides competitive pricing while being customizable, making it cost-effective for budget-sensitive enterprises. Nexusguard’s premium pricing highlights its advanced features for high-demand environments, representing a considerable ROI despite its higher costs. The value for Arbor lies in price flexibility, whereas for Nexusguard it is in comprehensive defensive capabilities.

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 12.9%, down from 19.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Arbor DDoS is 6.4%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nexusguard DDoS Protection is 2.0%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cloudflare	12.9%
Arbor DDoS	6.4%
Nexusguard DDoS Protection	2.0%
Other	78.7%

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Featured Reviews

M.A. Faisal

General Manager at bKash Limited

Advanced protection has secured critical web workloads and provides clear traffic visibility

From a security perspective, there remains a security loophole, as some browsers in the market can bypass the Turnstile solution, which requires approximately 40 seconds to do so. From a performance perspective, this is acceptable. We also tried Google reCAPTCHA, and that can also be bypassed. From a security perspective, I would say neither solution is completely secured. Regarding uptime, we have faced a couple of incidents due to Cloudflare in recent years, so I cannot say we receive 100% uptime for our region. We sometimes face challenges, including downtime and other issues. As a result, we are not receiving 100% uptime from Cloudflare's solution. Since most of our customers are in this region, we need alternatives. We need something more competitive than Cloudflare. Unfortunately, in Bangladesh, Cloudflare has three points of presence already, and we cannot find any other solution provider in Bangladesh as an alternative, which presents another challenge. Competitor solutions have more attack signatures, which ensure better security compared to Cloudflare's predefined configurations. Customers do not have options to modify any configuration parameters in Cloudflare, whereas other competitor solutions, such as F5 Distributed Cloud, allow customers to tune configurations according to their requirements. Cloudflare could improve in this area. Additionally, regarding visibility, Cloudflare has static visibility, but they could adopt dynamic graph features for their customers.

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Dmytro Okhrushchak

CTO at UkrNet

Customer interface and support have impressed while artificial intelligence features drive confidence

Arbor DDoS has some difficult pricing rules. For many different small features, we have to pay additional fees for every small feature. If we compare it, it is slightly high and not very affordable. If I compare it to automobiles, when you buy Volkswagen and then consider Skoda, for the cheapest way, you would buy Skoda. But if you want similar features to Volkswagen, you have to pay a little bit more than for Volkswagen. As I mentioned, a good way would be to buy some package of features at small prices. That is one of my recommendations for the company. I would like to see a roadmap for one or two years, and it is tough to predict what will happen in that timeframe without a clearer description.

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ShashikaKodikara

Head of Cybersecurity at Technovage Solution

A solution requiring straightforward maintenance while remaining cost-effective compared to its competitors in the market

I am not in a position to speak about the areas where the solution needed improvement because I resigned during the implementation phase. At that time, the implementation was ongoing, and everything seemed to be going well. Using the solution, our team managed to transfer a couple of routers through a few areas. However, I believe the migration is still ongoing. Nonetheless, the first phase of the implementation was successful before my departure. There was a certain level of performance degradation in the solution, which I don't know if it can be tuned. This is because I was working for a short period on the solution. In my experience, it is an area that can be improved while also considering the stability and scalability aspects of the solution. If one wants to scale up, then one needs to change their plan. However, the thing is, one can always go for the larger scale based on one's anticipation of future traffic.

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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 simplicity of the overall dashboard makes it a great product for a user like me who has less understanding of the internet than a developer or other more technical people. It gives me peace of mind. I also love the easy customization of the Page Rules."

"The solution is very good at mitigating threats."

"Cloudflare improves performance on my websites and is a great partner for cloud infrastructure for anyone who wants to use the security service and other features."

"The most valuable features of the solution are performance and security."

"I rate its stability a ten out of ten."

"Generally, I am satisfied with this product."

"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is the GUI. You are able to control the solution very well through the interface. There is a lot of functionality that is embedded in the service."

"The aggressive caching and DDOS mitigation are the most valuable features offered by Cloudflare."

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"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."

"We can reduce the bandwidth to minimize the attack level. If we see more than 2.5 GBs we drop it directly."

"It prevents all unwanted or malicious traffic, using the Threat Intelligence feeds."

"Arbor DDoS's best feature is that we can put the certificates in, and it will look at layer seven and the encrypted traffic and do the required signaling."

"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 ability to correlate Arbor managed objects with internet services deployed accurately profiles traffic and makes coordinating appropriate mitigation response simple."

"We use almost all the features of Arbor DDoS, but it really depends on the customer’s requirements, so I can’t specify exactly which features we use. However, many customers appreciate the basic DDoS protection, especially those without specific protection needs. For example, financial companies benefit from the cloud DDoS protection. It’s a straightforward solution that effectively meets their needs."

"Mitigating network level volumetric attacks, complete network visibility and complete control on applying countermeasures."

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"Based on the support received for implementation, I rate the solution's technical support a nine out of ten."

"Filters can be customized depending on the characteristics of the attack traffic. This feature has made it easier for Nexusguard's SOC team to further isolate any specific attack that can't be blocked by pre-configured mitigation."

"Cloud Diversion is another good feature packaged with the whole solution. When attack traffic is detected, Cloud Diversion triggers to automatically route our prefix to Nexusguard’s scrubbing center, ensuring that all attack traffic is dropped in the shortest time possible."

"Nexusguard has exponentially improved the availability of our services because we don't have to worry much about any threats or DDoS attacks towards our services."

"The managed service allows us to confidently rely on Nexusguard’s professional team to take relevant actions as and when required to make sure DDoS attacks are successfully mitigated, ensuring 100% uptime of our service."

"Nexusguard has given us confidence that we are protected against any outside attacks."

"The support team was helpful."

Cons

"The product needs to improve its automation."

"I believe they currently have this feature, but there will most likely be integration with APIs so we can control some features through API."

"I think they have failed with their technical support."

"Yes, there were a few times when some of their CDN nodes would fail, creating serious speed issues with the site without any warning or notification from their side."

"It would be good if Cloudflare could have more servers for better traffic routing or an increase in the traffic routed. This is what I'd like to improve in Cloudflare."

"It looks like they don't support as many TLDs as other registrars, but since they are very new as a registrar, I expect this may improve soon."

"Areas like how assessment, discovery, and payload are dealt with and how it all comes into your organization can be considered when trying to make suggestions to Cloudflare for improvements."

"Latencies are always a problem."

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"An issue which needs to be addressed concerns information I received of attacks on the radar and Arbor, allegedly, not taking any action."

"Real-case scenarios that have taken too long to resolve or were escalated can be directly converted into articles."

"Arbor DDoS has some difficult pricing rules. For many different small features, we have to pay additional fees for every small feature."

"The support got worse after NETSCOUT acquired Arbor."

"There is always room for improvement for any product or service. If we can bring in more agility when deploying services, that is definitely a scope which we can work towards. Nowadays, everything is being offered as a service model. It is not that we have to deploy the physical hardware, many things move up to the cloud, or even can be delivered in the VNS form in the customer's environment as well. So, in that space, if we can add more features to make it more seamless for customers to use and make it available through some marketplace, not only at the hyperscalers, but also for any on-prem deployment, that definitely would be a big plus."

"I believe that the Arbor Cloud should be available, even if the customer does not have any Arbor appliance on-premise."

"There is always room for improvement for any product or service. If we can bring in more agility when deploying services, that is definitely a scope which we can work towards."

"An improvement would be to provide information on how pricing is done on different customer levels (e.g. is it done per gig or bandwidth?)."

More Arbor DDoS cons

"The mitigation scope of Origin Protection is not fully efficient as there could be delays in activating the countermeasures."

"One thing that we would like to improve from them is to provide more training to SOC team for them to have a deep understanding of the solution so that they would always be ready to answer anything without the need to escalate queries to senior personnel."

"There was a certain level of performance degradation in the solution, which I don't know if it can be tuned...In my experience, it is an area that can be improved while also considering the stability and scalability aspects of the solution."

"One of the features that should be added to the next release is report generation. Currently, reports can be downloaded every month and are only available at the beginning of each month. It would be nice to generate the reports based on specific dates that we prefer and not have to wait until the next month for the current month’s report."

"The solution must provide features for the post-processing of the traffic type and the traffic quality."

"One of the features that should be added to the next release is report generation."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free version."

"It's a premium model. You can start at zero and work your way up to the enterprise model, which has a very high pricing level."

"The cost primarily depends on the size of the organization."

"Cloudflare's pricing is not much higher and is good for middle-level organizations."

"The pricing depends on the usage, but the cheapest would be around 5,000 USD a month."

"The solution is expensive when compared to other products but offers unlimited bandwidth."

"We don't have any issues with the price."

"The product's pricing is cheap."

More Cloudflare pricing and cost advice

"Because the solutions from competitors are very different, it's not easy to compare. However, the licensing from Arbor is clear and understandable and the pricing is reasonable when looking at the market, in general."

"Start with a small license. Measure your bandwidth requirements."

"Our customers always complain about the price of the product."

"Arbor is striking a good balance between pricing and what they deliver."

"You need to find a way to get a good offering from Arbor by negotiating a price. That is the challenge."

"Arbor DDoS is quite expensive, but all these solutions are expensive because they deal with confidential information."

"The price of Arbor DDoS depends on many parameters. It depends on the physical capacity of the environment, and it is not a straight-line price. It's fairly competitive in the market on the price."

"Arbor's products are very expensive. Their competitors are cheap when compared with Arbor."

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"On a scale of one to ten, where one represents a cheap option, and ten represents an expensive option, I would rate the solution a seven in terms of cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Comms Service Provider

14%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

44%

Media Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	26

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	29

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Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS

Arbor Networks SP, Arbor Networks TMS, Arbor Cloud for ENT

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Overview

Cloudflare enhances web performance and security with features like CDN caching and DDoS mitigation while providing easy DNS management and intuitive setup through its user-friendly dashboard.

Cloudflare is recognized for its comprehensive web security and performance solutions. Speed improvements are achieved through caching mechanisms and DDoS protection, combining ease of DNS management with flexible page rules. The robust analytics and threat insight tools provide valuable data, assisted by a user-friendly dashboard allowing quick setup and configuration. An API offers dynamic DNS settings ensuring low latency and high performance across the globe.

What are Cloudflare's key features?

CDN Caching: Enhances website speed through content delivery network caching.
Web Application Firewall: Protects websites from online threats.
DDoS Mitigation: Shields against distributed denial-of-service attacks.
DNS Management: Offers easy-to-use and flexible domain management.
SSL Certificates: Ensures secure connections between users and servers.
Analytics: Provides insights with robust analytics tools.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Enhanced Security: Strengthening web security with DDoS and firewall protection.
Speed Improvement: Faster content delivery with CDN caching.
Operational Simplicity: Simplifies website optimization through a user-friendly interface.
Scalable Solutions: Scales with global reach, lowering latency for improved performance.
Cost Efficiency: Offers layers of valuable functionality with pricing options.

Cloudflare finds utility across industries for DNS management and defense mechanisms. Its content delivery network assures fast content distribution and fortified security. Businesses integrate features like web application firewalls, load balancing, end-to-end SSL, and zero trust to protect websites from cyber threats while ensuring resilience and reliable performance.

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Arbor DDoS offers a comprehensive defense system against DDoS attacks, integrating a user-friendly GUI and advanced threat mitigation technologies for enhanced network protection.

Arbor DDoS is recognized for its ability to manage high-volume DDoS attacks efficiently, providing extensive protection through real-time traffic analysis and automated threat detection. It utilizes advanced techniques such as blackhole and BGP Flowspec for effective threat management. Arbor's cloud signaling allows users to handle and mitigate volumetric attacks while maintaining service availability. Though it provides robust security features, users note potential improvements in auto-mitigation, scalability, and AI integration. Challenges like an outdated graphical interface, hardware stability, and false positives need addressing to further enhance its usability and integration with third-party systems.

What are the key features of Arbor DDoS?

User-Friendly GUI: Provides an intuitive interface for ease of use.
Effective Mitigation: Combats high-volume DDoS attacks effectively.
Predefined Filters: Simplifies threat management with pre-configured settings.
Real-Time Traffic Analysis: Offers insights into traffic patterns and potential threats.
Automated Threat Detection: Identifies and mitigates threats without manual intervention.
Able to Handle High-Volume Attacks: Ensures extensive protection even under large-scale attacks.
Packet Capture and Integration: Facilitates comprehensive security analysis.
Cloud Signaling: Enhances attack traffic management through hybrid deployments.

What benefits should users expect from Arbor DDoS?

Enhanced Protection: Safeguards networks from diverse DDoS threats.
Improved Service Availability: Maintains business operations without disruptions.
Timely Reporting: Delivers detailed attack reports for proactive prevention.
AI Capabilities: Leverages AI for smarter threat mitigation strategies.
Comprehensive Security: Combines on-premise and cloud deployments for optimal defense.

Internet service providers and telecom companies commonly adopt Arbor DDoS to protect their networks and infrastructure from DDoS attacks. It is also implemented in financial and government sectors to ensure web application security and maintain high availability. Arbor DDoS supports a hybrid approach, utilizing both on-premise and cloud solutions to manage traffic efficiently and sustain service quality during attacks.

NETSCOUT

Nexusguard DDoS Protection provides comprehensive Origin Protection, customizable filters, and cloud-based attack traffic routing to ensure 100% uptime without additional hardware or staff.

Nexusguard DDoS Protection is designed to shield networks and critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks, including DDoS incidents. It offers Origin Protection and customizable filters covering site, network, and host levels. With automatic traffic routing through Cloud Diversion, businesses enjoy managed services ensuring consistent uptime. Nexusguard's local scrubbing capacity reaches up to 100 GB, and transparent traffic analysis is facilitated through intuitive dashboards. Users have access to 24/7 support via the Help Center, ensuring efficient DDoS mitigation and minimized downtime without requiring extra hardware or staff. Areas for improvement include report generation and post-processing features, while application security within Origin Protection might benefit from enhanced application layer analysis.

What are Nexusguard DDoS Protection's key features?

Origin Protection: Safeguards against all attack types with customizable filters.
Cloud Diversion: Automatically reroutes attack traffic to scrubbing centers.
Local Scrubbing: Supports up to 100 GB to handle larger threats.
Intuitive Dashboards: Facilitates transparent traffic analysis.
24/7 Support: Assistance via Help Center for uninterrupted operations.

What benefits should be considered in reviews?

100% Uptime: Maintains consistent service availability.
Network Efficiency: Reduces downtime without additional hardware or staff.
Scalability: Accommodates growing demands with robust protection.
Compliance Assurance: Keeps businesses aligned with security standards.

Industries like online gaming and cargo management utilize Nexusguard DDoS Protection to maintain service availability and meet uptime requirements. By effectively managing network traffic and overcoming ISP-related challenges, companies can ensure seamless operations and continuity. Nexusguard’s customizable, enterprise-grade services support proactive security measures, enabling businesses to remain resilient against cyber threats.

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