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AWS WAF vs Radware Cloud WAF Service comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
Businesses see financial benefits from Cloudflare through improved uptime, security, and performance, enhancing returns despite measurement challenges.
Sentiment score
7.5
AWS WAF delivers high ROI and customer satisfaction by enhancing security and preventing hacks despite potential costs.
Sentiment score
7.9
Radware Cloud WAF reduces risks, boosts ROI, cuts costs, enhances security, and improves reliability despite initial setup expenses.
You would only lose money if you had an attack and you need to calculate the cost against the risks.
WordPress security can be tricky, and that's where Cloudflare can be absolutely helpful for small businesses.
We have had ROI with the tool's use since it never gave us downtime and made us lose millions.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Customer service is highly rated, especially for Enterprise plans, but response times could improve for complex issues.
Sentiment score
6.8
AWS WAF support is generally good, though some users desire faster, more flexible, and friendlier service experiences.
Sentiment score
7.5
Radware Cloud WAF Service support is responsive but inconsistent, with high ratings for critical issues and delays for complex queries.
This would help us address issues promptly, especially during unforeseen events like DDoS attacks.
We'd like a dedicated account manager.
You can get a support engineer with the best qualifications.
The support provided by Radware's Emergency Response Team is excellent.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Cloudflare is highly regarded for its scalability, smoothly accommodating various user needs and handling significant traffic across business sizes.
Sentiment score
7.9
AWS WAF offers scalable, reliable security for businesses of all sizes, highly rated for its effective traffic handling capabilities.
Sentiment score
8.1
Radware Cloud WAF Service is praised for seamless scalability, accommodating demand and handling attacks without performance loss.
I would rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten since I didn't encounter any issues with it.
I rate its scalability a ten out of ten because I had no issues with it.
I rate the scalability a ten out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Cloudflare is generally praised for stability and reliability, despite occasional issues and past outages, requiring proper configuration for best performance.
Sentiment score
8.5
AWS WAF is highly stable and reliable, with users rating its performance and dependability between eight and ten.
Sentiment score
8.0
Radware Cloud WAF Service is highly stable with minimal downtime, swift issue resolution, and consistently high user ratings.
For DDoS protection, I would not recommend Cloudflare.
I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.
I rate Cloudflare eight out of 10 for stability.
I have never encountered downtime, maintenance-related issues, or latency.
 

Room For Improvement

Users suggest Cloudflare improve analytics, CDN errors, support, DNS, APIs, pricing, server access, DDoS features, and documentation.
AWS WAF needs improvements in automation, user interface, support, integration, pricing clarity, documentation, and proactive threat detection.
Radware Cloud WAF Service needs improved integration, documentation, threat detection, user interface, and cost-effective scalability for better user experience.
There's a need for improvement in areas like AI-based DDoS attacks and Layer 7 WAF features.
Despite these challenges, overall, Cloudflare remains the preferred solution compared to Azure, AWS CloudFront, and Google Cloud Armor.
Compared to other vendors and Cloudflare, there will be more downtime.
Features like bot protection or DDoS mitigation, available with other WAF vendors, do not come natively with AWS WAF.
Improving dashboard capabilities to provide this information clearly for management is crucial.
 

Setup Cost

Cloudflare provides free and paid plans from $20, with straightforward pricing catering to small, medium, and enterprise businesses.
AWS WAF offers reasonable pay-as-you-go pricing, becoming cost-effective for heavy traffic but potentially costly with additional services.
Radware Cloud WAF Service offers competitive pricing, flexibility, and value, especially in managed contracts despite some additional costs.
That's where Cloudflare shines for smaller businesses – it's ten times cheaper than Akamai.
It is cheaper than other options.
It's cost-effective, but I think they should have a custom pricing model for enterprise customers based on the features you use.
 

Valuable Features

Cloudflare provides speed enhancement, security, and ease of use with CDN, DDoS protection, SSL, and traffic analytics for website optimization.
AWS WAF provides robust threat protection, seamless integration, and custom rules, enhancing web application security with scalability and affordability.
Radware Cloud WAF Service delivers top-notch Layer 7 security, scalability, user-friendly features, and smooth integration for effective threat management.
Our scenario consisted of two web servers in different allocations to control access demands, and the load balancer did the job as expected, bringing security and stability to access points.
For me, the valuable feature is DDoS protection.
The most valuable features of the solution are performance and security.
The cloud-native nature of AWS is crucial since most of our workload is in AWS, making AWS WAF native to Amazon Web Services.
Radware Cloud has significantly reduced attacks on our applications.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare
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Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
CDN (1st), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (1st), Managed DNS (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (14th)
AWS WAF
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (1st)
Radware Cloud WAF Service
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (10th)
 

Featured Reviews

Spencer Malmad - PeerSpot reviewer
It's easy to set up because you point the DNS to it, and it's working in under 15 minutes
Cloudflare is highly scalable. Cloudflare is a system with a web portal that the end users like me see. It's a console where we can adjust the DNS, caching, and security features all in that console. Cloudflare owns thousands of servers across the world that cache the data. It's a powerful solution. When clients sign up for Cloudflare, they're getting this monster content delivery network, security, and a web application firewall in one. It's all rolled into one, and it's massive. Unless you have your website hosted on a massive hosting provider, there's no way that you can deliver the amount of data that Cloudflare can provide to the end users. If you have static content, there's no way that you can ever match what Cloudflare can do. Obviously, there are competitors to Cloudflare that do the same, but I'm saying other types of solutions. Let's say you go with F5. Great, that's on-prem. That's in your colo. You can't deliver as much data to the internet as you can with a CDN. You don't have to spend $20,000 on a net scaler, F5, or whatever Cisco's selling now. You don't have to buy that. You pay them $50 a month or $150 a month. It's totally worth it because even in five years, you'll never get the performance value, not just the actual ROI. You have to consider how much throughput you can get with Cloudflare.
Kavin Kalaiarasu - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS's cloud-native security simplifies rule enforcement but needs better DDoS integration
The dashboarding could be improved, and the default metrics provided by AWS WAF could be upgraded. The rate at which AWS updates their managed rule sets could be better. Features like bot protection or DDoS mitigation, available with other WAF vendors, do not come natively with AWS WAF. Instead, they are part of AWS Shield. Providing DDoS protection as part of their WAF solution would be beneficial.
Mauro Arias Zambrana - PeerSpot reviewer
We benefit from improved security and visibility
Cloud WAF's management portal lacks many indicators, and the interface could be more user-friendly. It should provide more detailed information on events, possible solutions, and what each event means. While it does give you the event and block part, it doesn't give you a solution. Let's say, for example, someone wants to go into an SQL injection and find a possible solution other than the blocking part, there are no details. It would be good to have possible solutions or the ability to create an automated report to send to the developers in the portal. Also, they should offer more Spanish-language tutorial videos. There is only one tutorial in Spanish, which is difficult for us as Latin American customers.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
24%
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Retailer
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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?
Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GR...
Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?
Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service...
What do you like most about Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.
What are the limitations of AWS WAF vs alternative WAFs?
Hi Varun, I have had experienced with several WAF deployments and deep technical assessments of the following: 1. Im...
How does AWS WAF compare to Microsoft Azure Application Gateway?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Web Application Firewall or Microsoft...
What do you like most about AWS WAF?
The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is its highly configurable rules system.
What do you like most about Radware Cloud WAF Service?
One of the most valuable features we have found in the solution is protection against attacks from botnet networks an...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud WAF Service?
I am not directly involved in pricing and setup cost discussions, but it seems that Radware offers a more cost-effect...
What needs improvement with Radware Cloud WAF Service?
Complexity of Setup and Configuration: Some users report that setting up Radware Cloud WAF can be somewhat complex, e...
 

Also Known As

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