Azure Web Application Firewall vs F5 Silverline Managed Services comparison

"It's great for protecting against DDoS attacks."

"The most valuable feature of Azure Web Application Firewall is its ability to filter requests and block false positives by using custom rules and the OWASP rule set."

"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."

"The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."

"Azure WAF is extremely stable."

"The integration it has with GitHub is great."

"It has been a stable product in my experience."

"The solution has good dashboards."

"The most important feature is that they have seven firewall protection, to protect our web servers."

"F5 technical support is really good."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The most valuable feature of F5 Silverline Managed Services is the benchmark performance."

"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."

"The product’s UI is easy to understand."

"The most valuable feature is flexibility."

"The initial setup is very straightforward."

"Deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it."

"There is a need to be able to configure the solution more."

"The knowledge base could be improved."

"The support for proxy forwarding could improve."

"The documentation needs to be improved."

"Azure WAF should not be deployed in the middle of the traffic."

"In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common."

"The management can be improved."

"The price of F5 Silverline Managed Services could be better."

"In terms of the scalability, this part is always so confusing because they are checking for packet count. Also, after an attack, they said that the throughput must be from gigabits but then I check my bandwidth and it is already done in gigabits. So it is a little bit confusing."

"F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall, being a new product in the market or comparatively related to a new product, currently supports less number of PoPs. They should introduce more PoPs. The current number of PoPs that they have is around 10 or 12, which is still relatively less as compared to 2,400 plus PoPs that Akamai offers. The user latency or the number of hops a user needs before reaching the actual web application is less in Akamai because it has its internal fabric to route the traffic. They need to spin up more data to increase its traffic handling capability. They can also include the bot detection capability, though it is a pretty advanced functionality. If they could include DataDome like functionality, that is, bot prediction, then F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall will be top-notch in the market."

"F5 Silverline Managed Services can improve by reducing the price."

"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."

"F5 Silverline Managed Services can improve by adding features that Palo Alto has."

"I just hope the price can be cheaper."

"The price is high in comparison to other products."

"I give the pricing a nine out of ten."

"The price is for this solution is fair and there is a license needed."

"Azure WAF has price advantages over other WAF solutions. The pricing model is flexible because you pay on a scale based on the level of protection you need."

"We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft and the pricing is good."

"The price of the solution depends on your architecture and how you manage it. You can control the cost in Azure quite well. The costs do not directly correlate to expenses in the features we are using."

"The price is reasonable. It is approximately $2,000 US per month."

"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."

"The price of F5 Silverline Managed Services could be reduced."

"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."