We performed a comparison between Citrix Web App and API Protection and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The web application firewall which protects our services on the internet, and then of course services like our ability to provide high availability for the services we are offering are the most valuable features."
"We have good customer support."
"The work balancing applications are the most valuable feature."
"Citrix Web App API Protection allows you to enable a blocking mode"
"I prefer this solution because of its user-friendly interface. I find it simple and close to what I am currently using, which is Citrix Fortiva Access for Multi-Factor Authentication. I appreciate the familiar user interface and troubleshooting tools it offers."
"Citrix is good for application protection."
"When our primary link goes down I can still get to my Cisco devices and the NetScaler devices on-prem because of the SDN solution. If the internet connection at one of the branches goes down, we can still route them, they still get internet based on the SDN solution through one of the other sites. They can carry on working."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The integration of Cloudflare with Cloud Suite is its most valuable feature."
"Does a good job preventing web application attacks."
"The product has a valuable security control functionality."
"The product has improved our security posture by blocking bad actors."
"It is a SaaS solution unlike much of the competition."
"We extensively use the solution every day. The solution is very stable; we haven’t seen any glitches."
"We like that there's load balancing, firewall capabilities, DDoS protection, et cetera, all covered by Cloudflare."
"It protects web applications efficiently."
"An area for improvement in Citrix Web App and API Protection is for it to give real-time notifications and alerts. It would be practical if the solution warns you if there's an attack or if the load or traffic volume increases or decreases. An additional feature I'd like to see in Citrix Web App and API Protection is a prediction or artificial intelligence on what is happening, for example, attacks."
"The product could be improved by making it easier to use and easier to implement."
"The setup was not simple."
"The configuration for its web application firewall is complicated."
"The reporting is not so good. They don't have an application to connect the logs."
"The user interface could be more friendly. Some wizards and other documentation for administrators, as well as some use cases, helps us to understand the solution."
"Their upgrades are not very backward compatible, and sometimes they mess up."
"Citrix Web App and API Protection could improve in the area of licensing"
"The blocked logs are difficult to read at times."
"The accuracy of the Cloudflare Web Application Firewall could be improved by reducing the number of false-negative alerts."
"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall should include port forwarding features."
"Its stability could be better."
"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall should improve visibility for a customer."
"The ModSecurity core rules need to be updated."
"The reporting could be more granular."
"There could be an option to duplicate the cluster to maintain the consistency of rules."
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Citrix Web App and API Protection is ranked 20th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 11 reviews while Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is ranked 7th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 16 reviews. Citrix Web App and API Protection is rated 8.0, while Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Web App and API Protection writes "Affordable, provides advanced features, and protects applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall writes "A cloud solution for web application firewall protection with rate-limiting, managed, and custom firewall rules". Citrix Web App and API Protection is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Azure Front Door, Fortinet FortiWeb, AWS WAF and Akamai App and API Protector, whereas Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Akamai App and API Protector, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb and Azure Front Door. See our Citrix Web App and API Protection vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall report.
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