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We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and Indusface AppTrana based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The most valuable features of F5 Advanced WAF are the balancer and you can change policies very easily.""We can monitor IP locations, but we have constraints from each country. It has a replication feature. Licenses can be shared, taking turns with each license.""The initial setup was was easy to install.""The most valuable features of the F5 Advanced WAF are the enhanced ASM and the performance. Additionally, the usability and effectiveness are very good.""Very easy to implement and works well.""It protects and mitigates damage in the network.""The solution isn't too expensive. The license allows you to license what you need and leave out what you don't need.""The web application firewall itself is most valuable. It provides positive security and negative security. In negative security, it blocks a task such as cross-site scripting, code injection, etc. In positive security, it lets you specify and enforce things, such as the parameters allowed in username and password fields and the number of characters allowed in a field."

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"We use Indusface AppTrana as a firewall."

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Cons
"For me, an area for improvement in F5 Advanced WAF is the reporting as it isn't so clear. The vendor needs to work on the reporting capability of the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of F5 Advanced WAF is threat intelligence to protect your web application, particularly having that capability out-of-the-box, and not needing to pay extra for it, similar to what's offered in FortiWeb, for example, any request that originates from a malicious IP will be blocked automatically by FortiWeb. F5 Advanced WAF should have the intelligence for blocking malicious IPs, or automatically blocking threats included in the license, instead of making it an add-on feature that users have to pay for apart from the standard licensing fees.""While F5 Advanced WAF does limit the number of partners in certain regions to ensure successful business transactions, they could also benefit from expanding their partnerships and making it easier for more people to learn about and become experts in F5 Advanced WAF. By doing so, they could increase the reach and exposure of their solution, similar to how Cisco has become widely recognized in the security industry.""The interface is old-looking, it's not modern, which is why it's not always comfortable to use.""Nevertheless, F5 products are generally considered to be hard to deploy.""I would say their graphical interface, the GUI. I don't like the GUI as much as before.""The overall price of F5 Advanced WAF could improve.""The solution is tedious. It takes a lot of discrete settings so one needs to get detailed and granular when they use the solution. It takes you a whole lot of energy and concentration to configure. It needs to be much more straight-forward, like other web solutions.""The contextual-based component needs a lot of help to catch up with the next-gen products."

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"The solution should add an enhanced dashboard to make it easy to navigate."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing is too high."
  • "I think the price is very high."
  • "After buying the program, you just pay for the support every year."
  • "Licensing fees for this solution are paid on a yearly basis."
  • "It's more expensive than other solutions and depending on the modules, there can be additional fees."
  • "F5 bundles up services and the bundle is what you pay for rather than individual components."
  • "Its price is fair. We have done a couple of deals where they were able to give some kind of discount to the customers. The price was initially high for the customers, but after a couple of negotiations, it came within their budget. They were happy with that."
  • "There are various plans available for Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF as a Service, including a trial version."
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  • "Indusface AppTrana is an affordable and cost-effective solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It's a fairly easy-to-use and user-friendly tool. My administrators and team also like its ability to customize the rules per the requirements.
    Top Answer:The product is not so expensive. It depends on the assets.
    Top Answer:The self-service aspect could be improved. The user interface (UI) also seems a bit outdated. Making it more user-friendly would be beneficial.
    Top Answer: One of the best practices is to educate employees on how to avoid becoming a bot, so to speak. Attackers often use compromised devices controlled remotely to launch DDoS attacks. It's essential to… more »
    Top Answer:The self-managed rules feature offers a lot of flexibility in defining the trigger conditions for activating rules within users' applications. Users can specify the circumstances under which the… more »
    Top Answer: Two of the advanced techniques that a WAF employs are geo-fencing and geo-blocking to further enhance security. Geo-fencing allows users to create a virtual perimeter around a specific geographical… more »
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    Overview

    F5 Advanced WAF is a web application security solution for financial and government sectors, e-commerce, and public-facing websites. It offers protection against various attacks, including botnets, web scraping, and foreign entities. The solution can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud and is often used with other security tools. Its most valuable features include DDoS and DNS attack protection, SSL uploading, anomaly detection, and the ability to input custom rules. 

    F5 Advanced WAF has helped organizations to expose more services to the public while providing an extra layer of protection, preventing revenue loss, and securing connectivity.

    AppTrana is designed to address the shortcomings in existing cloud security solutions which claim to provide comprehensive protection using only technology based cookie cutter solutions. Welcome to the new world of AppTrana where your entire application security is custom built by experts based on your existing risk posture.

    Sample Customers
    MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank
    Shoppers Stop, TCS
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company25%
    Non Tech Company6%
    Media Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise65%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise28%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    May 2024
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    F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews while Indusface AppTrana is ranked 26th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 1 review. F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6, while Indusface AppTrana is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Indusface AppTrana writes "Cost-effective and used as an effective firewall". F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas Indusface AppTrana is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Radware DefensePro and AWS WAF.

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