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F5 Advanced WAF vs Radware Cloud WAF Service comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

F5 Advanced WAF
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Radware Cloud WAF Service
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
12th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of F5 Advanced WAF is 12.0%, up from 10.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Radware Cloud WAF Service is 1.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
 

Featured Reviews

YUSUF  TAIWO - PeerSpot reviewer
Ensures a robust and unified security approach for our clients
One area for improvement in the product is its SSO integration, which posed challenges and required significant effort to resolve. The complexity of SSO deployment, coupled with high associated costs, could be addressed to enhance usability. Streamlining the SSO process and revisiting cost considerations would contribute to an improved user experience.
Gaurav-Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides features to monitor traffic and quickly identify potential issues but analytic dashboard could be improved
It's mostly for the Alteon service. The Alteon load balancing part, particularly the SSL offloading and WAF offloading, is crucial. Offloading allows us to monitor and identify issues easily. I believe the SSL offloading is the most valuable feature. It's easy to use, and the configurations are similar across different vendors. Compared to F5 and Citrix, Radware is easier to communicate with and use. The configuration process is simple, involving the creation of groups and pools, much like in F5. The SSL offloading is also very easy. Overall, I think it's a good solution. The service we use through the cloud is very easy. We have one dashboard to manage everything, which is convenient.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"I like all of the features, but the main one is the attack signatures."
"F5 technical support is excellent. They are experts who always provide the right solution, and they understand the problem. Their response and resolution times are good."
"The most valuable feature of F5 Advanced WAF is its ability to have a pool of resources that can distribute your traffic, and that is a plus for me. My company tried to look into a competitor, Imperva, but it was lacking that capability, so F5 Advanced WAF outperforms Imperva."
"In terms of F5 Advanced WAF's most valuable features, I would definitely say its stability. F5 is one the most stable products. Either as the load balancer or the web application firewall, it is very stable."
"My favorite feature of F5 is the ability to play around with the ciphers. I also like the ability to have an immediate display of the support IDs when a real blockage occurs. The protection offered is great."
"F5 Advanced WAF is a stable solution, we are satisfied. It is more stable than ForiWeb."
"The most valuable feature is artificial intelligence and to get extra internal access."
"The best feature is the SQL injection signatures, and another is the DDoS protection. Radware is more efficient than other solutions."
"The solution offers good protection."
"I like that Cloud WAF provides me with lots of information. All the events and all the possible attacks appear in front of you, and false positives appear through different channels."
"Geo-blocking is one of the most valuable features we use the most; most of our users are in North, Central, and South America, so we use geo-blocking to block access from other countries."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring dashboard that we access through the portal."
"Radware Cloud WAF Service is user-friendly and easy to deploy."
"With the current visibility dashboard, we can now obtain insight into the nature of attacks, identify attackers, and detect top IP or threat regions."
"The most valuable features of Radware Cloud WAF Service include its automation and learning capabilities for protection, as well as its superior bot mitigation."
 

Cons

"I think the deployment templates can be better."
"F5 Advanced WAF could improve on its funding for WAF features. There is a need to be more advanced WAF features."
"I would like to see the API Protection improved."
"The product could be more user-friendly for administrators."
"I would like to see improved features in the F5 Advanced WAF solution, especially with a focus on enabling Kubernetes fully."
"They should work on the virtualization of NGINX."
"The GUI interface can be confusing due to similar-looking tabs for policy building, traffic learning, and event logs."
"One thing that can be improved, is to increase the quantity over predefine policy."
"If we want to publish services to a limited number of providers and we only want those providers to connect, we need to forward those requests to the Radware support team and they apply them, but it takes some time."
"They've changed their process for call logging. I suppose it's fine, but I used to be able to send emails in. They could also build up more local resiliency here in South Africa. They're working on that, so it isn't much of an issue now."
"Radware's bot manager can be improved because it's very complicated to implement for apps. Radware could also add alerts by WhatsApp or Telegram. It only sends notifications via email or SMS."
"Radware Cloud WAF Service has limited integrations, and I would like to see it integrate with our use of Azure DevOps."
"There is a lot more that is expected from Radware's automated analytics for looking at events. There needs to be more context of where protection is required these days."
"They have a portal for webinar training but because we are in a Spanish-speaking country, it is difficult for us to watch them. Not all of us are fluent in English, but most of the courses and webinars are in English. That part could be improved..."
"Radware needs to improve the certificate renewal process for customers who want to be secured with HTTPS."
"The primary area for improvement is in issue detection and understanding whether a log is a false positive. It can sometimes be a challenge to take the data of a given security event and determine if it's a genuine threat using a Wiki etc."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"F5 Advanced WAF technical support comes at a cost, and it's expensive."
"As far as the pricing of F5 Advanced WAF I would rate it a four out of five depending on what features I am looking for. Imperva is more expensive."
"The solution is very expensive so should only be used in the right environment."
"Licensing fees for this solution are paid on a yearly basis."
"There is a perpetual license that comes with your hardware. There is also an additional fee for support."
"I would rate the pricing as seven out of ten"
"F5 Advanced WAF's pricing is high."
"The price of the solution is reasonable when compared with other products, such as FortiWeb. I am very satisfied with the price."
"I believe the prices are fair."
"For the current market, the price for Radware Cloud WAF Service is exactly where we want it to be."
"We are based in El Salvador and don't have a direct license with Radware; we purchase the license through resellers. The pricing is reasonable, as I managed an Akamai product in a previous position, and Cloud WAF is competitively priced."
"The pricing is fair; it's neither particularly cheap nor expensive."
"We are paying $20,000 annually for six licenses that provide basic WAF functionality."
"The pricing is fair."
"The price is a bulk average."
"We evaluated other options and, if I remember correctly, one of them was Fortinet, but they didn't seem as effective as Radware. But the price was the biggest difference. Radware had the best price for our type of network and level of scaling."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Retailer
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 Advanced WAF?
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 Advanced WAF?
I don't have direct knowledge of the pricing. From what I know, it is not too expensive compared to other solutions.
What needs improvement with F5 Advanced WAF?
The product could be more user-friendly for administrators. The user interface could be easier.
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 and the requests that these remote networks can generate that are blocked from our...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud WAF Service?
I'm not a part of the purchasing team. I do not know about the costs or licensing.
What needs improvement with Radware Cloud WAF Service?
It needs a better reporting and dashboard to provide better insights.
 

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Sample Customers

MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank
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