F5 Advanced WAF vs Reblaze - part of Link11 comparison

F5 and Reblaze are both solutions in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category. F5 is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.6, while Reblaze is ranked #24 with an average rating of 8.5. F5 holds a 12.0% mindshare in WAF, compared to Reblaze’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Reblaze users who would recommend it.

F5 Advanced WAF

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98% willing to recommend

Reblaze - part of Link11

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100% willing to recommend

F5 Advanced WAF

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and Reblaze - part of Link11 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.

To learn more, read our detailed F5 Advanced WAF vs. Reblaze - part of Link11 Report (Updated: October 2024).

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F5 Advanced WAF vs. Reblaze - part of Link11

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Categories and Ranking

F5 Advanced WAF

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Reblaze - part of Link11

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

24th

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (19th), Bot Management (10th)

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 Reblaze - part of Link11 is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

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YUSUF TAIWO

Founder roverupgrades.com.ng at 22 TEAM RESOURCES LIMITED

Oct 26, 2023

Ensures a robust and unified security approach for our clients

My clients often seek a comprehensive security solution for their hybrid environments, with both cloud and on-premise web applications. To address this, I recommend combining F5 Advanced WAF for web application security with Fortinet solutions, including FortiGate, FortiSign, and FortiAnalyzer, for…

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Shivendra S.

Senior Director of Engineering - Information Security at Apna

Jun 27, 2023

Offers flexibility with a kill switch for bypassing Reblaze if needed and provides a reliable Layer 7 defense against attacks

There is still some room for improvement when it comes to bot management from Reblaze because they are relatively new compared to other vendors in the town. AWS WAF, the Web Application Firewall from AWS, has a vast database of bad IP addresses due to its long-standing presence in this business. Reblaze, being a new entrant, is still building its database of bad IP addresses and malicious systems. So, Reblaze needs to work on that aspect. But other than that, I don't think scaling Reblaze has been an issue. There were some initial glitches, but they were all sorted out. So currently, I would say that the bot management and the database are areas they should focus on for further improvement.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"The solution is easily accessible on mobile and laptop devices."

"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."

"Identification, ease of use, and ease of modifying it to most of our needs are valuable."

"F5 Advanced WAF has very good stability and scalability. Its initial setup was straightforward."

"It's scalable and very easy to manage."

"This solution inspects your traffic and based on that, automatically create distinct qualities for you, so you can add this to the policy already created. That's what I like most."

"I like them because I like the security solution. They get extra marks compared to other solutions or competitors. There are more features than any other product I can think of. They're always monitoring, and the security features offer more than other, lesser products."

More F5 Advanced WAF pros

"I very much like the elastic search and reports, allowing us to have a 360-degree view of the customer's activities and enabling us to track down any suspicious bots."

"The real-time monitoring and reporting are very good. There are information updates in their portal every two minutes. They also have the ability to spill it into Sumo Logic, for example. It's very easy to use."

"The best thing about Reblaze, for us, is that it has been a game changer because previously, we were using Google's Web Application Firewall, but it wasn't up to the mark."

"The main feature is using the rules and being able to see the traffic. It helps us find malicious traffic."

"Provides mobile app security."

"The feature I find most valuable is the user-friendly dashboard. It is easy to understand how everything works and it allows you to make decisions quickly and efficiently."

"The most valuable features were the real-time monitoring and the management. With this kind of product, you need a very good management system to allow you to see false positives in real-time; to see what's happening in real-time... The clarity stood out. It was very visible and very easy to navigate; very easy to find the data we were looking for."

"It is a highly resilient product that can handle significantly larger workloads and high volumes of traffic with ease."

Cons

"The reporting portion of F5 Advance WAF is not great. They need to work out something better, as it is very basic. You only see the top IPs, I think there is more they can offer."

"Most customers encounter stability issues with the product's Big-IP logs."

"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."

"The reporting could be clearer and embedded to include our movement data."

"This solution can be made more user-friendly."

"I would like to see the API Protection improved."

"Its price should be better. It is expensive."

"The deployment side is quite complex."

More F5 Advanced WAF cons

"It would be beneficial if it had a workflow or a feature that could fine-tune settings based on high-level requirements."

"I would like to have seen more automated reports. Maybe it has been improved in the last year and I'm just not aware of it. But from a managerial point of view, you want a summary report, a weekly report: How many attacks were blocked? How much bandwidth was saved due to the caching mechanism? What were the top-ten attacks that were tested on the network, etc? I could most likely have found all that data if I logged in to the system and ran different reports. It would be very helpful to get a management report on a weekly basis."

"There is room for improvement in helping us understanding session management... We want Reblaze to catch and identify everything. We want to see the various devices doing one activity and to see, in a timeline, what's happened. We would like to see a more human-readable display to understand what's happening in the web app."

"The next release should have next-generation automation."

"Up to now the only cons I could find is sometimes getting change management back on track, because it's a company that evolves, and sometimes I don't have the same needs that they have. But besides that, up until now, I am really pleased with their service and I've also recommended them to some of my clients."

"Some of the settings on the dashboard are confusing."

"The WAF features are not as granular as we would expect from a WAF system. There should be more granularity and in-depth rules, out-of-the-box."

"They have an interface that you have to adjust to. That is a bit of a downfall because I expect an interface to be very intuitive for someone who knows little about security. But if you know about security, the interface is wonderful."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is very expensive so should only be used in the right environment."

"It's more expensive than other solutions and depending on the modules, there can be additional fees."

"There is an annual subscription for this solution."

"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."

"There are different licenses available to use F5 Advanced WAF, such as BT, ASM, and LPM."

"The pricing is too high."

"After buying the program, you just pay for the support every year."

"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."

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"On a monthly basis we pay $750."

"I believe that for the six instances we have right now, it's costing us $16,000 per month."

"There is still some room for improvement when it comes to bot management from Reblaze because they are relatively new compared to other vendors in the town."

"We found the cost to be a bit on the higher side, starting at approximately three to four thousand dollars for a small configuration."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

23%

Media Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

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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.

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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.

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What needs improvement with F5 Advanced WAF?

The product could be more user-friendly for administrators. The user interface could be easier.

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What do you like most about Reblaze?

It is a highly resilient product that can handle significantly larger workloads and high volumes of traffic with ease.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Reblaze?

We found the cost to be a bit on the higher side, starting at approximately three to four thousand dollars for a small configuration. It is worth mentioning that these figures might not be current....

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What needs improvement with Reblaze?

There is a potential improvement regarding simplifying the complexity of rule creation. It would be beneficial if it had a workflow or a feature that could fine-tune settings based on high-level re...

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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.

Reblaze is a cloud-based, fully managed protective shield for sites and web applications. Hostile traffic is blocked in the cloud, before it reaches the protected network.

Reblaze is a comprehensive web security solution, providing a next-gen WAF, DoS and DDoS protection, bot mitigation, scraping prevention, CDN, load balancing, and more.

The platform offers a unique combination of benefits. Machine learning provides accurate, adaptive threat detection. Dedicated Virtual Private Clouds ensure maximum privacy. Top-tier infrastructure assures maximum performance. Fine-grained ACLs enable precise traffic regulation. An intuitive web-based management console provides real-time traffic control. A one-month trial offer allows you to assess Reblaze with no cost, risk, or obligation.

Reblaze makes it effortless and affordable to secure and accelerate your web assets. Organizations from many vertical markets around the globe are benefiting from Reblaze's highly scalable WAF/IDS, DDoS, anti-scraping and Bot mitigation service.

Sample Customers

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

eBay, AirAsia, Taboola, Reebonz, IAI, Payoneer, mySupermarket, William Hill, Fanduel

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