We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and Radware DefensePro based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I find the signature base is very helpful to see traffic"
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"The setup and functionality are fairly straightforward."
"The product’s most valuable features are LTM and WAF."
"CGNAT is one of its strong areas."
"We use the solution for load balancing and WAF (web application firewall)."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's most valuable feature is load balance. It is readily available and uncomplicated."
"Its performance and ease of use are valuable."
"SSL-based mitigation from DDoS attacks is good from their side. They are capable of preventing SSL-based attacks with certifications and everything loaded onto them."
"The dashboard is the best part, and there is also the ease of operations."
"The product integrates well with Cisco."
"As a service provider, we use the SecOps dashboard feature. That's where we check the time of attacks to see if an attack is happening at the moment or if it has already happened... It is very dynamic and helps us know when an attack occurred, how long it lasted, and what type of attack it was."
"It has kept us up and operational on a day-to-day basis, without being interrupted by an attack from outside sources."
"Radware DefensePro's most valuable feature lies in its ability to mitigate non-traffic attacks."
"This solution is extremely scalable and has the highest level throughput (100G) which complies with Telco deployment."
"A flexible affordable solution for defense against DDos attacks."
"This would be absolutely the best network security solution if the price were not so high."
"Firstly, geolocation currently relies on manual updates. It has to move to automatic updates. There are no automatic updates for this feature. If some IPs, countries, or service providers move to another country, now you will be allow IPs that you previously denied. This is because you depend on the database, which doesn't update automatically. This is really a very important area that they need to improve."
"Currently, we have eighty F5s and we need some kind of management software. It would be very helpful."
"The solution’s initial setup is not easy."
"Some spam can go by the firewall."
"We needed to protect the database but the solution didn't offer a certain feature to do so."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's pricing and technical support services need improvement."
"The product is expensive."
"As a service provider, we are expecting the multi-tenancy feature on the dashboard and reporting side. It will help share reports with customers in real-time. They can directly see them online. We are working with their team on API integration with our portal. We will be able to achieve that, but it will take some time."
"APSolute Vision needs to be more granular so that it's possible to get real-time information."
"There needs to be more reporting."
"The solution is a little more pricey than other options on the market."
"If they would go to a cloud-based approach, that would give much more flexibility in terms of working with them."
"Right now, we have DefensePro 6. The only complaint I have is that SSL inspection, when activated, consumes a lot of resources on the machine. We are currently reviewing a possible change to DefensePro X, the new version, which has a separate module with its processors."
"The solution needs a bit more functionality. It would be good if DefensePro could have anti-bot functionalities in order to stop bots like web scrapers from getting onto our customers’ network."
"They should add artificial intelligence to the platform. It is currently missing the machine learning piece."
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F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews while Radware DefensePro is ranked 5th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 23 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while Radware DefensePro is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware DefensePro writes "Regular signature update with good reporting and analytics". F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS and AWS Shield, whereas Radware DefensePro is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS, Fortinet FortiDDoS and Indusface AppTrana. See our F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs. Radware DefensePro report.
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