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Microsoft Azure Application Gateway vs Tenable.io Web Application Scanning comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Application...
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (4th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (3rd)
Tenable.io Web Application ...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (20th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is designed for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) and holds a mindshare of 8.2%, down 11.0% compared to last year.
Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 1.3% mindshare, down 1.7% since last year.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Shehzad Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers time and cost savings with integration, but user interface needs improvement
We are using it for our internal application development. We are testing those features of application gateways. We are integrating it with our solutions, application, Azure Application Gateway Microsoft has a vast variety of tools, and it blends very well. It provides a range of services, so it…
Harshal Deshmukh - PeerSpot reviewer
Simple tool to use, good dashboard capabilities and offers asset criticality ratings
It has good dashboard capabilities and gives good results with priority ratings, asset criticality ratings, and exposure scores for vulnerabilities. It also provides automated web application scanning, which customers appreciate because it doesn't disturb the web application or hamper the business. While testing the web application, sometimes it happens that the website or application goes down. But with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, it doesn't affect the business. It has good unified web application scanning and exposure management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The security feature in all the layers of the application is the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"I find Application Gateway’s WAF module valuable because it helps prevent layer 7 attacks."
"The solution's integration is very good."
"The health probe is pretty good for your backend health. It tells you whether it's communicating and talking to the endpoint correctly. It is quite useful."
"The production is a valuable feature."
"We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly."
"We find it valuable because it is compatible with our existing Azure solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We can get detailed information about vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which provides a good level of detail with respect to vulnerabilities."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use."
"Now that the license is centralized, it's a significant feature to manipulate assets based on their functions."
"I would recommend Tenable.io Web Application Scanning to others."
"Tenable provides the end analysis results covering all the published vulnerabilities and information on the market."
"It is fully automated."
 

Cons

"The support can be improved when you are configuring the system rules. The Disaster Recovery feature can be added in the next release. The price of the solution can be reduced a bit."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's first deployment is complex. It needs to improve its pricing."
"The graphical interface needs improvement because it is not user friendly."
"Implementing and standardizing the solution across the IT landscape in a heterogeneous environment is painful."
"One of the challenges we faced was the solution does not support any other PCP protocols apart from HTTP and HTTPS."
"It could be more stable, and support could be better. It would also be better if they offered more features. For example, it lacks security features. Before we used another English solution, and we realized that some of the rules were not set up correctly and passed through the Application Gateway's English controllers. But the problem, in this case, is if you send ten rules, for example, six rules hit some issues. IP address blocking could be better. The rules, for example, don't work properly. If you have one issue, one rule or another rule will not work. This sounds like total madness to me."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway could improve by allowing features to use more third-party tools."
"The solution needs improvements in integrating different services and creating a better application balance."
"The report customization needs to be better."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning could improve by offering faster fuzzing."
"Sometimes it lags with different cloud environments."
"The market is standard for vulnerability scanning, however, the posture can be improved through Tenable's prioritization engine."
"They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap."
"The platform's technical support services could be better."
"The reporting has a very limited customization capability."
"It would be great if there were a dashboard that is more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Between v1 and v2, there is a lot of change in the pricing. It is very costly compared to AWS."
"The product is not expensive."
"We use the tool's basic subscription. Its licensing costs are monthly."
"Every solution comes with a license and cost. Microsoft provides the license and the total cost is for the maintenance every year."
"The tool's pricing model is pay-as-you-go."
"The solution is fairly priced."
"The pricing is based on how much you use the solution."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is a pretty affordable product. My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution. The additional costs apart from the licensing costs of the solution vary."
"The application is extremely affordable. There are no additional costs involved with licensing. We switched to Tenable.io Web Application Scanning from other solutions due to pricing."
"The pricing is okay."
"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to the competitors. The license cost is based on the number of users and the annual usage."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is expensive for small businesses."
"It follows the same licensing scheme as Tenable.io and Tenable. sc."
"I rate the product's pricing a four out of ten."
"For Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, it comes to around 6,50,000 Indian rupees, plus taxes."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Azure Front Door and Application Gateway?
We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the...
How does AWS WAF compare to Microsoft Azure Application Gateway?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Web Application Firewall or Microsoft Azure Application Gateway web application firewall software was the better fit ...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Application Gateway?
Application Gateway automatically redirects unwanted users and takes care of the security aspect. It also handles the performance side of things, which is why we use it.
What do you like most about Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?
The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment.
What needs improvement with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?
We would like some additional features. Sometimes it lags with different cloud environments. Private clouds are becoming more common, and the integration lags with those compared to AWS, Azure, or ...
What advice do you have for others considering Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?
Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten. We deploy it for customers, and it's very easy to deploy. Some people are worried about the cost, but we try to sell it at a good rate, less than the o...
 

Also Known As

Azure Application Gateway, MS Azure Application Gateway
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