F5 Advanced WAF Reviews

Most of the time, we use it as a load balancer. It's for the client’s applications. They then apply WAF policies, of course, if the customer wants, and also an APM solution, like VPN access or Web Box, like a web and reverse protocol. Customers vary in terms of what they want.

The WAF and APM are very useful. I like the modules.

The solution has been mostly stable and reliable.

It can scale.

The BNS module needs improvement.

I’ve been using the solution for the last four and a half or five years. It’s been a while.

Most of the time, the stability is okay. For the most part, we don’t have issues with bugs or the solution crashing. It’s fine.

The solution can scale as necessary.

We have a lot of telecom and banking clients that use the solution. I’m not sure how much in total each client has in terms of users. Whoever would be using it would be more on the technical side.

We do plan to increase usage and to continue to offer this to our clients.

We help with the support as well as implementation. If a client runs into issues, they can always talk to us.

I’ve contacted the technical support of F5. However, I haven’t used them that much. They have always been okay. I’ve never had issues with them.

Sometimes the setup is straightforward. Other times it’s more complicated. It depends on the client and the project. How long the deployment takes depends on what they want.

You only need one person to handle deployment and maintenance tasks.

We are an integrator and can help customers set up the solution.

While there may be a potential for ROI, I don’t track it.

I’m not sure about the licensing. I don’t handle this aspect of the product.

We’re platinum partners with F5 in Greece. We’re integrators and resellers. We work with different versions.

The solution can be deployed both on the cloud and on-premises.

I’d recommend the solution to others.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. We’ve been pretty happy with its capabilities.

I worked with the solution before starting at this new company and I'm now implementing it in my new job. I'm head of security at our company and we are a customer of NGINX Web Application Firewall. 

The product is very easy to use and they provide great support. I like the dashboard and reporting. 

The scalability could be improved. There is a version with 25 and 200 Mbps, no options in between

I've been using this solution for one year.

It's a stable solution. I haven't had any problems with it. 

The technical support is good, I'm happy with it.  

The initial setup is straightforward. 

I would rate this product an eight out of 10. 

We use the F5 Advanced WAF for TicTac on house applications at our Induction University.

One of the most valuable features is the Local Traffic Manager.

The Sandbox integration feature could be improved.

I have been using F5 Advanced WAF for approximately one year.

F5 Advanced WAF is reliable.

The solution is scalable.

We have one customer that has multiple sites that use this solution. They have 24 universities using the clusters.

The technical support is good.

The installation is straightforward.

I am able to do the installation by myself.

There is an annual subscription for this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others that are satisfied with the load balancer provided. If not then they could go to another solution with different load balancers for their needs.

I rate F5 Advanced WAF a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case for this solution is web application security. We deploy this solution on-premises.

We have found the accessibility feature most valuable. For example, the solution is easily accessible on mobile and laptop devices and allows you to send and receive money from anyone.

The delay times on firmware patches and software updates could be better and improved.

We have been using this solution for seven years.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

The initial setup is complex but easy once you understand the product.

Their pricing is very good for the quality of the product they have delivered in the market. It is a standard licensing cost annually.

We chose this product because we believe it is the best product for us. There are other firewalls in the market, but you always look for the best as a vendor.