Load balancing data traffic.
Gives us centralized visibility into app health and performance
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Centralized visibility into app health and performance.
What is most valuable?
Resources per application: You can dedicate to a business-critical app or multiple apps.
What needs improvement?
Marketing of the product.
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Radware Alteon
November 2024
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For how long have I used the solution?
More than five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Technical Manager at Secur Links
Good protection that is stable and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "The features that mitigate attacks are very valuable."
- "The GUI needs to be improved. Right now, the solution isn't so user-friendly."
What is our primary use case?
The solution basically protects the web applications of our customers.
What is most valuable?
The features that mitigate attacks are very valuable.
What needs improvement?
The GUI needs to be improved. Right now, the solution isn't so user-friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
The solution's technical support is excellent.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very straightforward. Deployment times vary, but it typically only takes a few hours.
What other advice do I have?
We're a vendor that sells solutions to customers. We're using all the AppWall products of Radware including the AppWall Cloud. Typically we deal with the on-premises and hybrid deployment models. We do testing for our customers and sell the solution, but don't use the solution in our company ourselves.
If customers are looking for a WAF solution, they need to look at the Radware WAF to be able to protect them. Radware also offers a hybrid technology so that users can don on-prem and cloud deployments.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Radware Alteon
November 2024
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CEO / Managing Director at Infinity Access Technologies Pvt Ltd
Easy to use, easy to configure, and the hardware is robust
Pros and Cons
- "Security is one of the most valuable features that I like. It is easy to use and easy to configure."
- "Support is very important because if we get good support, we'll be able to sell and supply more numbers."
What is most valuable?
Security is one of the most valuable features that I like. It is easy to use and easy to configure. The hardware is robust.
What needs improvement?
Support is very important because if we get good support, we'll be able to sell and supply more numbers.
Sophos and Cisco they have very good support, that's why they're able to sell large numbers as compared to Radware.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using AppWall for the last five to six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We haven't tried to scale up yet.
How are customer service and technical support?
To some extent, we are satisfied with the technical support but it can be better- it can be much better.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy, it's not difficult. It can take a few hours.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend Radware. It is a stable product.
We are looking for SMB solutions that are cheaper and more economical. We could acquire a smaller number of clients that way. So SMB products that have good features on the firewall, speed, and security would be important. Radware is a very good company and I think it can easily beat other competitors like Sophos if they have good products in SMB range also. For enterprise, they already have two products.
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
SOC Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
User-friendly, good interface with alerting, and easy to setup
Pros and Cons
- "The interface is easy, it's friendly, and has good alerting."
- "Support is an area that needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for web application load balancing.
We use it because we have several servers and we needed to distribute the traffic.
What is most valuable?
The interface is easy, it's friendly, and has good alerting. When you have a problem with a server, it will alert you.
It is useful in many areas, especially for web applications and load balancing. It's something that the customer can see on the internet.
What needs improvement?
Support is an area that needs improvement. They need to have better response times.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for a year and a half.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support takes too long to respond. Sometimes you need a quick response.
I would rate them a five out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy.
What about the implementation team?
We have a shared implementation. We work with a partner here in Ecuador.
What other advice do I have?
For others who are interested in using this solution, I would say that it is necessary to take the time to input the correct dimensions of the equipment.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Threat Intelligence Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
SSL-TLS acceleration makes it easy to generate certificates, assign them to services
Pros and Cons
- "I am finding SSL-TLS acceleration the most valuable function, with certificate management. It is easy to generate certificates and assign them to services"
How has it helped my organization?
This product has helped us manage TLS and SSL traffic as a load balancer with security features. Radware Alteon provides the majority of popular HTTP/S features which are really helpful for managing Web services.
What is most valuable?
I am finding SSL-TLS acceleration the most valuable function, with certificate management. It is easy to generate certificates and assign them to services. The support is really good, the training offered is also valuable.
What needs improvement?
The ease of use is a must for improvement, some areas are way too complicated without need, and they are confusing users.
Also, sometimes updates to trending vulnerabilities are a bit late.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it at eight out of 10. I have been using a VM appliance that has been really easy to set up, but a bit difficult to upgrade and change configuration afterwards.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Technical Specialist - Network & Security at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Easy to expand and has good support
Pros and Cons
- "It is easy to expand. Our clients are enterprise-size."
- "Load balancing needs improvement. It needs better integration. I heard f5 works as a DNS operator which is not available in this solution. It would be better if that was implemented."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for inbound traffic. We have web access portals.
What needs improvement?
Load balancing needs improvement. It needs better integration. I heard f5 works as a DNS operator which is not available in this solution. It would be better if that was implemented.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Alteon for around a year and a half.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability and scalability are good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is easy to expand. Our clients are enterprise-size.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is good. We are satisfied.
How was the initial setup?
It is easy to install. We didn't have any problems. Customers don't know about load balancing products.
If it is LLV or SSLV it can take three to four days. If it's in a single device, it takes around two days.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend it.
In the next release, I would like the load balancing to be improved.
I would rate it a nine out of ten. It's a good product.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
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