Array ASF Series Web Application Firewall & DDoS vs. Azure Application Gateway

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Array ASF Series Web Application Firewall & DDoS
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Array web application firewalls provides a tool for securing business-critical resources. Commonly deployed along with load balancing and app delivery solutions, the ASF detects and blocks attacks including the OWASP Top 10, WASC, Layer 7 DDoS, and zero-day attacks with pinpoint accuracy. It ensures continuous security for applications and infrastructure while supporting compliance with security standards including PCI DSS.N/A
Azure Application Gateway
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Microsoft's Azure Application Gateway is a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service with integrated web application firewall.N/A
Pricing
Array ASF Series Web Application Firewall & DDoSAzure Application Gateway
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Array ASF Series Web Application Firewall & DDoSAzure Application Gateway
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Array ASF Series Web Application Firewall & DDoSAzure Application Gateway
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User Ratings
Array ASF Series Web Application Firewall & DDoSAzure Application Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
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9.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
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9.0
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Support Rating
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10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Array ASF Series Web Application Firewall & DDoSAzure Application Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
Array Networks
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Microsoft
For building scalable and highly available applications, Azure Application Gateway does most of the job on behalf of you; automatically load-balancing traffic from a number of users to a number of back-end servers. This ensure scalability and availability. The in-built security is great as can be expected from Microsoft, and user has a variety of tools for monitoring the health of the load-balancing function as well as the health of back end servers behind it.
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Pros
Array Networks
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Microsoft
  • Easy integration with Load Balancer and Azure Scale Set to provide a full solution for traffic management.
  • With rich routing rule, we could use one Application Gateway as the central point for all internal applications to expose to the external network.
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Cons
Array Networks
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Microsoft
  • More cost-effective pricing plans are welcome for the future, especially for WAF
  • Ability to automate the TLS certificate renewal procedure
  • Ability to manage non-HTTP traffic
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Usability
Array Networks
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Microsoft
Most of the Application Gateway's features and services can be managed and re-configured via either the Azure Portal GUI or via the Azure Cloud Shell, thus allowing both CLI modes, i.e. Azure CLI (Bash) and Azure Powershell. The v2 version of Application Gateway has significantly improved performance during initial configuration or during re-configuration changes, thus making it much more usable for IT admins, as compared to v1.
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Support Rating
Array Networks
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Microsoft
I don’t like that it's part of the Microsoft brand. In general, I am not a fan of Microsoft products but Azure gets it right.
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Alternatives Considered
Array Networks
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Microsoft
Other load balancing tools in Azure (Azure LB and Azure Traffic Manager) are limited in their functionality in comparison with the Azure Application Gateway, and also, they don't provide security features. Azure Firewall, although it has security features, is more expensive, and most importantly, it's not a load balancer at all.
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Return on Investment
Array Networks
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Microsoft
  • Positive : Improved performance and scalability
  • Positive : Better and enhanced Security
  • Positive : Efficiency
  • Negative: Cost
  • Negative: More resources to manage.
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