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Based on 4 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Firewall
AWS WAF
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.6
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
86%
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) ranks higher in 11/11 features
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Visualization Tools
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Content Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Policy-based Controls
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Firewall Management Console
N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
71%
2 Ratings
Reporting and Logging
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
VPN
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
High Availability
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Stateful Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
Proxy Server
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Attribute Ratings
- AWS WAF is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
AWS WAF
94%
7 Ratings

9.0
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
90%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
AWS WAF
90%
1 Rating

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability
9.0
AWS WAF
90%
1 Rating

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
9.1
AWS WAF
91%
3 Ratings

9.0
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
90%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS WAF
AWS WAF is highly appropriate to interrupt or prevent cyber attacks because when implementing rules, whether they are specific or centralized, so any application that has these vulnerabilities is protected.
Implementing managed rules creates greater security to protect both API and applications.If implemented along with other AWS tools, the security is much better, so if you want to protect applications against more specific attacks, it is ideal to integrate with Amazon CloudFront, which is a great benefit because it warns when thresholds are exceeded or specific attacks occur.AWS WAF is ideal to avoid common web attacks. For more specific attacks and scenarios, I don't recommend this.
Software Developer
iModulesComputer Software, 51-200 employees
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
F5 BIG-IP [Advanced Firewall Manager] is a one box solution for all three of our needs, firewalls, load balancers, and WAF. This is a great tool for [the] security of the servers and services.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
AWS WAF
- AWS WAF has the most developer-friendly API to create firewall rules.
- AWS WAF provides OWASP security controls, which reduces developers' burden (i.e., SQL injection and cross-site scripting).
- AWS WAF has customizable web security rules. The user can even push the rules through the API available, which is the great feature and helped me a lot.
- It protects applications at layer 7 (HTTP) of the OSI model and not just layer 4 (TCP).
Head of Software & Services
SamiPharmaHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
- Central management.
- Strong security.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employeesCons
AWS WAF
- The documentation offered is somewhat confusing, so it would be ideal if it were much more direct and precise.
- Your initial configuration may be confusing, so the best option is to use the rule templates provided by AWS.
- Its configuration is not unified with AWS, so it must be done separately and it takes some time.
- The number of rules to be established is somewhat limited.
Software Developer
KANA SoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
- The GUI icons are very small and Overall UI can use some refreshing
- The training on the tool is not easily available and mostly involves a high cost
- The support or third party implementation teams could use some improvement

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 10,001+ employeesPricing Details
AWS WAF
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0.6 per 1 million requests
AWS WAF Editions & Modules
Edition
Resource Type - Web ACL | $5.001 |
---|---|
Resource Type - Rule | $1.001 |
Resource Type - Request | $0.602 |
- per month (prorated hourly)
- per 1 million requests
Additional Pricing Details
—F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Good value for money. Native AWS solution for services
ITOPS Manager
Align TechnologyHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.0
Based on 1 answer
The product is highly scalable. It is easy to configure the rules and thereby helps us to mitigate many vulnerabilities.The interface and programming of the firewall provisions were easy to setup. Amazon clearly spent a lot of time figuring this out and perfecting it. It allows users to do customized configurations based on their needs. It provides protection against a number of security issues like XSS, SQL injection, etc. I would definitely recommend this for protecting your infra as you scale, since this basically protects and filters all requests hitting your application server.
Head of Software & Services
SamiPharmaHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.1
Based on 3 answers
If you're intending to use AWS WAF, I would say that you absolutely should sign up for support. AWS Support is excellent and they can help you in a really good way to solve your issues.
DevOps
Aval Digital LabsFinancial Services, 201-500 employees
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) 9.0
Based on 2 answers
F5 Advanced Firewall Manager has been a solid, strong solution to both keep our systems safe and being seamless for our end users. Most of the time, the end-user is not impacted and does not even know F5 Advanced Firewall Manager is running which is exactly what we are looking for.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employeesAlternatives Considered
AWS WAF
We evaluated Imperva, but we were more convinced with AWS WAF because of the better pricing model, ease of deployment as we were already using the AWS platform which helping in ease of integration. The technical support for AWS WAF seemed to be better as they had better understanding of the overall system and architecture of the product, which helped us in getting a problem solved that was encountered while using AWS WAF. The amount of documentation and helpful material available online for AWS WAF made it the first choice for us to select this product over Imperva.

Verified User
Engineer in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesF5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
Both F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager] and Radware require training as they are not easy to use. But Radware uses some configuration that needs deep learning and proper labs. From an admin's perspective, Configuration and management for F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager are] less. Also, the cost of implementing F5 [BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager] is lesser than that of Radware Alteon.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 10,001+ employeesReturn on Investment
AWS WAF
- Our applications are less exposed to cyber attacks, which prevents them from getting out of control and consume much more resources than they should.
- Saved us money by preventing attacks.
- The traffic control is much more bearable.
- App development is safer.
Software Developer
iModulesComputer Software, 51-200 employees
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
- Easy maintenance reduces support hours.
- Consistent experience reduces user learning curve.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees