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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AF5 Distributed Cloud WAF leverages F5's Advanced WAF technology, delivering WAF-as-a-Service and combining signature- and behavior-based protection for web applications. It acts as an intermediate proxy to inspect application requests and responses to block and mitigate a broad spectrum of risks stemming from the OW ASP Top 10, persistent and coordinated threat campaigns, bots, and layer 7 DoS.N/A

    Volusion

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/AVolusion is a cloud-based ecommerce solution from the company of the same name in Austin, TX. It features an intuitive dashboard, built-in marketing and promos, SEO, templates, and tools to customize look and appearance.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Volusion
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Personal
    $29
    per month
    Pro
    $79
    per month
    Startup
    $179
    per month
    Business
    $299
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Volusion
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Volusion
    Considered Both Products
    F5
    No answer on this topic
    Volusion LLC
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    178 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    158 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    174 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    129 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    142 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Volusion
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) and Volusion
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    3.6
    9 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings4.39 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings4.39 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings4.28 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings3.69 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings1.28 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings4.78 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings3.38 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings2.27 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) and Volusion
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    3.6
    9 Ratings
    72% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings3.67 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings3.79 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) and Volusion
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    4.1
    8 Ratings
    68% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings4.18 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) and Volusion
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    2.6
    9 Ratings
    99% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings4.89 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings1.88 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings1.28 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) and Volusion
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    2.9
    9 Ratings
    94% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings3.69 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings2.28 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings3.08 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings2.67 Ratings
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    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Volusion
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Volusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (180 ratings)
    1.5
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (11 ratings)
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Volusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    It is doing its job effectively, and its scalability is superb. So, if you have a mixed environment with cloud and on-premise systems to protect this product, provide a solution to the challenge. However, its management is more suited to DevOps teams rather than to the ones responsible for on-premise systems, making the management a bit more complex.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    Volusion is a good company if you're starting out. The problem is that, if you want more complexity out of the program, you're kind of stuck. Also the regular time out errors and slow downs can be very frustrating. Packages that miss overnight deadlines because your system stops working can cost you customers. In today's highly competitive market, that's just something that's hard to put up with. If you have a lower volume of business you might be able to work around these issues.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    F5
    • Layer seven attacks are becoming far more common. Traditionally it was always layered three, layer four, where you get an additional firewall, but with the application layer attacks become more frequent, more popular, et cetera. So having the web application firewall protecting us, and then with the recent Log4j, that's the most recent use case when it gave us that instant level of protection whilst we remediated the Log4j that we had that and the F5 Distributed Cloud WAF was protecting us.
    • I have a great relationship with the account manager, my account manager, and I think he drives the best price possible, um, for me, and I'm happy with that price.
    • F5 Distributed Cloud WAF is always innovating and evolving.
    • We run a very competitive proof value where we run numerous competitors against each other, and then we evaluate from that and then make the selection, and F5 Distributed Cloud WAF was the winner.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    • Templates are pre-built for a good end user experience. I've gone through the process of building custom sites as well as tweaking both free and paid templates that Volusion's design team provides.
    • Their support team didn't use to be as helpful, but in recent years have answered nearly all questions I've had. Their support section within the database provides detailed walkthrus as well.
    • Order processing is easy once you've been trained on the system. We got to a point where nearly the entire process was automated from initial purchase through shipping.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    F5
    • Lack of warnings, currently the console does not provide a warning when deleting key-value entry.
    • The web GUI could use some tweaking, currently no undo option when removing exclusion rules.
    • Configuration complexity, currently menus and options are hidden, making it hard to configure vs on prem.
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    Volusion LLC
    • API calls use the previous call as a reference, even if you weren't the one we made the previous call. Can lead to data gaps, so you often have to set a manual date range to look back to make sure you aren't missing any data.
    • Not as customizable as most ecommerce platforms
    • Not as many integration options as most platforms
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    We gave it an 8 because it protects our web apps well and is reliable. The WAF is flexible and meets most of our needs. It could improve in user interface and make integrations easier, but overall, it’s a solid and effective security tool for us.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    When you spend so much time with a product like this and not only have you witnessed its growth, but you almost feel like you are next those that make the decisions of building features a certain way, you can't help but want to stay and be a part of their continued growth. It's simply a great product. Can it improve? By all means! But it will only improve because of users and avid resellers like me.
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    Usability
    F5
    I believe is a solution that was designed from the start to be simple and easy to use. Coming from Imperva, it simply eased the burden and complexity of managing and securing our apps on different environments (cloud and on-prem). It easy to scale and very quick to deploy (as a cloud waf should be), provide us with DevOps integrations, visibility and automatic insights from multiple events that guarantee peace of mind for us analysts and opp managers.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    I know what to do to add a new product, promotion or do an analysis of sales.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    F5
    Seems no issue
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    F5
    Unnoticed slowness
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    F5
    I never contacted support for this product.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    You have to wait on hold for at least 45 minutes every call—the tech support person never knows the answer right away so they put you on 10 minute holds only to come back and say they're still looking for answers. The chat function could take days to get a response. Our "Dedicated Account Manager" never checks in or answers, nor are they ever in the office when we call. It's like they try to be as unavailable as possible until you forget why you even called in the first place. Insane.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    F5
    Online training saves me lots of time
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    F5
    Just make sure you origin servers have F5 IPs allowed.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    It is best to use the built-in features and recommended services for the most turn-key experience (ie. Skipjack for payment processing so that it can all be done from the Volusion backend).
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    The other one that I've used in the past, they're very similar and I haven't used it recently, so I can't do a side-by-side comparison today. But I can say that F5 does everything we want it to do consistent with what this other product did do and it's got enhanced features and of course we have a long history with F5 as a product set in general.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    While k-eCommerce was very glamorous to us because it integrates with our main workflow, it just didn't have some of the marketing features that are so integral to the way we do business online. The set-up costs were also way too high. Volusion is so affordable and feature heavy, it makes it very difficult for any shopping cart provider to compete. You can find others who are competitively priced and have similar features, but they simply aren't as robust (at least for the way we use it)
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    Scalability
    F5
    Dont see any issue so far
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    F5
    • The biggest gain for us was speed. Before F5 Distributed Cloud WAF, onboarding a new app to our WAF stack meant manual rule tuning, traffic sampling and regression testing. Right now, we spin up a service, tag it with the right policy and its ready (production ready) within hours
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    Volusion LLC
    • Honestly, when you're in the dashboard, the UX is simply horrendous. I mean, everything that should be 1-2 clicks away is 4-6 clicks away, and each pages takes at least four seconds to load. You just find yourself wasting a lot of time waiting for things to load. This should be more simple.
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