Rencore Code (SPCAF) vs. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

For Microsoft shops that are doing custom development on the Microsoft cloud platform in Office 365 and Azure, the Rencore toolset is an absolute must, especially if you are involved in converting farm solutions to cloud, or just moving into cloud development for the first time.

Cloud Bot defense is great for protecting all cloud assets. It is near impossible to have employees monitor these resources each and every second of the day. Criminals do not sleep, so why should our defenses? Having the bots monitoring gives round-the-clock protection and security.

Incentivized

• Unique expert knowledge of their target platforms. Not many companies have such a unique position in their target market. Their employees have a deep understanding of SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure and also regularly advise Microsoft on these matters.
• Community involvement and contribution to open source projects. Key employees at Rencore are considered thought leaders in their area of expertise and contribute to high profile Microsoft open source initiatives.
• Rencore's unique position when it comes to code quality analysis in the SharePoint space sets it apart. There's really no alternative.
• Platform governance is another Rencore strength. No other product provides the insights into your SharePoint Online environment with full auditing of not only configuration changes but also who changed which code where and when. Again no alternatives exist.

• Strong anti-bot protection against middle-level threats
• Analysis and alerting on known problem areas
• Customer support - before and after installation, [F5] Shape [Security] has supported us actively to see the product realize value.

• Rencore's product line is of course still a bit of a niche: SharePoint code quality is not something every organization on the planet is concerned with - although Rencore does much more than that.
• We feel Rencore's marketing efforts are mainly targeted at technologists. There's a lot of other potential, especially for their platform governance product.

• It can be optimized to be more user-friendly. Right now it takes a little time and more training to understand things, but if it can have the self-reveal video it can improve the quality of the product.

Incentivized

Rencore support is unbeatable

Support is quick to respond. They help guide you through any issues you have and ensure everything has been resolved before disconnecting. Wait times can vary, but it depends on the time of day. Eventually, excellent support is reached, and you can learn a few things from them as well.

Incentivized

I don't know of any products that compete in the space and if there were any, they would not stand a chance against Rencore. Behind any good product is a team of highly skilled individuals, who all have the same goal, who are passionate what they do and lastly, are in it for the betterment of where they started; As Developers themselves. You can't buy that

For the support, security and supporting for the customers

Incentivized

• The clear impact was the amount of time saved code reviewing or going through lines of code marked off by other tools that are not relevant. We cannot put a number on it since the project started off with the tool in place but based on the rules applied it could be as high as 20% of the project time.

• Ease to identify and mitigate malicious bots.
• It protects our organization web applications and networks against bot attacks.
• Save operations time and cost.