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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
Score 8.9 out of 10
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F5 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
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Easier to configure
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Leverage all features from F5 Distributed Cloud WAF.
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Ease of use and depth of other integrated offerings
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Pre-Sales Engineer
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It that local Distributor taking care the service and support such as deliver Training, sharing knowledge and introduce the new technology.
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Team Lead
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Basically, Cloudflare is a more economical solution at the level of DNS balancing, easy to use with a few simple clicks and that has gained an advantage in the market, however, compared to F5, it falls short of the entire protection panorama that the solution provides since F5 …
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Project Manager
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F5, unlike other manufacturers, has been characterized by consistently remaining a leader in security, delivering stable, quality products without generating so many false positives. Adding the great support of the staff and expert services that it provides in its products, …
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The F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a top-notch solutions and was easy to implement with the F5 team. The service provided and assistance with implementing the WAF and understanding how to configure it was essential and therefore the service and support …
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ease of use
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Administrator
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XC provides far more visibility and granular control.
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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) Is what solve my security problems
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Engineer
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They are both really seamless and efficient.
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Manager
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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) was an easier implementation than Akamai Bot Manager
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The comprehensive security feature that offers wide range of security features in a single platform like threat detection, bot prevention, granular security policies etc. it also has an extensive automation framework that seemlessly integrates with other components that are …
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Director
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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) is ahead of the competition
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No purchase of additional hardware
Not affected by supply chain issues during the pendemic
Only need to enable the module and purchase of license was required.
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C-Level Executive
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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) stacks up pretty well against the competition as far as feature set is concerned and offers various tiers that make it available for limited budget projects also while offering GDPR compliance with minimum effort. Cloudflare …
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We chose F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) due to competitive pricing, value for money features as well as good after-sales support.
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Manager
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We were using Fred Stack in the past. We currently use Sumo Logic and the like too as well.
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User Ratings
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(51 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
Likelihood to Recommend
F5
So a lot of companies that have a digital side and they have a lot of applications in the cloud, this is one of those areas that it can protect the net so it can lock 'em down, it'll build a baseline so you understand what that application's doing. So if it sees something not normal, it'll get protected against that.
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Jody Hodge
Director of Engineering Solutions
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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.
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Neill Smith
Head of Infrastructure
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Cons
F5
  • So we just had some performance issues when it comes to routing. Because the web application firewall sits in front of our website, which is hosted on-site, we had some trouble with the VGP protocols between the two sites and it took us a while to figure it out. So that is probably one area where we could improve. Otherwise, when it comes to the WAF functionality itself, it's really good.
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Alternatives Considered
F5
Basically, Cloudflare is a more economical solution at the level of DNS balancing, easy to use with a few simple clicks and that has gained an advantage in the market, however, compared to F5, it falls short of the entire protection panorama that the solution provides since F5 does not It's just DNS that goes further and that's where it differentiates and stands out.
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Return on Investment
F5
  • Accelerated time to value as it was a requirement for a workload being provisioned on that cloud
  • As an existing f5 customer, access to their solutions integrator (GridZero) made the sizing, licensing, purchases, and downloading of the software very quick and painless
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