API and WAF Under same Platform
March 12, 2026

API and WAF Under same Platform

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

We have Hybrid applications which have both API and WEB traffic on the same channel. So we did use F5 Distributed Cloud API Security and discover for providing more security for API traffic.

Pros

  • API Discovery
  • Crawling
  • App scanning

Cons

  • Integration with onprem
  • Positive impact not looking at other options like No name or Salt Security
I gave F5 Distributed Cloud API Security this usability rating because, in our experience, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security has fixed most of our problems with hybrid applications
  • F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

Do you think F5 Distributed Cloud API Security delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with F5 Distributed Cloud API Security's feature set?

Yes

Did F5 Distributed Cloud API Security live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of F5 Distributed Cloud API Security go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy F5 Distributed Cloud API Security again?

Yes

If asked, I think I am likely to recommend F5 Distributed Cloud API Security to a colleague If you have an Hybrid environment.

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security Feature Ratings

Authentication and Authorization
8
Data Protection
8
Rate Limiting
10
Audit Logging
10
Input Validation
6
Content Filtering
9
Denial of Service (DoS) Protection
7
Security Notification and Alerts
10
API Key Management
9
Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) Protection
10

Comments

More Reviews of F5 Distributed Cloud API Security