Why I like F5 Distributed Cloud WAF
March 19, 2026

Why I like F5 Distributed Cloud WAF

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

We currently use F5 Distributed Cloud WAF to protect our external marketing websites. The business problems solved by the F5 Distributed Cloud WAF is it solves us having a way to protect our site against malicious traffic, such as SQL injections, bot attacks, Denial of service etc, while giving us a powerful tool to monitor our web page hits and provide our team an effective measure to ensure we're hitting the mark on providing good security vs. limiting access.

Pros

  • Provides comprehensive security across our hybrid environment
  • Provides great API protection
  • Defense against DDOS

Cons

  • 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.
  • Improved Security Posture and protections
  • Increased up time for customers
  • Lower overhead costs since no hardware required
Yes, it has been helpful to have a service on the front end of our marketing site that could filter traffic before reaching our on prem app servers to process customer data.
F5 continues to be the leader in our mind, offering the most robust and powerful WAF on the market that meets our needs.

Do you think F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)'s feature set?

Yes

Did F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) again?

Yes

I think F5 Distributed Cloud WAF is well suited for multi-cloud/hybrid environments where protecting applications is spared across environments. Also DDOS protection on the edge.

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