Arbor DDoS vs Radware DefenseFlow comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Arbor DDoS
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Radware DefenseFlow
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
23rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection category, the mindshare of Arbor DDoS is 16.7%, up from 12.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Radware DefenseFlow is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

SB
Aug 3, 2022
A stable solution with good protection against volumetric DDoS attacks
Our company uses a platform to render the solution to our customers and ensure quality service. We build the solution based on our data centers and infrastructure and then deliver an ID appliance to the customer that communicates with our routers and network. The solution provides flow spec…
OM
Feb 9, 2024
A security solution to protect networks with extensive troubleshooting
We have router, which connects to other routers functioning as SDR routers that have BGP sessions with our upstream providers. We installed DefenseFlow on the device and configured it according to our customers' needs. This setup allows traffic to pass through the DefenseFlow and then proceed to the customer's location. Sometimes it blocks traffic, and it's challenging to identify the reason why it's blocking the traffic. We can clearly see that traffic is being dropped because when we configure the whitelist to bypass anything inside the box, the traffic begins to flow, indicating that the traffic was previously dropped. However, there are no traces of this in the logs. This doesn't happen very often, but there have been a couple of instances where we've encountered this situation. It took us few days to properly configure it.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution provides good protection against volumetric DDoS attacks."
"The solution is flexible, easy to implement and has an efficient technical support team."
"I like all the features together as a whole."
"Using standard BGP, NetFlow and SNMP ensure wide compatibility. There are also peering traffic reports that can help identify upstream peering opportunities. The ATLAS aggregation service allows us to contribute to the global DDoS data and benefit from overall trends."
"Valuable features include simple and centralized management of user access and capabilities, as well as Web 2.0 interactive attack alerting, traffic visualization, and mitigation service control."
"Predefined filters/techniques to easily stop the attacks and start mitigation."
"The quality of the technical support provided by Arbor DDoS is premium."
"Our customers are very happy when we provide them with the interface... They can check how many attacks they have faced and how many attacks have been blocked."
"Recently, our company has been facing difficulties due to attacks originating from the Russian Federation. DefenseFlow has proven to be a highly effective solution in protecting our customers."
"The tool's machine learning and artificial intelligence help to prevent attacks by analyzing real-time traffic."
 

Cons

"An improvement would be to provide information on how pricing is done on different customer levels."
"The implementation should be made easier."
"Arbor Pravail APS devices do not sync features or config the backup enough. This needs to be improved."
"If we want to see live traffic, we can see do so. But once an attack that lasts for five minutes is done, the data is no longer there. It would be an improvement if we could see recent traffic in the dashboard. We can check and download live traffic, but a past attack, with all the details, such as why it happened and how to mitigate and prevent such future attacks, would be helpful to see."
"Implementation could be better."
"The product could have end-to-end platform visibility."
"There is some room for AI to take place."
"The following areas need improvement: opening and tracking support tickets, online support resources, software upgrades/updates and replacement media, and event management guidelines."
"Its documentation is not 100% clear, making it the weakest aspect of Radware. We have encountered some difficulties in understanding how to configure it correctly."
"Radware DefenseFlow should add new features and algorithms to make it efficient."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is a little high."
"The solution's pricing is based on a licensing model that is expensive when compared to other tools."
"Our customers always complain about the price of the product."
"It is an expensive product. I use this product for its different features."
"I'm a technical guy. But I know it's expensive compared to its competitors. After you have the on-premise solution, for your solution to be effective you have to subscribe to an "upper level," so there's another cost. There is also a subscription to cloud services, which is another cost."
"The price of this solution is a little high in the African market, it should be lower."
"I don't know about the pricing details as our company's service provider offers us the solution as an inbuilt feature within the internet bandwidth they provide us."
"Start with a small license. Measure your bandwidth requirements."
"I rate Radware DefenseFlow's pricing an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
7%
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Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
I would say if it’s an ISP that will build a scrubbing center, Netscout/Arbor is a good solution. In all other solutions, Imperva is a great choice.
Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Arbor would be the best bid, apart from Arbor, Palo Alto and Fortinet have good solutions. As this is an ISP, I would prefer Arbor.
What do you like most about Arbor DDoS?
The quality of the technical support provided by Arbor DDoS is premium.
What do you like most about Radware DefenseFlow?
Recently, our company has been facing difficulties due to attacks originating from the Russian Federation. DefenseFlow has proven to be a highly effective solution in protecting our customers.
What needs improvement with Radware DefenseFlow?
Its documentation is not 100% clear, making it the weakest aspect of Radware. We have encountered some difficulties in understanding how to configure it correctly.
 

Also Known As

Arbor Networks SP, Arbor Networks TMS, Arbor Cloud for ENT
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