We performed a comparison between AWS WAF and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, AWS WAF has a slight edge over Microsoft Azure Application Gateway. Our reviewers found Microsoft to have challenges with stability, scalability, and support.
"If hackers try to insert bugs, the tool blocks it."
"It is a one-click WAF with no effort needed."
"We preferred the product based on its cost. AWS WAF is an out-of-the-box solution and integrates with the AWS services that we use. It's natively integrated with AWS."
"What I like best about AWS WAF is that it's a simple tool, so I could understand the basics of AWS WAF in two to three hours."
"The most valuable feature is the addition of managed tools that help us create customizable rules. In case we want to block a particular request, we can make use of those rules."
"Rule groups are valuable."
"The customized billing is the most valuable feature."
"The access instruction feature is the most valuable. This is what we use the most."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is traffic management."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is its ease of use."
"The solution provides great automation and it is easy to upgrade service."
"Some of the key features of this solution are the low-level maintenance required, floating proxy service, and load balancing."
"We find it valuable because it is compatible with our existing Azure solution."
"The health probe is pretty good for your backend health. It tells you whether it's communicating and talking to the endpoint correctly. It is quite useful."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"The technical support does not respond to bugs in the coding of the product."
"We have issues with reporting, troubleshooting, and analytics. AWS WAF needs to bring costs down."
"This solution could be improved if the configuration steps were more specific to WAF, compared to other cloud services."
"For now, there is no feature to protect against attack of the bad bots"
"One area for improvement in AWS WAF could be the limitation on the number of rules, particularly those from third-party sources, within the free tier."
"When users choose the free service, there isn't great support available to them."
"We don't have much control over blocking, because the WAF is managed by AWS."
"The solution should identify why it blocks particular websites."
"The product's performance should be better."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved. Right now, it's a bit expensive."
"The tool is a pain to deal with when it comes to the area of configuration."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high. The solution should offer different pricing systems."
"For the first-time user, it is difficult to understand so the user-interface needs to be improved."
"We have encountered some issues with automatic redirection and cancellation, leading to 502 and 504 gateway errors. So, I experienced some trouble with containers."
"Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port."
"One of the challenges we faced was the solution does not support any other PCP protocols apart from HTTP and HTTPS."
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AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 3rd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 40 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, Azure Front Door, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and HAProxy. See our AWS WAF vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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