F5 Advanced WAF vs The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) comparison

F5 Advanced WAF

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F5 Advanced WAF

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed F5 Advanced WAF vs. The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) Report (Updated: March 2024).

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F5 Advanced WAF vs. The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences)

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Categories and Ranking

F5 Advanced WAF

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

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The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (po...

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

24th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of F5 Advanced WAF is 15.0%, up from 11.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

AhmedIsmael

Network & Telecom Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jun 20, 2022

Combines LTM and ASM in one license

I use F5 Advanced WAF to secure web applications and load balance for connectivity F5 Advanced WAF secures our connectivity and combines both the main functions of WAF (balancing and web application security). F5 Advanced WAF's best feature is that it's a combination of LTM and ASM in one…

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reviewer2161107

Staff Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 6, 2024

Offers Varnish Configuration Language (VCL) and provides enhanced dashboards, making it easy to identify and allow or deny traffic based on the signals it provides

The initial setup was super easy. The migration was super easy. The only part we were missing was China cache. Other than that, it has everything Akamai was providing: image optimization, CDN, WAF, and all the other security aspects. The China cache was the one thing we were missing in Fastly, so we had to do it differently. Deployment was a few weeks for the migration. If you're starting a brand new site, it's straightforward; maybe in a week or two, you can be up and running. But if it's a migration from a different CDN, it would probably take four to six weeks. We wanted to know the caching rules and how teams were doing things differently, so we had each member from the team gather inputs. Then we migrated and started writing the VCL code. It's very little maintenance. But with every draft, you need to periodically check the dashboard for anomalies and take action. Once a month or once a quarter, you need to do that exercise. Moreover, there are a couple of integrations with other observability tools like Datadog and Slack. It's easy to enable access with SSL, Okta, and Flash teams.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product has valuable features for load balancing, monitoring tools, and HPXpress services."

"I like the security features, especially against SQL injection."

"The solution isn't too expensive. The license allows you to license what you need and leave out what you don't need."

"It also has antivirus and DDoS mitigation capabilities. We have enabled these features."

"The valuable features vary from customers to customers. Some customers are okay with the basic features of the WAF, and some customers use advanced WAF with a few other features."

"The most valuable features of F5 Advanced WAF are the security features and the protection."

"F5 Advanced WAF has very good stability and scalability. Its initial setup was straightforward."

"It is also quite intuitive and user-friendly. They have several webinars that are actually like labs. You can use these webinars to learn about how to use all features of the product."

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"Fastly (Signal Sciences) integrates and tags the intermittent traffic based on patterns. It generates signals and provides them in a dashboard where we can view them and decide whether to allow or deny traffic. It's a more advanced and easy-to-navigate dashboard."

"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily."

"When configuring a web application firewall using Signal Sciences, we configure a rule whereby no one except a few people can access the application."

Cons

"They could provide better pricing."

"One area for improvement in the product is its SSO integration, which posed challenges and required significant effort to resolve."

"The accuracy of the automatic learning feature needs improvement."

"There is a gap in report management."

"Scalability could be improved."

"It's sometimes difficult to customize APIs with F5 Advanced WAF."

"The deployment side is quite complex."

"The solution's dashboard could be improved. When you're moving from policy to policy, the logs and the integration of the logs in other systems aren't straightforward."

More F5 Advanced WAF cons

"The areas that could be improved in Signal Sciences include the effectiveness of rules, as many didn't function optimally and required custom rule-writing to address bypasses for WAF."

"Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic."

"Fastly don't support caching for China users. That's the only feature lacking compared to Akamai."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for this solution is higher than average."

"There is a perpetual license that comes with your hardware. There is also an additional fee for support."

"Its price is fair. We have done a couple of deals where they were able to give some kind of discount to the customers. The price was initially high for the customers, but after a couple of negotiations, it came within their budget. They were happy with that."

"A yearly license for F5 Advanced WAF is expensive."

"F5 Advanced WAF technical support comes at a cost, and it's expensive."

"F5 Advanced WAF's pricing is high."

"The cost is slightly above average."

"I don't have any issue with the pricing of this solution."

More F5 Advanced WAF pricing and cost advice

"The pricing is 50% less than Akamai."

"Signal Sciences is pretty cheap compared to other solutions."

"The product has an affordable cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

24%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

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By reviewers

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 Advanced WAF?

It's a fairly easy-to-use and user-friendly tool. My administrators and team also like its ability to customize the rules per the requirements.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 Advanced WAF?

The product is not so expensive. It depends on the assets.

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What needs improvement with F5 Advanced WAF?

The self-service aspect could be improved. The user interface (UI) also seems a bit outdated. Making it more user-friendly would be beneficial.

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What do you like most about Signal Sciences?

The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signal Sciences?

The pricing is 50% less than Akamai.

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What needs improvement with Signal Sciences?

Fastly don't support caching for China users. That's the only feature lacking compared to Akamai.

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Overview

F5 Advanced WAF is a web application security solution for financial and government sectors, e-commerce, and public-facing websites. It offers protection against various attacks, including botnets, web scraping, and foreign entities. The solution can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud and is often used with other security tools. Its most valuable features include DDoS and DNS attack protection, SSL uploading, anomaly detection, and the ability to input custom rules.

F5 Advanced WAF has helped organizations to expose more services to the public while providing an extra layer of protection, preventing revenue loss, and securing connectivity.

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) provides web application and API protection, RASP, rate limiting, bot protection and DDoS purpose built to eliminate the challenges of legacy WAF.

Sample Customers

MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank

Chef, Adobe, Datadog, Etsy, GrubHub, Vimeo, SendGrid, Under Armour, Duo, AppNexus

Buyer's Guide

F5 Advanced WAF vs. The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences)

March 2024

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