Azure Web Application Firewall Reviews

We are using the solution for filtering the web application traffic.

It's based on the matrix configured by the application server. That traffic will be filtered based on incoming traffic. It'll transfer the outgoing traffic to the endpoint.

We're just monitoring post-configuration. The monitoring is good. It was pretty much issue-free.

It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products. 

The initial setup is very easy.

It's scalable.

Technical support is helpful.

This is a trustworthy product. Microsoft is well-known and respected around the world.

There are a lot of features, including features for standard and premium deployments. Small businesses can use the product and easily move up as they grow.

I haven't had any issues and can't speak to any areas needed for improvement. 

From a reporting perspective, they could do more there. They could make the reporting features more robust. 

I've used the solution for just over four and a half years. 

The solution has been very stable. There are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. We've never had any type of technical challenge. 

We currently have a 15-memebr team using the solution and handling the monitoring. That's for a specific project. We use it every day.

We can scale the solution up and down according to our needs. It's an easy license for scaling. 

The technical support is knowledgeable. They are professional and personal as well. They check in and call and give us good support. We're in India, and sometimes we get another Indian tech and we can speak in our native language as well, which is helpful. It helps to discuss things in our own language as it helps us understand the challenges we are facing better. 

Positive

I've never used a different WAF solution. I've only really used Microsoft products over the course of my career. 

The solution is very straightforward and simple. It's not overly complex. I'd rate the ease of setup a five out of five.

I don't deal with the pricing of the cost of the solution. I'm not sure how the licensing works. 

We're Microsoft partners. 

I'd recommend the solution as it is easy to understand and easy to integrate. It's very stable and we trust it as a recognized Microsoft product.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

I'm doing a demo of Azure Web Application Firewall for layer 7 protection of the tools I offer to my e-commerce customers. 

Azure WAF has price advantages over other WAF solutions. The pricing model is flexible because you pay on a scale based on the level of protection you need.  

In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud.  However, it isn't common.

Azure WAF is scalable. I have some customers that deploy applications in the cloud with challenging workloads.

Support varies depending on your level. Some of our customers have the highest level of support while others have only standard support. We haven't had a problem getting support when needed. If a customer wants a new SLA, we can talk about it, but I think the basic support is fine. Microsoft response times are decent. 

I also use Palo Alto and SonicWall.

Setting up Azure WAF isn't difficult. It took about one or two hours. The interface is intuitive. 

In Brazil, they offer decent terms for contracts with large enterprises, so I think the price is reasonable. 

I rate Azure Web Application Firewall eight out of 10. It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn. It's cloud-based, so you don't need to buy or maintain any hardware infrastructure. 

I can set up a defense in the cloud that supplements my on-premise infrastructure from Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc. You already have a platform as a service or services you can add on and configure. 

We use this solution as a reverse proxy and for log analytics of the workspace.

One of the past organizations we have worked for was able to get up to approximately 400,000 users. It was a huge use case with this solution and was successful.

We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation.

The support for proxy forwarding could improve.

I have been using this solution for approximately six years.

The stability is really good.

The scalability is good. However, this depends on how many subscriptions you have and how many you can actually deploy. We have a workaround for our architecture to scale up, we do not have a problem at this time.

We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft, we have never had an issue with the technical support.

The initial setup is very easy.

The price of the solution depends on your architecture and how you manage it. You can control the cost in Azure quite well. The costs do not directly correlate to expenses in the features we are using.

When using other solutions there can be many complications when integrating. I would definitely prefer only Azure native solutions.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Azure Web Application Firewall a nine out of ten.

Our primary use cases of this solution are mainly for UPII, DDoS phishing and spam. This is the first VAP solution that I've used. I'm group CIO and we are customers of Azure. 

The solution has good dashboards.

I think deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it. I also have concerns about the impact of the firewall on performance. I haven't fully experienced the solution yet, but it's an issue with every firewall and something that needs to be evaluated. 

I've only been using this solution for a couple of weeks. 

The solution is stable but having not used it for very long, there might be issues with how it pushes back on performance. We'll have to wait and see. For now, it's stable. 

I haven't had any issues with technical support. 

For now, we have a prime account. We have to see what pricing will be based on what we deploy and how it's done. A regular license fee looks better than AWS just in terms of simplicity.

I evaluated Symantec to see how they use machine learning and the loss created from the logs. 

One should be cautious when comparing it with a third party that's more into AI and machine learning. It's important to study the solution and its governance.

I rate the solution eight out of 10.