A10 Thunder TPS vs Nexusguard DDoS Protection comparison

A10 Networks and Nexusguard are both solutions in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category. A10 Networks is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.3, while Nexusguard is ranked #10 with an average rating of 10.0. A10 Networks holds a 2.0% mindshare in DDOS, compared to Nexusguard’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of A10 Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nexusguard users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

A10 Thunder TPS and Nexusguard DDoS Protection are competing products in the DDoS mitigation category. While A10 Thunder TPS excels in ease of deployment and customer support, Nexusguard is favored for its advanced features, appealing to those in need of a comprehensive solution despite potential higher costs.

Features: A10 Thunder TPS integrates robustly with existing systems and provides advanced threat intelligence, focusing on high-capacity traffic management with rapid attack mitigation. In contrast, Nexusguard leverages a global threat detection network and emphasizes ease of scalability with cloud-based protection, ensuring seamless and flexible solutions. Nexusguard's adaptable cloud infrastructure distinguishes it from A10’s hardware-based offerings.

Room for Improvement: A10 Thunder TPS could enhance its cloud capabilities for users preferring non-hardware solutions. More intuitive user interfaces and automation features can streamline its deployment process. Additionally, expanding integration with third-party tools might enhance its flexibility. Nexusguard could work on reducing initial setup costs and improving transparency around service performance metrics. Enhancing customizability for diverse threat environments and increasing on-premise options might attract a broader user base.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nexusguard offers straightforward cloud-based deployment, which allows for rapid implementation and easy scalability, backed by strong customer service. A10 Thunder TPS, though comprehensive, often involves intricate on-premise installations that require more technical management. However, A10 is recognized for its responsive customer support and technical expertise.

Pricing and ROI: A10 Thunder TPS provides a competitive pricing model with significant long-term ROI due to its hardware investment and lower ongoing costs. Nexusguard, with potentially higher initial expenses for its cloud-based solutions, offers long-term ROI rooted in service flexibility and reduced need for hardware updates. This creates a notable difference where A10 is more cost-effective for organizations leaning towards hardware investments, whereas Nexusguard's upfront cost is counterbalanced by its scalable and adaptable service model.

To learn more, read our detailed A10 Thunder TPS vs. Nexusguard DDoS Protection Report (Updated: June 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

A10 Thunder TPS

Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nexusguard DDoS Protection

Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

10th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of A10 Thunder TPS is 2.0%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nexusguard DDoS Protection is 1.8%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

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RonaldoDE Melo

Sales Account Executive at L8 Group

Useful for protecting and supporting users against attacks

One problem for me with A10 Thunder TPS is that the box comes from another country in Brazil. In the tool, there is no one key to block it. For example, in F5 Networks, we have a key. If you try to buy another box from Huawei or from F5 and try to enable them in A10 Thunder TPS, you need a key to do it. The problem here is when you buy another box from A10, they want to put Thunder TPS to run, and it works okay, after which we cannot block it for another solution to be used, which is a problem for me where improvements are needed.

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ShashikaKodikara

Head of Cybersecurity at Technovage Solution

A solution requiring straightforward maintenance while remaining cost-effective compared to its competitors in the market

I am not in a position to speak about the areas where the solution needed improvement because I resigned during the implementation phase. At that time, the implementation was ongoing, and everything seemed to be going well. Using the solution, our team managed to transfer a couple of routers through a few areas. However, I believe the migration is still ongoing. Nonetheless, the first phase of the implementation was successful before my departure. There was a certain level of performance degradation in the solution, which I don't know if it can be tuned. This is because I was working for a short period on the solution. In my experience, it is an area that can be improved while also considering the stability and scalability aspects of the solution. If one wants to scale up, then one needs to change their plan. However, the thing is, one can always go for the larger scale based on one's anticipation of future traffic.

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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

"I had a rather positive experience with A10 Networks Support Service."

"We selected the solution because of its programmable automated defense using RESTful API. We didn't want to connect to the box. We wanted to be able to do some automation. We wanted to have our own portal because we wanted to connect our customers to our own UI using the A10 API. It has been good and exactly what we need."

"The solution is easy to use and implement in terms of operations."

"The solution's support is one of the coolest things about the product. I"

"The response time to an attack is instant. We've used some outsourced solutions in the past, out in the cloud, that weren't so quick. But it's all within our control now. We control how fast it mitigates."

"The product's initial setup phase is very simple."

"They give us the ability to configure many features for DDoS. There are many items that we can use."

"Based on previous equipment that we had, it's amazing that this device can do what it can do in a 1U form factor. The devices that we have right now have never gone over capacity and we've actually mitigated some pretty large attacks."

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"Based on the support received for implementation, I rate the solution's technical support a nine out of ten."

"Filters can be customized depending on the characteristics of the attack traffic. This feature has made it easier for Nexusguard's SOC team to further isolate any specific attack that can't be blocked by pre-configured mitigation."

"The support team was helpful."

"The managed service allows us to confidently rely on Nexusguard’s professional team to take relevant actions as and when required to make sure DDoS attacks are successfully mitigated, ensuring 100% uptime of our service."

"Cloud Diversion is another good feature packaged with the whole solution. When attack traffic is detected, Cloud Diversion triggers to automatically route our prefix to Nexusguard’s scrubbing center, ensuring that all attack traffic is dropped in the shortest time possible."

Cons

"They have a cloud scrubbing feature that redirects the traffic if the on-prem appliance can't accommodate a large amount of traffic but it's not available where we are."

"The solution needs improvement in terms of fail-open."

"The upgrade process for the boxes is not efficient. We have to go through the A10 aGalaxy where we have issues, like timeouts. They told me it was fixed in the latest version, but I tried to do it on the Portal and it is not working all the time."

"The problem here is when you buy another box from A10, they want to put Thunder TPS to run, and it works okay, after which we cannot block it for another solution to be used, which is a problem for me where improvements are needed."

"The last issue we had to contact them about was just a question of a false-positive. The A10 system wasn't supposed to decide what is a false-positive. So if we send it good traffic, it's supposed to just pass that good traffic through. But we opened this last ticket because the A10 did block some of the good traffic. Their support had to tweak it a little bit, but it wasn't anything that took a long time."

"I had issues with the user interface because, when putting settings up, the system asked me for strange things like virtual local networks that I didn't create."

"Its documentation could be better."

"The solution is a little expensive."

More A10 Thunder TPS cons

"The solution must provide features for the post-processing of the traffic type and the traffic quality."

"The mitigation scope of Origin Protection is not fully efficient as there could be delays in activating the countermeasures."

"There was a certain level of performance degradation in the solution, which I don't know if it can be tuned...In my experience, it is an area that can be improved while also considering the stability and scalability aspects of the solution."

"One thing that we would like to improve from them is to provide more training to SOC team for them to have a deep understanding of the solution so that they would always be ready to answer anything without the need to escalate queries to senior personnel."

"One of the features that should be added to the next release is report generation. Currently, reports can be downloaded every month and are only available at the beginning of each month. It would be nice to generate the reports based on specific dates that we prefer and not have to wait until the next month for the current month’s report."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing was much higher with Arbor (APS) for the same type of solution."

"The financials are always a challenge with this type of technology. That's not really a product-functionality thing but it's the area where we push A10 the most."

"Pricing is very reasonable."

"The tool is expensive. If one is low price and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as a ten."

"We did a price survey, and compared to other solutions, A10 Thunder TPS wasn't cheap."

"We may need to pay fifty percent more if we purchase other solutions. For the payments made to A10 Thunder TPS, we have received three-year support."

"We had a customer who was down for six hours and the loss of revenue for him was three times the price he was paying for us per year. The customer just said, "I don't care about paying you because on only one attack I saved money. It's three times better than losing money.""

"On a scale of one to ten, where one represents a cheap option, and ten represents an expensive option, I would rate the solution a seven in terms of cost."

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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider

34%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

31%

Media Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about A10 Thunder TPS?

The most valuable feature of A10 Thunder TPS is load balancing.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for A10 Thunder TPS?

I have not seen specific prices, like $10,000 or $20,000. A frustrating aspect is the lack of demo versions. The vendor insists on commercial licenses despite requests for demo licenses. The global...

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What needs improvement with A10 Thunder TPS?

I had issues with the user interface because, when putting settings up, the system asked me for strange things like virtual local networks that I didn't create. For example, I set an NTP server, an...

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What do you like most about Nexusguard?

The support team was helpful.

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What needs improvement with Nexusguard?

The solution must provide features for the post-processing of the traffic type and the traffic quality.

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What advice do you have for others considering Nexusguard DDoS Protection?

Our traffic is not that high. There haven’t been any huge attacks that the solution has solved or protected us from. It produces some alerts, but alerts can be subjective. The tools get the statist...

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Overview

The Thunder TPS is a family of high-performance DDoS defense solutions that detect and mitigate multi-vector DDoS attacks. Unlike traditional DDoS defenses that leave a wake of collateral damage against users, Thunder TPS applies a source-based defense-in-depth mitigation pipeline. This multimodal defense that includes actionable DDoS weapons intelligence, operator definable adaptive policies, and machine learning-powered Zero-Day Automated Protection (ZAP) blocks attackers while protecting real users.

The Thunder TPS is uniquely suited for communication service providers, online gaming, and enterprise network operators who protect large networks and need compact solutions with faster response from a fully automated, zero-touch defense during an attack.

A10 Networks

Founded in 2008, Nexusguard is the global leader in fighting malicious internet attacks. Nexusguard protects clients against a multitude of threats, including distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, to ensure uninterrupted internet service. Nexusguard provides comprehensive, highly customized solutions for customers of all sizes, across a range of industries, and also enables turnkey anti-DDoS solutions for service providers. Nexusguard delivers on its promise to maximize peace of mind by minimizing threats.

Nexusguard’s purpose-built DDoS Protection platform is comprised of three pillars:

Application Protection
Nexusguard Application Protection mitigates all types of DDoS attacks and cyber threats, delivering maximum uptime to organizations with an online presence. Our solutions are secure, reliable, customizable, and backed by enterprise grade SLAs.

Origin Protection
Nexusguard Origin Protection secures all backend network elements, including the origin of applications, network infrastructure, and the backend IPs typically associated with proxy solutions. It is highly suitable for organizations that cannot afford any downtime of assets running their own network.

DNS Protection
Nexusguard DNS Protection protects mission-critical online services from DNS attacks. Our dedicated, fully redundant network of globally distributed proxy servers resolves every incoming DNS query quickly and reliably, ensuring your DNS server is protected from both internal and external attacks.

Visit www.nexusguard.com for more information.

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Sample Customers

DDoS defense solution trusted for more than 200 service providers, online gaming, and enterprises including; Bungie, Comcast, KDDI Corporation, Leaseweb, Microsoft Azure, NTT Docomo, Softbank, Turkcell Superonline, Verizon and more.

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