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436 views|346 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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12,122 views|9,561 comparisons
97% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Airlock and F5 Advanced WAF based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Our customers are more than satisfied with the user experience provided by the product."

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"The initial setup was was easy to install.""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.""With F5 Advanced WAF, it was protection for online publications and for our customers that caused us to choose the platform.""F5 technical support is excellent. They are experts who always provide the right solution, and they understand the problem. Their response and resolution times are good.""It's scalable and very easy to manage.""Very easy to implement and works well.""In terms of F5 Advanced WAF's most valuable features, I would definitely say its stability. F5 is one the most stable products. Either as the load balancer or the web application firewall, it is very stable.""Identification, ease of use, and ease of modifying it to most of our needs are valuable."

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Cons
"The tool must be simplified."

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"F5 Advanced WAF could improve the reporting. It's a bit difficult to populate, them. If you're not so familiar with the functions, such as where to find the logs and other settings.""The deployment side is quite complex.""There is a learning curve that extends the time of implementation.""The solution should include RASP for another level of protection at the code itself.""The delay times on firmware patches and software updates could be better and improved.""They should work on the virtualization of NGINX.""The BIG-IQ is supposed to centralize the management for all of the boxes but it's not very effective.""This solution can be made more user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing is too high."
  • "I think the price is very high."
  • "After buying the program, you just pay for the support every year."
  • "Licensing fees for this solution are paid on a yearly basis."
  • "It's more expensive than other solutions and depending on the modules, there can be additional fees."
  • "F5 bundles up services and the bundle is what you pay for rather than individual components."
  • "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."
  • "There are various plans available for Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF as a Service, including a trial version."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Our customers are more than satisfied with the user experience provided by the product.
    Top Answer:The tool is cheap. We are protecting very sensitive portals. We didn't have a single incident for the last 15 years.
    Top Answer:The tool must be simplified. However, if it is simplified, it will lose its competitive edge. The solution requires advanced administrators. However, it has endless features. It would be good if it… more »
    Top Answer:F5's user-friendly interface and seamless integration stand out as the most valuable features for us.
    Top Answer:The customer service could be improved.
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    436
    Comparisons
    346
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    1
    Average Words per Review
    442
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    10.0
    Views
    12,122
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    22
    Average Words per Review
    415
    Rating
    8.6
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    Airlock Suite
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    Overview

    The problem of internet security is almost as old as the internet itself. But there is a reliable solution: Airlock Suite from Ergon. Airlock Suite is underpinned by superb Swiss engineering expertise, many years of experience and well thought-out concepts that master the most complex challenges. Airlock Suite deals with the issues of filtering and authentication in one complete and coordinated solution - setting new standards for usability and services.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Raiffeisen, SGKB, Generali, Visana
    MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government10%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company25%
    Non Tech Company6%
    Media Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    April 2024
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    Airlock is ranked 22nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 1 review while F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews. Airlock is rated 10.0, while F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Airlock writes "Provides endless features and can be adapted to every single application that exists in the world". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". Airlock is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and HUMAN BotGuard for Applications, whereas F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM).

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