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.
"AWS WAF is something that someone from a cloud background or cloud security background leverages. If they want to natively use a solution in the cloud, AWS WAF comes in handy. It's very useful for that, and the way we can fine-tune the WAF rules is also nice."
"We can host any DB or application on the solution."
"The most valuable features of AWS WAF are its cloud-native and on-demand."
"AWS WAF is very easy to use and configure on AWS."
"The agility is great for us in terms of cloud services in general."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability because it automatically scales up or scales down as per our requirements."
"The product's initial setup phase was very simple."
"Rule groups are valuable."
"Some of the key features of this solution are the low-level maintenance required, floating proxy service, and load balancing."
"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."
"It has a filter available, although we are not currently using it because it is not part of our requirements. But it is a good option and when it becomes part of our requirements we will definitely use it."
"The simplicity of the solution and its ability to integrate easily with others are its most valuable aspects."
"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 most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is its ease of use."
"The solution was very easy to configure. It wasn't hard at all to adjust it to our needs."
"The most valuable feature is WAF."
"It will be helpful if the product recommends rules that we can implement."
"On the UI side, I would like it if they could bring back the geolocation view on the corner."
"There is room for improvement in pricing."
"The technical support does not respond to bugs in the coding of the product."
"In a future release I would like to see automation. There's no interaction between the applications and that makes it tedious. We have to do the preparation all over again for each of our other applications."
"The product could be improved by expanding the weightage units of rules."
"It's a bit difficult to apply the right rules for the right security."
"The user experience, the interface, is lacking. Sometimes it's hard to find certain areas that it has alerted on."
"The product could be easier to use and implement."
"The tool is a pain to deal with when it comes to the area of configuration."
"The security of the product could be adjusted."
"Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved. Right now, it's a bit expensive."
"For the first-time user, it is difficult to understand so the user-interface needs to be improved."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's first deployment is complex. It needs to improve its pricing."
"The support can be improved when you are configuring the system rules. The Disaster Recovery feature can be added in the next release. The price of the solution can be reduced a bit."
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AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 51 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.2, 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, Imperva Web Application Firewall, F5 Advanced WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with Azure Front Door, Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and HAProxy. See our AWS WAF vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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