We performed a comparison between Azure DDoS Protection and F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Azure DDoS Protection is that it performs well."
"Azure DDoS Protection offers superior protection against denial-of-service attacks."
"This solution is the best option for us because we use a lot of Microsoft products. So, it is easy for us to deploy or integrate any features or products."
"DDoS Protection is simple to deploy and integrates seamlessly with the Azure environment. Ease of deployment is a crucial feature for us."
"The most important feature is that the solution continuously monitors traffic by inbuilt rules to identify preconfigured attacks."
"I like the user interface, documentation, and support. Azure DDoS Protection is one of the most valuable solutions for any endpoint that is publicly reachable through the internet. It will automatically secure all your endpoints from third-party attacks, cyber attacks, or phishing attacks."
"The product’s most valuable features are LTM and WAF."
"Its performance and ease of use are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that the blocking of IP's."
"We use three main features. The first one is access control. The second feature we use is called IP intelligence. Finally, we have a DDoS safety feature."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is the iRules where I can customize the configuration."
"The solution is easily deployable and has great functionality."
"This product excells in every aspect from installation and the interface to providing superior network security."
"The product helps us provide security validation by protecting various applications from getting hacked."
"The reporting aspect and dashboard management monitoring need improvement."
"Sometimes, it is hard for our staff to keep track of changes (in the GUI) between different projects, because there are constant changes. As a result, it is hard to manage, recall, and see all the features because they have been moved from one place to another."
"Azure DDoS Protection could improve on the reporting."
"The implementation of Azure DDoS Protection results in a decrease in our bandwidth capacity and should be optimized to reduce resource consumption."
"The visibility could be better. We would like to have better metrics, so we could see all the information in a central place."
"The UI needs to be improved."
"The solution doesn't really meet our requirements for an edge firewall."
"We would have preferred to have support when we first started"
"The pricing of the solution could be a little bit better."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's pricing and technical support services need improvement."
"F5 BIG-IP AFM can improve the reporting interface in relation to advanced troubleshooting depending on CLI. They should have enhanced troubleshooting with the use of GUI."
"Currently, we have eighty F5s and we need some kind of management software. It would be very helpful."
"Some spam can go by the firewall."
"F5 could provide a distributed cloud version."
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Azure DDoS Protection is ranked 9th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 6 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews. Azure DDoS Protection is rated 8.6, while F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure DDoS Protection writes "It's simple to deploy and integrates seamlessly with the Azure environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". Azure DDoS Protection is most compared with Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, AWS Shield, Cloudflare and Arbor DDoS, whereas F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS, AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro. See our Azure DDoS Protection vs. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) report.
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