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We performed a comparison between Azure Front Door and F5 Advanced WAF based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Azure Front Door vs. F5 Advanced WAF Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Has a great application firewall and we like the security.""I am impressed with the tool's integrations.""The most valuable feature is that you can implement resources globally. It does not depend on location and ability or something like that. This is to connect clients around the world.""Rules Engine is a valuable feature.""You can assign as many web application firewall policies as you want to the same instance of Front Door.""I particularly appreciate its load-balancing capabilities as it allows us to manage multiple instances and support a global presence effectively.""It inspects the traffic at the network level before it comes into Azure. We can do SSL offloading, and it can detect abnormalities before the traffic comes into the application. It can be used globally and is easy to set up. It is also quite stable and scalable.""The solution is good."

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"Provides good protection from attacks.""The most valuable feature is artificial intelligence and to get extra internal access.""It can scale.""It's flexible and powerful, and the users can input their own rules to the system.""Identification, ease of use, and ease of modifying it to most of our needs are valuable.""We can monitor IP locations, but we have constraints from each country. It has a replication feature. Licenses can be shared, taking turns with each license.""Good technology for mitigating different application attacks, e.g. DDoS, DNS, and layer seven attacks.""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."

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Cons
"It lacks sufficient functionality.""This is a relatively expensive solution.""I'm responsible for the governance and cost control of Azure. I'm not a specialist in any products and therefore I couldn't really speak effectively to features that are lacking or missing.""My suggestion for improvement would be to enhance the Data Export feature to include specific tables, particularly the Azure Diagnostics table.""The user interface needs improvement as it is difficult to create the mapping to link the problem with your private address sources.""The product needs to improve its latency.""There is room for improvement and they're working on it.""There's a limitation on the amount of global rules we can add."

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"We get false positives sometimes.""The administrator's user interface and some of the settings can sometimes be very complicated to understand.""The BNS module needs improvement.""The solution should include RASP for another level of protection at the code itself.""You have to buy another module with an extra license, to have the authentication feature.""The deployment side is quite complex.""The overall price of F5 Advanced WAF could improve.""The reporting portion of F5 Advance WAF is not great. They need to work out something better, as it is very basic. You only see the top IPs, I think there is more they can offer."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is on a pay-as-you-go basis."
  • "The solution is a bit expensive."
  • "The product is expensive."
  • "The pricing of the solution is good."
  • "The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier."
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  • "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:We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the… more »
    Top Answer:The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier. However, we acknowledge that this pricing reflects additional features and capabilities.
    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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    Also Known As
    Azure Front-Door
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    Overview

    Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global edge network to create fast, secure, and widely scalable web applications. With Front Door, you can transform your global consumer and enterprise applications into robust, high-performing personalized modern applications with contents that reach a global audience through Azure.

    To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

    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.

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    MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank
    Top Industries
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    Manufacturing Company33%
    Computer Software Company33%
    Comms Service Provider22%
    Healthcare Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government7%
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Computer Software Company27%
    Non Tech Company7%
    Media Company7%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Government7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business46%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Azure Front Door vs. F5 Advanced WAF
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Azure Front Door vs. F5 Advanced WAF and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Azure Front Door is ranked 8th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 10 reviews while F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 3rd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 53 reviews. Azure Front Door is rated 8.8, while F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Front Door writes " An easy -to-setup stable solution that enables implementing resources globally and has a good technical support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". Azure Front Door is most compared with Amazon CloudFront, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Cloudflare, Akamai and Azure Web Application Firewall, whereas F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Imperva Web Application Firewall, AWS WAF and Barracuda Web Application Firewall. See our Azure Front Door vs. F5 Advanced WAF report.

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