F5 Advanced WAF vs Reblaze - part of Link11 comparison

F5 Advanced WAF

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Reblaze - part of Link11

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F5 Advanced WAF

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and Reblaze - part of Link11 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 F5 Advanced WAF vs. Reblaze - part of Link11 Report (Updated: July 2024).

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F5 Advanced WAF vs. Reblaze - part of Link11

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Categories and Ranking

F5 Advanced WAF

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Reblaze - part of Link11

Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

23rd

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (20th), Bot Management (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of F5 Advanced WAF is 14.8%, up from 11.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Reblaze - part of Link11 is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Unique Categories:

No other categories found

Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

0.6%

Featured Reviews

Phani Sundar Mandarapu

Enterprise Architect at Collins Aerospace

Apr 3, 2024

Efficiently protect web servers exposed to the external network and robust stability

Primarily, the Advanced WAF sits behind our network perimeter. It centralizes traffic flow to our network, filters requests, and identifies any potential threats It helps us detect threats or malicious requests coming into the network, protecting it from being hacked. It helps guard against…

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Shivendra S.

Senior Director of Engineering - Information Security at Apna

Jun 27, 2023

Offers flexibility with a kill switch for bypassing Reblaze if needed and provides a reliable Layer 7 defense against attacks

There is still some room for improvement when it comes to bot management from Reblaze because they are relatively new compared to other vendors in the town. AWS WAF, the Web Application Firewall from AWS, has a vast database of bad IP addresses due to its long-standing presence in this business. Reblaze, being a new entrant, is still building its database of bad IP addresses and malicious systems. So, Reblaze needs to work on that aspect. But other than that, I don't think scaling Reblaze has been an issue. There were some initial glitches, but they were all sorted out. So currently, I would say that the bot management and the database are areas they should focus on for further improvement.

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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

"The solution isn't too expensive. The license allows you to license what you need and leave out what you don't need."

"This solution inspects your traffic and based on that, automatically create distinct qualities for you, so you can add this to the policy already created. That's what I like most."

"The anti-bot protection is the solution's most valuable feature. Safe-guard or credential staffing are also useful features."

"Very easy to implement and works well."

"F5 Advanced WAF secures our connectivity and combines both the main functions of WAF (balancing and web application security)."

"The best solution for WAF."

"The solution's most valuable features include application DDoS protection, bot blocking, and HTTP header verifications."

"The support experience is better than average."

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"Provides mobile app security."

"It is a highly resilient product that can handle significantly larger workloads and high volumes of traffic with ease."

"The best thing about Reblaze, for us, is that it has been a game changer because previously, we were using Google's Web Application Firewall, but it wasn't up to the mark."

"The real-time monitoring and reporting are very good. There are information updates in their portal every two minutes. They also have the ability to spill it into Sumo Logic, for example. It's very easy to use."

"We like the website protection. It's really good. The dashboard is really simple to use."

"I very much like the elastic search and reports, allowing us to have a 360-degree view of the customer's activities and enabling us to track down any suspicious bots."

"The main feature is using the rules and being able to see the traffic. It helps us find malicious traffic."

"Reblaze knows how to manage security. For me as, someone who knows little about security, it's good that I have a firm that optimizes everything according to their standards. It's their responsibility and they are fully hands-on."

Cons

"Its price should be better. It is expensive."

"F5 Advanced WAF could improve the precision of the scanning. There are many false positives. They should improve their threat database."

"There should be more ability to rate limit certain scenarios. The majority of the time, it is either on or off. For certain types of use cases, there should be the ability to rate limit, not just enable or disable."

"They should work on the virtualization of NGINX."

"The pricing could be more flexible."

"The solution's dashboard could be improved. When you're moving from policy to policy, the logs and the integration of the logs in other systems aren't straightforward."

"The BIG-IQ is supposed to centralize the management for all of the boxes but it's not very effective."

"The solution should include protection against web page attacks like what is available in FortiWeb."

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"Some of the settings on the dashboard are confusing."

"We have multiple products behind different instances of Reblaze. We have one instance for staging and then we have a production instance for multiple products. One of the things that we have requested is a unified view panel, so that we can see each of the instances in a unified view. That way, we won't have to go bouncing from instance to instance."

"It would be beneficial if it had a workflow or a feature that could fine-tune settings based on high-level requirements."

"They have an interface that you have to adjust to. That is a bit of a downfall because I expect an interface to be very intuitive for someone who knows little about security. But if you know about security, the interface is wonderful."

"The WAF features are not as granular as we would expect from a WAF system. There should be more granularity and in-depth rules, out-of-the-box."

"The next release should have next-generation automation."

"Up to now the only cons I could find is sometimes getting change management back on track, because it's a company that evolves, and sometimes I don't have the same needs that they have. But besides that, up until now, I am really pleased with their service and I've also recommended them to some of my clients."

"There is room for improvement in helping us understanding session management... We want Reblaze to catch and identify everything. We want to see the various devices doing one activity and to see, in a timeline, what's happened. We would like to see a more human-readable display to understand what's happening in the web app."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is too high."

"The price of the solution is reasonable when compared with other products, such as FortiWeb. I am very satisfied with the price."

"I rate F5 Advanced WAF's pricing a three out of ten."

"There is a perpetual license that comes with your hardware. There is also an additional fee for support."

"F5 bundles up services and the bundle is what you pay for rather than individual components."

"It is a little bit costly, but it has all the features that are required."

"F5 Advanced WAF's pricing is high."

"I would rate the pricing as seven out of ten"

More F5 Advanced WAF pricing and cost advice

"I believe that for the six instances we have right now, it's costing us $16,000 per month."

"We found the cost to be a bit on the higher side, starting at approximately three to four thousand dollars for a small configuration."

"On a monthly basis we pay $750."

"There is still some room for improvement when it comes to bot management from Reblaze because they are relatively new compared to other vendors in the town."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

25%

Media Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 Advanced WAF?

It's a fairly easy-to-use and user-friendly tool. My administrators and team also like its ability to customize the rules per the requirements.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 Advanced WAF?

I would rate the pricing as seven out of ten. Sometimes, for specific models, additional licenses over the standard one need to be purchased. F5 Advanced WAF doesn't offer a single license that fit...

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What needs improvement with F5 Advanced WAF?

More legacy protocols should be added to the solution. The aforementioned protocols are generally less used and might have been phased out from multiple solutions. But some of the large corporation...

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What do you like most about Reblaze?

It is a highly resilient product that can handle significantly larger workloads and high volumes of traffic with ease.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Reblaze?

We found the cost to be a bit on the higher side, starting at approximately three to four thousand dollars for a small configuration. It is worth mentioning that these figures might not be current....

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What needs improvement with Reblaze?

There is a potential improvement regarding simplifying the complexity of rule creation. It would be beneficial if it had a workflow or a feature that could fine-tune settings based on high-level re...

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Overview

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.

Reblaze is a cloud-based, fully managed protective shield for sites and web applications. Hostile traffic is blocked in the cloud, before it reaches the protected network.

Reblaze is a comprehensive web security solution, providing a next-gen WAF, DoS and DDoS protection, bot mitigation, scraping prevention, CDN, load balancing, and more.

The platform offers a unique combination of benefits. Machine learning provides accurate, adaptive threat detection. Dedicated Virtual Private Clouds ensure maximum privacy. Top-tier infrastructure assures maximum performance. Fine-grained ACLs enable precise traffic regulation. An intuitive web-based management console provides real-time traffic control. A one-month trial offer allows you to assess Reblaze with no cost, risk, or obligation.

Reblaze makes it effortless and affordable to secure and accelerate your web assets. Organizations from many vertical markets around the globe are benefiting from Reblaze's highly scalable WAF/IDS, DDoS, anti-scraping and Bot mitigation service.

Sample Customers

MAXIMUS, Vivo, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office, City Bank

eBay, AirAsia, Taboola, Reebonz, IAI, Payoneer, mySupermarket, William Hill, Fanduel

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