We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and F5 Shape Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, NETSCOUT, Akamai and others in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection."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."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that the blocking of IP's."
"The product helps us provide security validation by protecting various applications from getting hacked."
"F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's most valuable feature is load balance. It is readily available and uncomplicated."
"We use the solution for load balancing and WAF (web application firewall)."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"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."
"F5 Shape Security's most valuable feature is performance."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of configuration."
"This would be absolutely the best network security solution if the price were not so high."
"The web gateway feature could improve in F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)."
"The initial setup of F5 BIG-IP AFM in a complex environment was simple. However, the full deployment took us approximately one year."
"The pricing of the solution could be a little bit better."
"The solution's UI could be improved."
"We would have preferred to have support when we first started"
"Firstly, geolocation currently relies on manual updates. It has to move to automatic updates. There are no automatic updates for this feature. If some IPs, countries, or service providers move to another country, now you will be allow IPs that you previously denied. This is because you depend on the database, which doesn't update automatically. This is really a very important area that they need to improve."
"It doesn't compare to next generation firewalls"
"I want the solution's custom exclusion rules to be more granular."
"The tool's price is high."
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F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews while F5 Shape Security is ranked 7th in Fraud Detection and Prevention with 2 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while F5 Shape Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 Shape Security writes "Easy to configure and blocks bot attacks for web users". F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS, AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro, whereas F5 Shape Security is most compared with Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare, HUMAN BotGuard for Applications, Imperva DDoS and Akamai App and API Protector.
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