We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and Prolexic 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 product helps us provide security validation by protecting various applications from getting hacked."
"The solution is easily deployable and has great functionality."
"It excels in preventing downtime and maintaining application performance, which is crucial for our clients' security and operational continuity."
"The setup and functionality are fairly straightforward."
"Its performance and ease of use are valuable."
"It is stable."
"The product’s most valuable features are LTM and WAF."
"The most valuable features of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) are the web gateway, load balancing, services, and applications available."
"The solution does not have hardware or maintenance requirements and is very easy to scale."
"We would have preferred to have support when we first started"
"The initial setup of F5 BIG-IP AFM in a complex environment was simple. However, the full deployment took us approximately one year."
"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."
"Deployment times vary according to the customer. It needs to be heavily configured. You need to look and you need to observe the behavior of the traffic before you can start configuring everything. It can take time."
"It doesn't compare to next generation firewalls"
"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."
"The solution's UI could be improved."
"The solution doesn't really meet our requirements for an edge firewall."
"The solution needs additional product options for small and medium enterprises."
More F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) Pricing and Cost Advice →
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews while Prolexic is ranked 14th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 4 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while Prolexic is rated 7.8. 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 Prolexic writes "Scaling is very easy but more options are needed for enterprise environments". F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS, AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro, whereas Prolexic is most compared with Cloudflare DDoS, Akamai App and API Protector, Cloudflare, Arbor DDoS and AWS Shield.
See our list of best Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection vendors.
We monitor all Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
