F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs Radware DefenseFlow comparison

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We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and Radware DefenseFlow based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It is stable.""The product helps us provide security validation by protecting various applications from getting hacked.""The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is the iRules where I can customize the configuration.""This product excells in every aspect from installation and the interface to providing superior network security.""CGNAT is one of its strong areas.""F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager's most valuable feature is load balance. It is readily available and uncomplicated.""I find the signature base is very helpful to see traffic""The product’s most valuable features are LTM and WAF."

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"The tool's machine learning and artificial intelligence help to prevent attacks by analyzing real-time traffic.""Recently, our company has been facing difficulties due to attacks originating from the Russian Federation. DefenseFlow has proven to be a highly effective solution in protecting our customers."

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Cons
"There is room for improvement in Advanced Firewall Manager's dashboard statistics, especially during attacks.""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.""F5 could provide a distributed cloud version.""The web gateway feature could improve in F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM).""This would be absolutely the best network security solution if the price were not so high.""There should be simplified and better integration with BIG-IQ.""Some spam can go by the firewall.""We would have preferred to have support when we first started"

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"Its documentation is not 100% clear, making it the weakest aspect of Radware. We have encountered some difficulties in understanding how to configure it correctly.""Radware DefenseFlow should add new features and algorithms to make it efficient."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is somewhat on the expensive side although it is worth the additional cost."
  • "It's very expensive, and you pay extra for the models."
  • "F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is an expensive solution. They are one of the best in the market, but the price could be cheaper."
  • "F5 BIG-IP AFM is an affordable solution. There were not any additional fees other than the standard licensing."
  • "The solution is slightly on the higher priced side."
  • "The price of F5 BIG-IP AFM is a little more expensive than other firewalls on the market."
  • "F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager is not an expensive solution."
  • "The product is expensive."
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  • "I rate Radware DefenseFlow's pricing an eight out of ten."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:As per pricing, I would not say cheap, but little higher than cheap, but not very expensive. So you can say kind of value for money solutions.
    Top Answer:If you're looking for a plain vanilla firewall or IPS, then this is a good tool. If you compare it with the next-generation firewalls, then definitely this tool is not comparable. The next generation… more »
    Top Answer:Recently, our company has been facing difficulties due to attacks originating from the Russian Federation. DefenseFlow has proven to be a highly effective solution in protecting our customers.
    Top Answer:I rate Radware DefenseFlow's pricing an eight out of ten.
    Top Answer:Its documentation is not 100% clear, making it the weakest aspect of Radware. We have encountered some difficulties in understanding how to configure it correctly.
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    Also Known As
    F5 AFM, F5 Advanced Firewall Manager
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    Overview

    F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is a high-performance, full-proxy network security solution designed to protect networks and data centers against incoming threats that enter the network. Built on F5’s industry-leading BIG-IP hardware and software platforms, BIG-IP AFM provides a scalable platform that delivers the flexible performance and control needed to mitigate aggressive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and protocol attacks before they overwhelm and degrade applications and infrastructure availability.

    For service providers, BIG-IP AFM IPS does even more, protecting the network edge and performing traffic inspection and protocol adherence for prevalent service provider protocols such as SS7, Diameter, HTTP/2, GTP, SCTP and SIP traffic coming into the network over UDP, TCP, and SCTP.

    Radware’s DefenseFlow is a network-wide distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack prevention and cybersecurity solution that supports SDN/OpenFlow networks by providing new ways of detecting and mitigating network-wide, multivector cyberattacks. DefenseFlow is the first SDN application that programs networks for DDoS security and provides automated network-wide mitigation services and defense against any DDoS attack in real time. Overcome the challenges associated with network-wide security via a single, automated security solution that leverages network technologies to provide attack mitigation as a native network service.

    Sample Customers
    City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office
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    Financial Services Firm50%
    Media Company21%
    Educational Organization14%
    Computer Software Company14%
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    Financial Services Firm22%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Insurance Company8%
    Government7%
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise48%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise59%
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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 Radware DefenseFlow is ranked 23rd in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 2 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4, while Radware DefenseFlow is rated 9.0. 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 Radware DefenseFlow writes "A security solution to protect networks with extensive troubleshooting". F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS, AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro, whereas Radware DefenseFlow is most compared with Radware DefensePro and Arbor DDoS.

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