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F5 Bot Management vs Imperva Application Security Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

F5 Bot Management
Ranking in Bot Management
13th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
2.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Imperva Application Securit...
Ranking in Bot Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
147
Ranking in other categories
CDN (2nd), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (1st), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (4th), API Security (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

Nadeem-Inamdar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Advanced behavioral analysis has improved bot threat visibility and informed mitigation strategies
The integration was a bit tough, but I find it to be a good solution. I do face problems with the integration within my existing system because there are many bots giving false positives. There is some room for improvement when it comes to performance. F5 Bot Management interface should be simplified significantly.
reviewer2818155 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Application protection has improved and reporting and dashboards still need refinement
I believe Imperva Application Security Platform should have a more interactive wizard. While the dashboard is good, it could be more eye-catching. Based on my perspective, I recommend modifying the dashboards, especially the main dashboard where I can see the traffic hit count, alerts, and other latest information. In terms of reporting, I find it challenging to create reports; in my earlier days, it was difficult. Over time, I have learned how to create reports, but it should be easier to do so. I have used other tools such as firewalls or SolarWinds, where creating a report is straightforward and does not take much time, unlike in Imperva, where I have to add many elements. Modifications in the integration aspects would also be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"F5 Bot Management provides the automation and dashboard that informs my approach to handling automated attacks."
"The most important feature I have found to be the ease in how to do the backup and restores."
"On the real time, you can see live traffic, which is flowing into our website."
"Imperva DDoS helps us automate production. The client had specific requirements for a cloud project in the financial sector."
"Incapsula takes care of the CDN infrastructure and bandwidth volume, providing several enterprise "load balancing" features."
"On the site security, I can see which countries have incidents, whether it was a robot attack, a real human user, or non-human user."
"There is no need to have an in-house WAF to manage and maintain; we are now able to bring a new website live within minutes, without false positive alerts, and it has improved user/customer experience and website performance."
"I would highly recommend Imperva Incapsula especially for customers who want extra security for their web presence."
"Thanks to Incapsula, we got easily manageable DDoS protection; HTTP2 and SSL certificates for all the services; CDN in good locations; and we're now sure that our web services can't be exploited remotely because of the WAF feature."
 

Cons

"I do face problems with the integration within my existing system because there are many bots giving false positives."
"Sometimes, the SSL setup can be a bit slow/inconsistent."
"Some maintenance must be performed by our IT team."
"As such, I have not seen a return on investment."
"Communication declined a bit as they got bigger – 7/10."
"The weakest point of Imperva is their first level of support, which should be improved. They should also improve the access and security logs viewing directly on the portal. I would like to see better access and security logs through the portal and not only through a SIM solution. Currently, if you want to explore your access and security logs from Imperva, you need a SIM tool or a SIM infrastructure on your side to do it. You can't do it manually or directly through the portal, which is a big problem for us. I had a call yesterday with Imperva for the roadmap, and I just told them this. They agreed that this is an improvement point from their side."
"The product's customization capabilities are a bit problematic, requiring support cases for backend modifications."
"It would be helpful to have a "recommended deployment", or even a list of basic features that should either be used or turned on by default."
"The signature updates could be faster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is on par with other solutions such as Cloudflare and Akamai."
"We are satisfied with the pricing."
"The license is on a yearly basis."
"There are a couple of different licensing models."
"Make sure you understand the way that Imperva charges. It's very affordable. However, I would like to see a package with the Virtual Patching included. You get to do patching separately."
"It's an excellent product, but it can be very costly."
"Licensing can range from one to twenty thousand dollars annually. Additionally, some features, including software support, require an annual subscription as well."
"It is not expensive compared to the other similar solutions in this category."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business88
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with F5 Bot Management?
The integration was a bit tough, but I find it to be a good solution. I do face problems with the integration within my existing system because there are many bots giving false positives. There is ...
What is your primary use case for F5 Bot Management?
The primary use cases involve bot management.
What advice do you have for others considering F5 Bot Management?
I have been working with multiple F5 products besides NGINX. Currently, I am only using the WAF and anti-bot solution from their DDoS solutions, DNS, and API Gateway. I do not see any other particu...
Which Web Application Firewall (WAF) would you recommend? R&S or Imperva?
Imperva is a strong choice, given their security focus and ongoing R&D into the product in areas such as bot management.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Imperva DDoS?
The pricing, setup costs, and licensing of Imperva DDoS are reasonable for the amount of technical capabilities provided. I would rate the pricing of Imperva DDoS as five, where one is very cheap a...
What needs improvement with Imperva DDoS?
I would like to see improvements in the pooling of threats and attacks, possibly to enlarge the scale of indicators of compromise. For example, the initiation of an attack on the endpoint level cou...
 

Also Known As

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Imperva Bot Management, Imperva Web Application Firewall, Imperva API Security
 

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Sample Customers

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Hitachi, BNZ, Bitstamp, Moz, InnoGames, BTCChina, Wix, LivePerson, Zillow and more.
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