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F5 DDoS Hybrid Defender [EOL] vs Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service comparison

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F5 DDoS Hybrid Defender [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
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Radware Cloud DDoS Protecti...
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
68
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Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1326957 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Solutions and Innovations at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Excellent DDoS protection with responsive technical support and a straightforward setup
It handles the whole process with a very smart configuration. Just like other F5 components, it runs on the BIG-IP appliance platform, which is renowned for F5 and can manage, along with other F5 components, what they call BIG-IP, an analytics platform. F5 can be probably be referred to as an application security company. They have very, very extensive knowledge on the standard application patterns and behaviors of different kinds of applications and protocols to which an application communicates with. Due to this, they can mitigate very effectively against DDoS attacks. That's something that you don't just find in the industry. The extent in which the solution is very effective is due to its ability to handle not just the most current signatures for malware, but also issues around emerging signatures. The Hybrid Defender has the ability to add a very rich source of intelligence via the F5 Threat Intelligence Chip Subscription and that provides a lot of intelligence. The intelligence is aggregated by a 24/7 research center in F5. The learnings are downloaded to every client of a F5 DDoS appliance, and that gives everyone all the contextual information they need to know to in order to analyze traffic effectively. F5 doesn't just block, it provides users with contextual information to go by. Most competitor's environments will have their appliance do a hard stop. This means they weigh traffic from real customers and that affects the overall business experience. F5, on the other hand, uses contextual information to be able to specify what is malicious traffic and what is real traffic. That comes from its pool of intelligence, and from its threat intelligence team.
reviewer2663061 - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Advanced protection has optimized web and API performance while reducing infrastructure costs
From the features perspective and functionality-wise, there are areas of Radware DDoS that I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future. Version upgrades are being provided, but they should communicate with clients about these new features being available so clients can test them and deploy them on the disaster recovery system before moving to the live segment. There should be a test report that will provide confidence that the version is stable and everything will work properly. Last time we faced an issue with a version upgrade, and we faced extensive troubleshooting with littile bit more time in the troubleshooting process. It turned out to be a small issue that was resolved by the engineering team. I would like to see improved support from Radware DDoS. Sometimes in support, we have to log the call with their support partners rather than Radware. After ten years of experience, we know exactly what the issue is, and we understand that it cannot be handled by their support channel or partner level. Radware team always asks us to go through the partners, but sometimes we have found that the issue cannot be handled by the partners. After the partners fail to resolve the issue, it goes to the Radware team. At that time, one to two days of required timeline gets increased by one to two days. If Radware came into immediate action and resolved the issue rather than relying on their service partners, it would be better. After ten years, we have the knowledge of troubleshooting, and we understand that the issues we are facing with Radware can only be resolved by their team. However, due to their policy, they insist we move through the partner first, and only after the partner fails do they escalate to Radware. During that troubleshooting period of twenty-four to forty-eight hours, we remain in an unresolved state with the reported issue.

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

Pros

"The user interface was recently changed in one of the latest versions, but we find it to be very good. The change was an improvement."
"F5, on the other hand, uses contextual information to be able to specify what is malicious traffic and what is real traffic."
"Most competitor's environments will have their appliance do a hard stop. This means they weigh traffic from real customers and that affects the overall business experience. F5, on the other hand, uses contextual information to be able to specify what is malicious traffic and what is real traffic. That comes from its pool of intelligence, and from its threat intelligence team."
"The most important part is that Radware DDoS integrates seamlessly and provides anomaly identification, real-time notifications, and security against DDoS attacks. It also helps us with multi-layer volumetric attacks. It shields us from global botnet threats."
"It's very important for us to have well-analyzed and protected traffic within our network, that's why we use this solution."
"The pricing is reasonable. It's not overly expensive."
"Since we have implemented Radware DDoS, the most noticeable improvement has been the increase in service availability and the reduction of operational efforts, as Radware automatically detects and mitigates DDoS attacks, allowing our team to focus on investigation and monitoring rather than emergency response."
"The best features Radware DDoS offers are behavior-based detection and protection against Layer 3 attacks and Layer 7 attacks, along with encrypted traffic protection, automated mitigation, and hybrid deployment."
"Strong DDoS mitigation, good traffic visibility, automated protection, and cloud scalability. It provides useful telemetry during active security incidents."
"Overall, I'm happy with this solution and what it has offered so far."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create signatures on-demand."
 

Cons

"The solution needs better stability when it's utilized with virtual solutions."
"We've seen the rise of smaller entities, and their requirements grow by the day. Having the ability to give them appliances that fit their needs in terms of that small or medium-sized segment and the pricing they can handle would be something that's great to see."
"There should be some extra layer of security and a method of advanced rate limiting. We can limit the number of IPs or URLs per session and per country. There should be improved bot management integration that mitigates bot-based DDoS attacks completely."
"The DefensePro is not a cost-effective solution. It's very expensive."
"Multiple times errors and issues show that legitimate traffic can be dropped, as the system is not understanding the particular customer's ports."
"I would like to see better implementation of a zero-day attack implementation strategy with self-mitigation."
"Right now, we have DefensePro 6. The only complaint I have is that SSL inspection, when activated, consumes a lot of resources on the machine. We are currently reviewing a possible change to DefensePro X, the new version, which has a separate module with its processors."
"The inability to access local technical support during our business hours poses a significant inconvenience."
"Sometimes there is leakage in the network. Attacks go through without getting detected."
"The solution needs a bit more functionality. It would be good if DefensePro could have anti-bot functionalities in order to stop bots like web scrapers from getting onto our customers’ network."
 

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"Radware's Cloud DDoS Protection Service stands out for its competitive pricing, making it a strong contender in our decision."
"I didn't check pricing of other providers in depth but verified with two, and found Radware to be significantly cheaper compared to F5."
"When compared with other solutions, my end user is satisfied with the costs and believes that Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service is worth the price paid."
"The price was well over six figures."
"The licensing cost is about $50,000."
"Radware DefensePro is expensive when considering the issue we have and its limitations."
"The Radware DefensePro was bundled together with our security platform."
"Radware DefensePro is a bit on the expensive side."
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Financial Services Firm
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Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
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Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?
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Radware DDoS Protection Service, Radware DefensePro, Radware DefenseFlow
 

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Sample Customers

City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office
Myntex, APAC retailers
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