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We performed a comparison between F5 Silverline Managed Services and Radware DefensePro based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed F5 Silverline Managed Services vs. Radware DefensePro Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Question: DDoS solutions: Any other solutions to consider aside from Radware DefensePro and F5 Silverline DDoS Protection?
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Pros
"It's a good front end for public infrastructure""The initial setup is very straightforward.""Its flexibility is the most valuable because it is a managed service. The good part is that you don't need to set it up. It just needs DNS routing, which is the easiest thing. Our client had Akamai for certain websites because they were using CDN features. They had NetScaler on the internal zone, F5 AWAFs on the data centers, and no WAF at all in the cloud. One of the main activities of the project was to move all these policies into a single WAF so that we could control and use that as a choke point. That exercise itself was very easy because it was a managed service and F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall does that for you. That's the best thing about F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall. It is easy to apply policies on-premises. If you have AWAF on-premises and you want to replicate some policies on F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall, other than the policies that it applies by itself, it is easy because you have a team that supports it. F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall works perfectly fine. It pretty much does everything that an Advanced WAF on-premises should do.""The most valuable feature of F5 Silverline Managed Services is the benchmark performance.""The most valuable features are the configuration and configuring the process.""The most important feature is that they have seven firewall protection, to protect our web servers.""The most valuable feature of F5 Silverline Managed Services is it becomes similar to a distributed architecture.""The most valuable feature of F5 Silverline Managed Services is its cloud-native functionality and the high level of protection it provides."

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"The pricing is reasonable. It's not overly expensive.""Technologically simple and effective.""The reporting is very good and provides us with a comprehensive description of where attacks are emanating from.""The product is very effective and performs well on devices.""With the secure signature feature, the Radware DefensePro is a big assistance. It is a big help to our customers to improve their productivity and performance. The prompt response from the Radware team is definitely increasing in the new era.""Radware DefensePro is one of the best solutions for on-premise protection.""The initial setup is easy.""As a service provider, we use the SecOps dashboard feature. That's where we check the time of attacks to see if an attack is happening at the moment or if it has already happened... It is very dynamic and helps us know when an attack occurred, how long it lasted, and what type of attack it was."

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Cons
"We need to have support for cloud protection, which is not offered by this solution.""We'd like more AI to be used. Right now, they don't use it enough.""The price is high in comparison to other products.""In terms of the scalability, this part is always so confusing because they are checking for packet count. Also, after an attack, they said that the throughput must be from gigabits but then I check my bandwidth and it is already done in gigabits. So it is a little bit confusing.""I just hope the price can be cheaper.""The navigation is difficult to use.""There is a lot of room for improvement with their tech support. I am not sure F5 Silverline Managed Services can be classified as having tech support.""F5 Silverline Managed Services can improve by reducing the price."

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"The inability to access local technical support during our business hours poses a significant inconvenience.""If they would go to a cloud-based approach, that would give much more flexibility in terms of working with them.""It would be ideal if they could expand protocol support to cover emerging communication standards and ensure comprehensive protection against diverse attack vectors.""They should add artificial intelligence to the platform. It is currently missing the machine learning piece.""They need to increase the limit of devices that we can manage.""I had some trouble in the registration account prior to deployment, but it was fixed. They were not very fast or responsive, however. It took about one week to resolve the issue.""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.""I would like to see more focus on layer seven protection."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall works based on your bandwidth. They look at the clean bandwidth and do the pricing. 20% of a total pipe would be a clean bandwidth. The list price or a non-negotiated price for F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall would be around $2,200 per application per year for everything that you need. When you get into an enterprise kind of a setup, they negotiate this to the last bit. I would easily take 20% on that, which would be the cost, but it should cover all your Advance WAF features, bot protection, tech campaign, etc. It is built as a package and gives you most of the capability. You don't get the mobile SDK, which is an additional license. Mobile SDK is required only if you're buying or if you have a mobile application, and you are going to instrument F5 or Imperva into your mobile appliance. This anyways would be an additional module. It doesn't come within the WAF, but it is a WAF feature."
  • "The price of F5 Silverline Managed Services could be better, they are not very flexible. The price of the solution is based on the requirements of the enterprise."
  • "The price of F5 Silverline Managed Services could be reduced."
  • "The product’s pricing is reasonable."
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  • "The product's pricing is a good value."
  • "The cost for maintenance is cheaper because the majority of the deployments using the solution are in areas where cost of maintenance is also lower."
  • "Licensing of Radware is quite simple and straightforward, while Arbor DDos is a bit complicated."
  • "It is sort of middle-of-the-road for this type of solution."
  • "The Radware DefensePro was bundled together with our security platform."
  • "The price was well over six figures."
  • "The initial cost is over $100,000 for one appliance."
  • "The pricing is based on the amount of network traffic and the number of packets being inspected."
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    Answers from the Community
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    Rasman - PeerSpot reviewerRasman
    Real User

    I highly recommend Cloudflare. We switched from Akamai Prolexic to Cloudflare and couldn't be happier. We also got the worlds fastest DNS and speeded up our site load times with the 200+ edge locations near to our customers. 

    Etienne WEHRLE - PeerSpot reviewerEtienne WEHRLE
    Real User

    You can have a look to Imperva Cloud WAF, the anti-DDoS mitigation is under 1s and works very well. I observed a lot of DDoS attacks that were well managed (even not seen by the customer) by Imperva, I can recommend it (try it with a trial, you'll be able to have your own opinion).

    Etienne WEHRLE - PeerSpot reviewerEtienne WEHRLE
    Real User

    If you need it, please find article about Gartner Magic Quadrant for cloud WFA (including DDoS mitigation tools):

    https://www.imperva.com/blog/imperva-a-seven-time-magic-quadrant-leader-and-named-highest-for-completeness-of-vision-for-waf 


    Mihaela Laza - PeerSpot reviewerMihaela Laza
    User

    In case you are considering a fully automated Cloud solution for DDoS Protection, BGP based, I can help with information on Voxility Anti-DDoS. 

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:For ADC, any ADC can do a good job. But in case if you want to add WAF functionality to the same ADC hardware you have to look for other ADC's like F5, Imperva, Radware, Fortinet, etc. 
    Top Answer:It offers valuable insights into ongoing and past attacks, aiding in post-incident analysis and continuous improvement of our cybersecurity strategy.
    Top Answer:It is a good option for those who are looking for on-premises protection against DDoS attacks.
    Top Answer:They need to provide more granular control over security policies, allowing organizations to tailor configurations based on their specific needs and risk profiles. There is a restriction on the number… more »
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    Also Known As
    F5 Silverline Web Application Firewall, F5 Silverline DDoS Protection
    "Radware Defense Pro"
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    Overview

    F5's Silverline Managed Services is a SaaS solution delivering DDoS protection, managed Web Application Firewall (WAF) services, and managed Shape Security Fraud and Anti-bot solutions.

    Silverline services include 24x7 access to F5's Security Operations Center (SOC). F5's expert security professionals use F5 products with state-of-the-art security tools to ensure the best protection possible. As an add-on to Silverline DDoS or WAF services, Silverline Threat Intelligence integrates dynamic lists of threatening IP addresses to give context for policy decisions.

    Radware DefensePro is a next-generation robust Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) solution. The solution provides real-time network intrusion prevention that will protect an organization's valuable ecosystem from being damaged or immobilized by malicious attacks or threats. Radware DefensePro will aggressively protect an organization's network to negate any potential downtime and minimize any vulnerabilities caused by theft, malware, ransomware, or any other potential network attack scenario.

    Radware DefensePro is also very effective in defending against IoT-based, Burst, DNS, and TLS/SSL attacks to ensure organizations are able to stay protected against emerging network multivector attacks, ransom DDoS campaigns, IoT botnets, phantom floods, and many other types of cyberattacks common in the marketplace today.

    Radware DefensePro provides users with the following branded security protocols:

    • Reputation Engine: A real-time anti-phishing, anti-trojan protocol that is able to discover any potential threats that have been developed to cause disruption in the financial sector, information theft, and by the dissemination of malware. 
    • Denial of Service Protection: This protocol is designed to protect against DDoS attacks by discovering any potential threats and any additional anomalous behavior in real-time and will thoroughly investigate each and every new connection to ensure their validity to the network and maintain security.
    • Network Behavior Analysis (NBA): This protocol utilizes a Radware patented real-time behavioral-based next-generation signature technology to intuitively discover suspicious behaviors that may predict an attack. The NBA protocol immediately uses that data to block the attack.
    • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS): Built on an intuitive stateful static signature detection technology, IPS will glean from systematic and emergency updates to comprehensively protect the organization's network.

    Radware DefensePro has many valuable benefits. Some of its most valuable benefits include:

    • Prevent system downtime.
    • Minimize employee downtime.
    • Maintain peak performance.
    • Minimize network attack surface.
    • Minimize overall risk.
    • Improve response time to potential threats.
    • Improve defense and security.
    • Protect the organization's brand and reputation.
    • Cost-effective
    • Excellent Return on Investment

    Regrettably, DDoS attacks are on the rise in today’s busy marketplace.  As these types of attacks become more sophisticated and pervasive, it is incumbent on today’s busy enterprise organizations to ensure they have an effective and aggressive DDoS solution in place. Radware DefensePro is a valued-added effective solution to consider.

    Reviews from Real Users

    “The most important thing for me right now in the Radware portfolio is that Radware went to the cloud and has a flexible model based on virtual machines that can be delivered in our data center model, which could be delivered via the public cloud. That’s the big advantage of Radware, from my perspective.” A Senior Product Manager - ICT Solutions, Marketing, and Development of Cybersecurity at a comms service provider

    “The important features include automated protection and defense against many attacks. It's important that our networks are protected in the Radware cloud.” John P., Network Architect at Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones

    “In terms of the environment that I work in, the SSL, DNS, and HTTP are all valuable features. This is a very technologically simple and effective solution.” Aliasgar R. System Engineer at Check Point Software Technologies

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    City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Non Tech Company22%
    Individual & Family Service11%
    Comms Service Provider11%
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Insurance Company9%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company13%
    Outsourcing Company6%
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    Educational Organization49%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company3%
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business16%
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    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
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    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise56%
    Large Enterprise31%
    Buyer's Guide
    F5 Silverline Managed Services vs. Radware DefensePro
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about F5 Silverline Managed Services vs. Radware DefensePro and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    F5 Silverline Managed Services is ranked 11th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 14 reviews while Radware DefensePro is ranked 5th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews. F5 Silverline Managed Services is rated 7.6, while Radware DefensePro is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of F5 Silverline Managed Services writes "It is flexible and lets you easily apply policies, but it needs to support more PoPs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware DefensePro writes "Regular signature update with good reporting and analytics". F5 Silverline Managed Services is most compared with Cloudflare, Arbor DDoS, AWS WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door, whereas Radware DefensePro is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS, Fortinet FortiDDoS and Prolexic. See our F5 Silverline Managed Services vs. Radware DefensePro report.

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