We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and Symantec Web Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, F5 and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."Microsoft Azure Application Gateway gives us a lot of benefits, including domain mapping."
"The simplicity of the solution and its ability to integrate easily with others are its most valuable aspects."
"Good customization; able to report and take action on alerts."
"Using policies to link and manage these URL-based routing configurations is also valuable."
"We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly."
"I rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has more than 1000 users who use it daily."
"Azure Application Gateway's most valuable feature is ease of use. The configuration is straightforward. It isn't difficult to adjust the size of your instances in the settings. You can do that with a few clicks, and the configuration file is the same way. You can also set rules and policies with minimal time and effort."
"The solution was very easy to configure. It wasn't hard at all to adjust it to our needs."
"The setup was straightforward."
"The solution has an up-to-date data repository to deal with external threats."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high. The solution should offer different pricing systems."
"The security of the product could be adjusted."
"The product could be easier to use and implement."
"Implementing and standardizing the solution across the IT landscape in a heterogeneous environment is painful."
"Scalability can be an issue."
"The tool is a pain to deal with when it comes to the area of configuration."
"For the first-time user, it is difficult to understand so the user-interface needs to be improved."
"The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team."
"Sometimes scanning slows down the endpoints."
"It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java."
"I'm not convinced that it's necessary the best solution going forward in the future."
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Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews while Symantec Web Application Firewall is ranked 37th in Web Application Firewall (WAF). Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2, while Symantec Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Web Application Firewall writes "An excellent up-to-date data repository handling external threats successfully". Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with Azure Front Door, Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, AWS WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, whereas Symantec Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and WAPPLES.
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