We performed a comparison between NGINX App Protect and Radware Alteon based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its flexibility."
"It has the best documentation features."
"The most valuable feature is that I can establish different services from the firewall."
"We were looking for a product that is capable of complete automation and a container based solution. It's working."
"I tested specific features and evaluated the solution against the Web Application Firewall. I conducted research to test different detection percentages. I did not use it directly for protection but for evaluation purposes."
"It is a stable solution."
"NGINX App Protect's best features are auto-learning, which creates a profile of applications that are deployed, bot protection, and force protection, which lets you configure your brute force policy and alert for and prevent brute force attacks."
"It is a very good tool for load balancing."
"The interface is easy, it's friendly, and has good alerting."
"Security is one of the most valuable features that I like. It is easy to use and easy to configure."
"The GUI was a valuable feature. It was uncomplicated and easy to use."
"The best features are the security through the web application firewall, the functionality that the solution offers, being a load balancer with the security functionality on top of it, and the ease of administration."
"I like the web GUI. It's very intuitive and easy to use."
"It is easy to expand. Our clients are enterprise-size."
"The device blocks threats and allows legitimate users to work correctly."
"The solution has been very stable."
"I encountered issues with NGINX App Protect while trying to upgrade custom rules."
"The setup of NGINX App Protect is complex. The full process took one week to complete. Additionally, we had to change the network infrastructure platform which took one month."
"The price of NGINX App Protect could improve."
"The product's user interface is an area with shortcomings as it can be quite confusing for users, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Currently, the policies have to be handled manually, and you have to create from scratch, which can be a bit time-consuming, in a large environment."
"They could provide a better user interface."
"NGINX App Protect would be improved with integration with Shape and F5 WAF, which would make it easy for users to manage all their web application security with a single solution."
"It's challenging if you need to go for a high throughput."
"We’d like the solution to include more security features in the standard license."
"The solution could be more robust."
"Load balancing needs improvement. It needs better integration. I heard f5 works as a DNS operator which is not available in this solution. It would be better if that was implemented."
"The GUI needs to be improved. Right now, the solution isn't so user-friendly."
"We are in the process of updating our version of the solution, so judging what should be improved is difficult. But in some cases, the visualization takes a while, especially for mapping issues."
"I would like this solution to have an integration tool that will convert configuration from other software, into readable values for this product during implementation."
"A feature that I would like to see included in the next version might be a better analysis when working with crypt issues. Right now, it is very manual; you load it into Alteon and it runs. It would be interesting to see a more dynamic process."
"I would like to see future enhancements in security, specifically in threat protection."
NGINX App Protect is ranked 15th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 19 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews. NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware Alteon writes "It's a good fit for a small team because the maintenance is easier and you don't need to know how to code". NGINX App Protect is most compared with AWS WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb and Noname Security, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy. See our NGINX App Protect vs. Radware Alteon report.
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