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NGINX App Protect vs Radware Cloud WAF Service comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
Organizations saw positive ROI with NGINX App Protect during COVID-19, improving security and integration, anticipating future benefits.
Sentiment score
8.1
Radware Cloud WAF Service enhances security, reduces costs, and boosts ROI by improving efficiency and minimizing management needs.
I wouldn't be able to give a number, but Radware Cloud WAF does save time for our staff due to the automation and excellent detection, which is invaluable.
With our on-prem solution, we spent a lot of time on maintenance tasks, OS updates, and ensuring appliances ran smoothly, but with Cloud WAF, all that is managed by the cloud team, allowing us to focus on alert analysis.
Radware Cloud WAF has helped reduce false positives and efforts, which in turn, improved the total cost of ownership by freeing up time to focus on other projects.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
NGINX App Protect support is praised for promptness and helpfulness but inconsistencies and costs affect user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.9
Radware Cloud WAF Service is praised for efficient, knowledgeable support, especially in handling high-priority issues with technical expertise.
They were quick and efficient when we had issues.
The support provided by Radware's Emergency Response Team is excellent.
We have ERT premium support with a five-minute SLA.
They are usually very fast in response.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
NGINX App Protect is scalable with diverse options but faces deployment, traffic, and configuration centralization challenges noted by users.
Sentiment score
8.3
Radware Cloud WAF Service is highly scalable, seamlessly handling global traffic and integrating with security tools for diverse applications.
The scalability of Radware Cloud WAF Service rates as a perfect ten out of ten, as we haven't encountered any scaling issues.
Since it's a Cloud WAF, it is always scalable.
I would rate it nine out of ten in terms of handling the capacity and volume.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
NGINX App Protect is praised for stability and integration, outperforming competitors, though minor improvements in HTML5 are needed.
Sentiment score
8.2
Radware Cloud WAF Service is noted for high stability, reliable performance, with brief downtimes quickly resolved and highly rated.
It is a quality solution, and I would rate its stability as eight out of ten.
I have never encountered downtime, maintenance-related issues, or latency.
The stability of Radware Cloud WAF Service is excellent, and I would rate it as a ten.
There have been no issues with downtime, bugs, or glitches.
 

Room For Improvement

NGINX App Protect requires improved flexibility, UI, API, automation, network support, pricing, integration, and feature enhancements like security and documentation.
Radware Cloud WAF needs better integration, API protection, UI, documentation, and training, alongside enhanced support and cost-effective licensing.
There was more information from F5 regarding hardware requirements and specifications to deploy the service.
It would be beneficial if we could perform POST requests and integrate our applications more effectively.
The documentation is not up to par, as while the platform's system is robust, the documentation, particularly for API integration, could be more developer-friendly with real-world use cases.
Improving dashboard capabilities to provide this information clearly for management is crucial.
 

Setup Cost

NGINX App Protect costs $3,000-$400,000 annually, considered expensive but competitive, with no hidden fees and strategic cost management possible.
Enterprise users consider Radware Cloud WAF Service pricing high, with complexity and extra costs impacting smaller enterprises.
Pricing could be more competitive, especially for smaller customers.
I find Radware Cloud WAF to be a quite expensive product compared to others.
The pricing is not cheap; it is expensive, but it is effective.
 

Valuable Features

NGINX App Protect provides comprehensive security features including automation, containerization, and flexible API connectivity for robust application protection.
Radware Cloud WAF Service provides user-friendly, scalable Layer 7 protection with automated analytics, threat blocking, and comprehensive DDoS security.
The most valuable feature is the ability to operate in a DevOps environment and to be configured through API and pipeline by the developers themselves.
Detecting bots and blocking IPs have proven effective for securing applications.
The most important aspect of Radware Cloud WAF is that it is over the cloud, offering a comprehensive solution that includes WAF, API protection, bots, and Layer 7 DDoS.
It has features such as API security that protect against advanced attacks, including business logic attacks.
Radware Cloud has significantly reduced attacks on our applications.
 

Categories and Ranking

NGINX App Protect
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (21st), API Security (2nd)
Radware Cloud WAF Service
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
10th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of NGINX App Protect is 1.8%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Radware Cloud WAF Service is 1.4%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
 

Featured Reviews

Tomaz Sobczak - PeerSpot reviewer
Signature-based detection, DOS protection, and bot protection
NGINX App Protect is easier to automate and configure, or manage from an API. This is good for securing applications. However, it's not suitable for more complex tasks. NGINX App Protect positively impacted performance changes. There's a cache or it works like a proxy, so it can speed up applications. It can also offload some functions from servers, which NGINX can handle faster.
Tanuj-Garg - PeerSpot reviewer
API discovery, bot defense, and DDoS capability optimize application security and development
I see areas in Radware Cloud WAF Service for improvement, specifically in its initial tuning period, because the machine learning model takes two to three weeks for baseline behavior establishment. Closely monitoring alerts during this period is essential to avoid false positives. There's an alert noise issue; during the early stages, we received a high volume of alerts for minor issues, requiring collaboration with the SOC team to fine-tune thresholds and concentrate on genuine threats. The documentation is not up to par, as while the platform's system is robust, the documentation, particularly for API integration, could be more developer-friendly with real-world use cases.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
23%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Retailer
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX App Protect?
I don't know the pricing yet because in my other project, I was not part of the buying side and I was just starting to look at options.
What needs improvement with NGINX App Protect?
It would be better if it were easier to implement and if there was more information from F5 regarding hardware requirements and specifications to deploy the service, to avoid disruptions after impl...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud WAF Service?
I would rate the cost around seven out of ten. Radware provides many different options, but it may not be affordable for companies that aren't large.
What needs improvement with Radware Cloud WAF Service?
I see areas in Radware Cloud WAF Service for improvement, specifically in its initial tuning period, because the machine learning model takes two to three weeks for baseline behavior establishment....
What is your primary use case for Radware Cloud WAF Service?
We are choosing Radware Cloud WAF Service over traditional WAF because it has API first behavioral protection, advanced bot defense, and layer 7 web DDoS capability. It was chosen because of the hy...
 

Also Known As

NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
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Overview

Find out what your peers are saying about NGINX App Protect vs. Radware Cloud WAF Service and other solutions. Updated: June 2025.
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