We performed a comparison between NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall and Radware Alteon based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), F5, Microsoft and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."Since we are using this tool for protection purposes we really appreciate the hybrid security abilities; the main idea here is that we powerful protection our application needs."
"The product offers high availability."
"The features that mitigate attacks are very valuable."
"The most valuable aspect is that it establishes user security."
"The interface is easy, it's friendly, and has good alerting."
"The most valuable feature is the load-balancing reverse proxy."
"It saves us a lot of work in terms of management since it has tasks already defined automatically. That enables us to better administer our services. It is very dynamic and easy to administer."
"The link load balancing is a great feature."
"With Alteon, the load-balancing options are practically unlimited. We haven't had any issues with offloading, decryption, putting in cookies, or any other load-balancing features. We can check URLs, etc., on the back end for load balancing instead of running a TCP check. We're also doing some certificate stuff on there. Alteon covers all of the standard load-balancing techniques, and we employ most of them daily."
"There is a need for expanded licensing terms and options. There's also a need for improved and more agile customization features. The user needs to be able to manage each policy as required; the functionality needs to empower the user. There should be a complete suite of desktop provider policies available to users. Overall, it needs to be more user-friendly."
"Radware Alteon could improve the troubleshooting from the command line interface, they could do a better job making it easier."
"I would like the solution to display and help visualize the reference map more easily. I would also like to better understand where queries come from and know which users are consulting the application, along with which app."
"Performance could be improved."
"The reverse proxy piece is a little bit complicated. If the reverse proxy were easier to implement, that would help."
"It can be improved by combining the web application firewall (WAF) facility."
"Their support can be better. The Radware management is very proactive. We can connect to anybody in Radware Management in India. We can even connect with the MD of Radware India. However, their lower level staff should be more proactive towards the customers."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
"You need to have pretty good internal knowledge of the solution."
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NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall is ranked 43rd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) while Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews. NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall is rated 7.0, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall writes "Offers Application Protection Against Web Attacks". 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". NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall is most compared with , 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.
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