R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) vs Radware Alteon comparison

Rohde & Schwarz and Radware are both solutions in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category. Rohde & Schwarz is ranked #45, while Radware is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.9. Rohde & Schwarz holds a 0.3% mindshare in WAF, compared to Radware’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Rohde & Schwarz users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Radware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Radware Alteon and R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) compete in web application protection. DenyAll seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features that provide superior protection.

Features: Radware Alteon enhances network performance with load balancing and traffic management. It supports robust integration and provides scalable architecture. R&S Web Application Firewall DenyAll delivers comprehensive threat protection, anomaly detection, and extensive configuration options. It also includes advanced security features for mitigating sophisticated threats.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Radware Alteon offers straightforward deployment and effective customer service, which facilitates quick implementation. R&S Web Application Firewall DenyAll can be complex, requiring a learning curve, but it provides detailed customer guidance during deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Radware Alteon has reasonable setup costs and offers potential solid ROI through performance improvements and reduced downtime. R&S Web Application Firewall DenyAll may involve higher initial investments, delivering commendable ROI through enhanced security and reduced vulnerabilities.

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is 5.4%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll) is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Radware Alteon is 2.1%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Web Application Firewall (WAF) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cloudflare Web Application Firewall	5.4%
Radware Alteon	2.1%
R&S Web Application Firewall (DenyAll)	0.3%
Other	92.2%

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

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Dean Barisic

CTO at PlayNirvana

Advanced security reporting has protected high-traffic betting platforms from constant attacks

I don't see room for improvement to Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. One thing I don't know much about because we have a dedicated IT team for that, and I'm not involved with Cloudflare much anymore. But if I were to compare them to F5, I would like to see more features that F5 offers. F5 has an option to bring the whole infrastructure, the whole WAF and all their packages, Bot Management, and everything else on your infrastructure. You need to install certain services from their side, and then you can choose if you would like requests to hit your servers immediately or if requests need to be proxied through F5 backbone. That would be a nice addition because we have 90% of the traffic as legit traffic coming from whitelisted servers. If it comes from whitelisted servers, I don't need to go every request through the backbone; I could easily just IP whitelist everything. Then I could maybe have Bot Management on my infrastructure that drastically reduces the price of Cloudflare. I would like to see Push CDN more improved in the next release of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. And maybe something similar to Pushpin that Fastly has, which is an option where you can push messages that then can be scaled globally over the network. From our perspective, if we have a listener that listens for stock updates, I would just need to have one processor that pushes those updates to the Cloudflare API, and then Cloudflare would broadcast that message to all listeners. Cloudflare will check the order of the message, and if you, as a customer, are not connected or have some kind of network issue, when you reconnect, you will receive the latest state and missing updates.

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SeydouSidibe

General Manager at 3R Technologie

Geo-localization and IP reputation help to keep our clients secure and more available

The area that should be improved is licensing. When using an active/passive cluster, we have to pay 70% of the master appliance and license for the passive server that does not work. Since we know that only one server works at a time, we should pay only one license for the appliances and for the support as well. In my opinion, this has to be improved. If possible, the client software should be a web application instead of downloading software for the management. This can avoid login problems when they update or patch.

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RaynielBadiola

Technical Manager at Secur Links

Load balancing has simplified deployments and improves application performance monitoring

I don't think of features that will make Radware Alteon better because it is already better, but to be able to compete also with other competitors, the price is something to consider. It is not actually that expensive, but for their level, there are other load balancers with the same feature, but they have a lower price, so pricing is the only point I can give. In the future, I would like to see some other security features added, such as DDoS, which is Distributed Denial of Service. Currently, it has the Web Application Firewall feature, but in the future, they can also add a DDoS feature or a more in-depth DDoS feature.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"It's pretty convenient and pretty easy to set up and run. And then kind of for static content, it also offers caching."

"The impact of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's integration with existing web technologies on our site's performance and security measures is quite great, actually."

"It is a SaaS solution unlike much of the competition."

"We extensively use the solution every day. The solution is very stable; we haven’t seen any glitches."

"The product has improved our security posture by blocking bad actors."

"Cloudflare is cheaper compared to Azure WAF, which I have considered before."

"It protects web applications efficiently."

"The rate limiting features and customizations in terms of URL match and applying policies are valuable to me."

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"The three most valuable features that I noticed are the geo-localization of the user, the IP reputation, and the compartmental analysis."

"By publishing the application without fear, my customer has created new revenue by making the website available anytime and anywhere."

"The best feature of Radware Alteon is basically the configuration; how we configure it is very straightforward, and it is very simple to configure."

"The integrated application protection provided by Alteon is very good. It really helps to avoid false positives in some cases. It provides important granularity to avoid a situation in which security or cybersecurity scenarios escape us."

"The strength of this solution is the application delivery controller."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability. During the time that I have been using it, it has not undergone a service failure... And with the integrated application protection, we have not suffered from attacks anymore."

"The performance and stability are the most valuable features."

"I like the web GUI. It's very intuitive and easy to use."

"The best part is that we are able to manage it easily. It is easy to manage and easy to integrate with third-party applications."

"The best feature of Alteon is its automated threat detection and blocking. The university has resource limitations. I am the only one working for the security section, looking after seven products, including Alteon. The automatic blocking of threats and detections is crucial for us."

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Cons

"There could be an option to duplicate the cluster to maintain the consistency of rules."

"The dashboard could be more user-friendly."

"The ModSecurity core rules need to be updated."

"The accuracy of the Cloudflare Web Application Firewall could be improved by reducing the number of false-negative alerts."

"The notification part could be improved. It's very much connected to Web Application Firewall, rate-limiting, and DDoS protection."

"It would be ideal if the solution offered better log integration and more integration with different platforms."

"The rate limiting functionality could be enhanced, as we find it somewhat limited."

"The blocked logs are difficult to read at times."

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"The area that should be improved is licensing."

"It can be improved by combining the web application firewall (WAF) facility."

"We recently had a problem with the table's Obsolete ARP which was observed by the support team."

"Scalability should be based on customer requirements."

"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."

"Radware LinkProof’s customer support could be improved."

"Radware Alteon could improve the troubleshooting from the command line interface, they could do a better job making it easier."

"There is room for improvement in reducing the number of false positives I receive. We could benefit from more configuration options to avoid these false positives, which can be overwhelming for a security analyst."

"Multiple software bugs exist. Most of the time, they're issues with Radware's patching. The organization has a vulnerability and penetration team attempting to upgrade the system to version n minus one. If we have deployed the software to the n-minus-one range, the device isn't performing well because it's already in the testing version."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is not too pricey."

"Cloudflare offers different types of subscriptions for businesses, enterprises, and personal users, and the pricing is negotiable."

"The pricing model is very straightforward compared to the competition. You just pay per month for the product and usage."

"The solution's pricing option needs to be more transparent for enterprise clients."

"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is more affordable than other solutions."

"We pay $210 per month for CloudFlare WAF."

"What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I believe the pricing is not the best, but it's reasonable and acceptable. We also use the McAfee system in parallel. In terms of pricing, its okay - not great, but not bad either. It falls in the middle, which is acceptable. In terms of support licensing, last time, we were searching for a solution, and we considered products from resellers rather than directly from the cloud provider. However, the pricing we encountered was exceptionally high. As a result, we are inclined to select support from the reseller."

"The annual licensing fee is $10,000 USD."

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"The Radware team we work with always gives us the best price. As a university, our budget is limited. We need something that is the best solution but with a low or economical pricing. We are getting a better price than competitors. The shift from Barracuda to Alteon was primarily due to cost efficiency. It is very economical, and the price fits our business needs."

"The cost of Radware Alteon is mid-ranged."

"It has a good price point and is more reasonable than other comparable products"

"Our government agency opted for Radware Alteon due to its affordability and efficiency. While I can't say precisely how much it costs the organization, the price per device. In India, we always look for affordable products, so I assume Alteon is cost-effective because the government chose it."

"We have three-year contract with Radware. It is beneficial to have a longer-term contract because you can obtain more discounts. It seems to be a much cheaper alternative."

"The pricing seems reasonable to me for what the solution provides. It is within the parameters of this type of solution."

"Radware Alteon is less expensive than many of the other competitors."

"The pricing is better than the competition. It is getting more pricey as the years go on, as more people are migrating to it, and as the technology gets better."

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Construction Company

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12%

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What needs improvement with Radware AppWall?

There is room for improvement in reducing the number of false positives I receive. We could benefit from more configu...

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We are a system integrator company in the Philippines, and we are selling Radware Alteon product. Radware Alteon is u...

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I would rate Alteon nine out of ten. The main reason I would recommend it is Radware's excellent support. I rate the ...

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Also Known As

Cloudflare WAF

Rohde & Schwarz Web Application Firewall, R&S WAF, DenyAll Web Application Security

Alteon, Radware AppWall

Overview

Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's intuitive dashboard enables users to build powerful rules through easy clicks and also provides Terraform integration. Every request to the WAF is inspected against the rule engine and the threat intelligence curated from protecting over 27 Million websites. Suspicious requests can be blocked, challenged or logged as per the needs of the user while legitimate requests are routed to the destination, agnostic of whether it lives on-premise or in the cloud. Analytics and Cloudflare Logs enable visibility into actionable metrics for the user.

Cloudflare

Beyond the basic capabilities of traditional negative and positive security models, DenyAll’s scoring mechanism, user behavior tracking and advanced detection engines deliver best-of-breed security that won’t let you down. None of our customers have made the headlines with security breaches.

Web Services and automated machine-to-machine communications support business processes, internal and with ecosystem partners that are often critical. DenyAll makes it easy to optimize and secure these XML-based data flows, with capabilities found in no other WAF or SOA Gateway.

Rohde & Schwarz

Radware Alteon is an advanced network solution offering exceptional load balancing, SSL offloading, and integrated application protection. Its high performance and user-friendly interface make it ideal for enhancing server capacity and reliability in demanding environments.

Radware Alteon enhances performance with robust load balancing, SSL-TLS acceleration, and comprehensive security features. Its automated threat detection and real-time analytics provide crucial insights and mitigation within high-demand scenarios. Users benefit from seamless server and application traffic management along with web application firewall capabilities, ensuring high availability and compliance with security standards. Scalability is supported through strong hardware and ease of integration, although improvements are needed in cloud service automation and interface simplicity. Challenges include response times and live traffic monitoring, with limited resources in support and documentation. Scalability faces constraints due to throughput limitations.

What are the key features of Radware Alteon?

Load Balancing: Optimizes traffic distribution across servers to enhance performance.
SSL Offloading: Alleviates pressure on servers via SSL-TLS acceleration and certificate management.
Application Protection: Integrates security measures to safeguard applications effectively.
Threat Detection: Automates identification of threats to ensure immediate action.
Real-time Analytics: Provides insights into network performance and security status.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

High Availability: Reliable load management ensures consistent service uptime.
Scalability: Supports network growth efficiently with robust hardware capabilities.
Performance Efficiency: Enhances server functionality by offloading intensive tasks like SSL processing.
Enhanced Security: Protects applications with integrated security features, reducing vulnerabilities.

Radware Alteon is crucial for industries requiring reliable load balancing across multiple servers and applications. It supports inbound and outbound traffic management, focusing on web application protection and data center security. Businesses in telecommunications, finance, and retail utilize its capabilities for server and link balancing, ensuring adherence to strict security standards with seamless functionality across diverse network environments.

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crunchbase, udacity, marketo, okcupid, zendesk

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