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PROS

Imperva Application Security Platform provides effective DDoS and bot protection, as well as guards against SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks.
The platform is highly scalable and can easily be deployed in various environments, including on the cloud and on-premise setups.
Imperva's threat intelligence allows for the differentiation between HTTP and HTTPS traffic, enhancing security measures.
Data masking and dynamic profiling features offer significant value in protecting web applications.
Imperva excels in third-party integration, allowing for seamless operations with tools like Azure and Sentinel.

CONS

Imperva Application Security Platform has limited integration with third-party tools and services, requiring users to manually export and import data, which can be labor-intensive.
Reporting features in Imperva Application Security Platform are lacking, offering limited export formats and not covering desired time periods such as the last day, week, or year.
Security log access through Imperva Application Security Platform is restricted, making it dependent on external tools like SIM for log exploration and analysis.
Imperva Application Security Platform's setup and installation process is complicated, often requiring assistance from support staff at each instance.
Pricing for Imperva Application Security Platform is perceived as high, suggesting an improvement on cost-effectiveness would be beneficial.
 

Imperva Application Security Platform Pros review quotes

OS
Sep 9, 2018
It has threat intelligence and we are using Incapsula. With threat intelligence, we can separate HTTP and HTTPS traffic. We can use Incapsula to send all the threat intelligence to the WAF.
reviewer1247523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 11, 2025
The most valuable feature of Imperva DDoS is to make our website available for our customers' requests 24 hours a day.
reviewer1358583 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 13, 2020
There is no need to have an appliance in house for the services because it is on the cloud.
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reviewer2351487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
There are many features. There is ease of deployment. You can deploy the Imperva Web Application Firewall in two to three minutes. After that, you have to set the policies. For setting policies, you have toggle buttons. You can turn something on or off.
SA
Mar 3, 2020
It is an effective threat mitigation tool.
reviewer2541525 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 9, 2024
It works right out of the box once you integrate the application.
RiaanDu Preez - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 25, 2024
The stability of the product is good since I haven't had any problems with the solution.
TF
Jul 17, 2022
The three-second service level agreement is already better than the competition.
JohnTamakloe - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2019
There are some features that are configured by default, so even without doing much, it can still provide a level of protection.
EW
Dec 23, 2020
Its unique interface for managing security performance and ease of use are the most valuable features of this solution.
 

Imperva Application Security Platform Cons review quotes

OS
Sep 9, 2018
There could be some limitations that from the converged infrastructure perspective: when you want to converge with everything and you want Imperva to get there easily because it's not a cloud component. For example, when you want to build servers and you're using OneView to manage your software-defined networks, implementing Imperva right away is not that simple. But if you're doing just a simple cloud infrastructure with servers in there, you're good to go. Also, we are not able, with Imperva, to block by signatures. Imperva by itself needs to be complemented with another service to do URL filtering.
reviewer1247523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 11, 2025
I would like to see improvements in the pooling of threats and attacks, possibly to enlarge the scale of indicators of compromise.
reviewer1358583 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 13, 2020
Certificate management could be improved.
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reviewer2351487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
The only disadvantage of Imperva is that it is a pretty costly solution.
SA
Mar 3, 2020
Imperva should have more points of presence in Africa.
reviewer2541525 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 9, 2024
Support is one thing I wish Imperva could improve.
RiaanDu Preez - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 25, 2024
Sometimes, it takes a bit of time for the technical staff of the solution to get back to our company with a resolution for our problems.
TF
Jul 17, 2022
There’s nothing that’s missing in terms of features.
JohnTamakloe - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2019
It would be helpful to have a "recommended deployment", or even a list of basic features that should either be used or turned on by default.
EW
Dec 23, 2020
The weakest point of Imperva is their first level of support, which should be improved. They should also improve the access and security logs viewing directly on the portal. I would like to see better access and security logs through the portal and not only through a SIM solution. Currently, if you want to explore your access and security logs from Imperva, you need a SIM tool or a SIM infrastructure on your side to do it. You can't do it manually or directly through the portal, which is a big problem for us. I had a call yesterday with Imperva for the roadmap, and I just told them this. They agreed that this is an improvement point from their side.