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Feb 7, 2024
Used from warehouse to production
Pros and Cons
  • "The production is a valuable feature."
  • "The working speed of the solution needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is being used from warehouse to production. In short, for everything. 

What is most valuable?

The production is a valuable feature. 

What needs improvement?

The working speed of the solution needs improvement. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure Application Gateway for quite some time. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is mostly stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution.

How was the initial setup?

For the initial setup, I would rate it five or six. 

What about the implementation team?

The deployment takes eight months. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Director & CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Sep 18, 2023
A scalable and affordable security product that is easy to maintain
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a scalable solution...The installation phase of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is very easy."
  • "The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team."

What is our primary use case?

I use Microsoft Azure Application Gateway from a security perspective.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a comprehensive product, but it doesn't have too many API integrations.

What needs improvement?

The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure Application Gateway for around three years. My company has a partnership with Microsoft.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My company's clients who use the solution have never reported any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution.

There are around 50 users of the solution in my company. The actual number of users of the solution may vary because we have a lot of our company's customers who use it.

My company deals with medium and enterprise-sized businesses that use Microsoft Azure Application Gateway.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical support is good. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The installation phase of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is very easy.

The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours.

About five people from my company are needed to install and configure the solution.

The solution is deployed on a hybrid cloud.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is a pretty affordable product. My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution. The additional costs apart from the licensing costs of the solution vary.

What other advice do I have?

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is easy to maintain.

I recommend the solution to those who plan to use it since it is an extremely good platform.

I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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Cloud solution architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Jul 20, 2023
Helps to do load balancing of applications but needs to improve performance and support
Pros and Cons
  • "We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly."
  • "The product's performance should be better."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly. 

What needs improvement?

The product's performance should be better. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for one year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's stability an eight out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool's scalability is good. My company has 500 users for the solution. 

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's support could be faster. 

How was the initial setup?

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's setup is neither complex nor easy. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Network Engineer at Cloud Direct
MSP
Apr 21, 2023
A stable solution with good performance
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the tool's stability and performance."
  • "I want the solution's support to improve. The tool is also expensive."

What is most valuable?

I like the tool's stability and performance. 

What needs improvement?

I want the solution's support to improve. The tool is also expensive. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I don't find the solution to be stable. 

How are customer service and support?

I have had issues with the customer service's responses. I want the support to be more quicker. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's setup is straightforward.  

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Technical Lead at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
May 1, 2022
Reasonably priced, reliable, and easy to install
Pros and Cons
  • "It does an excellent job of load balancing."
  • "It does an excellent job of load balancing."
  • "The increased security that we are considering is because of some of the things that the security team has brought to our attention. They have pointed out that we would most likely require a better web application firewall than Azure Application Gateway."
  • "The increased security that we are considering is because of some of the things that the security team has brought to our attention. They have pointed out that we would most likely require a better web application firewall than Azure Application Gateway."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Azure Application Gateway for web applications and APIs.

What is most valuable?

So far, so good, but there are some capabilities we would like to investigate further, such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) and other similar features.

It does an excellent job of load balancing. The Application Gateway is performing load balancing, but we must decide whether to continue using the Gateway's firewall or to use another firewall. That's what we're looking at.

What needs improvement?

The increased security that we are considering is because of some of the things that the security team has brought to our attention. They have pointed out that we would most likely require a better web application firewall than Azure Application Gateway. That's the issue, that we are looking into.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure Application Gateway for two years.

We are working with version two.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have no issues with the stability of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, so far it has been good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is a scalable solution. We have not had any issues with scalability.

It's an external customer base.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. We do not have any issues with that, we are completely in control of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway.

What about the implementation team?

We completed the deployment ourselves.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost is not an issue. It's not about finding a less expensive solution. It's about the additional costs we might incur if we with Cloudflare or another similar service provider.

We are not facing any additional costs. We must consider the additional costs that will be incurred if we choose a more advanced firewall.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I'm looking into web application firewalls and comparing Cloudflare with Azure's firewall. We are currently using Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and were considering the benefits and costs of upgrading to Cloudflare.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Cloud Security Officer at cloudnow
Real User
Jan 14, 2022
Beneficial policies, useful data store, but security could improve
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on."
  • "The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on."
  • "In the next release, the solution could improve the integration with Service Mesh and other Azure Security Services."
  • "The support that they provide could be faster."

What is our primary use case?

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is used mainly for data transformation from on-premise to cloud or from cloud to on-premise. We are only using this solution extensively for web applications.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on.

What needs improvement?

The solution could improve security.

In the next release, the solution could improve the integration with Service Mesh and other Azure Security Services.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure Application Gateway for approximately two months.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have approximately 50 users using this solution in my organization. They are developers and VDAs.

How are customer service and support?

The support that they provide could be faster.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was done by our IT team of engineers and administrators.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is some additional cost, such as extended support.

What other advice do I have?

If you are a native Azure user, I would recommend this solution as long as you don't have any other security solution options.

I rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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System Administrator at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Real User
Sep 9, 2021
A web traffic load balancer with a useful WAF feature, but it could be more stable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is WAF."
  • "The most valuable feature is WAF."
  • "It could be more stable, and support could be better. It would also be better if they offered more features. For example, it lacks security features. Before we used another English solution, and we realized that some of the rules were not set up correctly and passed through the Application Gateway's English controllers. But the problem, in this case, is if you send ten rules, for example, six rules hit some issues. IP address blocking could be better. The rules, for example, don't work properly. If you have one issue, one rule or another rule will not work. This sounds like total madness to me."
  • "We got the feeling that this product wasn't stable or good enough for us."

What is our primary use case?

We tried to integrate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway into our technology stack, but we realized that our service solution didn't see it at all during the integration. But I was played around with it for about two weeks to one month.

We were searching for a WAF solution which we could integrate into our stack and were using the management provided by the agent. We tried to integrate a vacation gateway controller, but we realized that the integration wasn't very good.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is WAF.

What needs improvement?

It could be more stable, and support could be better. It would also be better if they offered more features. For example, it lacks security features. Before we used another English solution, and we realized that some of the rules were not set up correctly and passed through the Application Gateway's English controllers. But the problem, in this case, is if you send ten rules, for example, six rules hit some issues. 

IP address blocking could be better. The rules, for example, don't work properly. If you have one issue, one rule or another rule will not work. This sounds like total madness to me.

For how long have I used the solution?

I used Microsoft Azure Application Gateway for about two weeks to a month.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We got the feeling that this product wasn't stable or good enough for us.

How are customer service and technical support?

Microsoft technical support could be better. For example, when some rules were disabled and other rules couldn't be disabled, I contacted Microsoft Support. But I didn't get an answer until the next day.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very complex. I spent a lot of time just troubleshooting the backend and figuring out how to connect it correctly. It can take just minutes or hours to sort it by hand using the agent portal. But it took me several days to realize how to set up it using Terraform.

What about the implementation team?

I installed and deployed this solution by myself.

What other advice do I have?

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Microsoft Azure Application Gateway a five.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Sr. SAP Portfolio Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Apr 15, 2021
Low maintenance, effective load balancing, and scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "Some of the key features of this solution are the low-level maintenance required, floating proxy service, and load balancing."
  • "Some of the key features of this solution are the low-level maintenance required, floating proxy service, and load balancing."
  • "One of the challenges we faced was the solution does not support any other PCP protocols apart from HTTP and HTTPS."
  • "One of the challenges we faced was the solution does not support any other PCP protocols apart from HTTP and HTTPS."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for Internet traffic load balancing and internet traffic routing via proxies to our internal applications. It is not for user connectivity but more for the system to system integration as an application gateway.

What is most valuable?

Some of the key features of this solution are the low-level maintenance required, floating proxy service, and load balancing.

What needs improvement?

One of the challenges we faced was the solution does not support any other PCP protocols apart from HTTP and HTTPS. We had some requirement for load balancing that it did not support SAP, they should provide support for more protocols.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for approximately one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable for us at the moment but I think we need more experience in the future to come to a more exact determination on the stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have no problem with the scalability of the solution.

How was the initial setup?

The installation is quite simple.

What about the implementation team?

We have a cloud technical team that does the deployment and maintenance of the solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Every solution comes with a license and cost. Microsoft provides the license and the total cost is for the maintenance every year. 

What other advice do I have?

We plan to keep using the solution in the future and I would recommend it to others.

I rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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