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F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF vs. F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AF5 Networks offers the Advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) to provide bot defense, advanced application protection, anti-bot SDK, and other features.N/A

    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AF5 Distributed Cloud WAF leverages F5's Advanced WAF technology, delivering WAF-as-a-Service and combining signature- and behavior-based protection for web applications. It acts as an intermediate proxy to inspect application requests and responses to block and mitigate a broad spectrum of risks stemming from the OW ASP Top 10, persistent and coordinated threat campaigns, bots, and layer 7 DoS.N/A
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    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFF5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
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    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFF5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFF5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    Considered Both Products
    F5
    Chose F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    -Stable data path equals to less crashes
    -Almost all the features working as expected
    -Provides more granular controls in allowing false positives
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    F5
    Chose F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    Much simpler to enable and apply. No concerns of resource usage on hardware appliances
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    Chose F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    A lot of companies already use the BIG-IP and this is the most seen combination.
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED WITH SOLUTIONS LIKE BIG IP SO IT IS EASIER FOR ANY VENDOR TO PUT THEIR TRUST ON F5 SOLUTIONS
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFF5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (11 ratings)
    8.9
    (71 ratings)
    Usability
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)