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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF

Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10
Category
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF
7.7 /10

What is F5 Distributed Cloud WAF?

F5 Distributed Cloud WAF is a next-gen SaaS-based web application firewall that provides signature and behavioral-based threat detection to protect applications wherever they are deployed. F5 Distributed Cloud WAF combines signature and robust behavior-based protection for web applications. It acts as an intermediate proxy to inspect app requests and responses to block and mitigate a broad spectrum of risks stemming from the OWASP Top 10, threat campaigns, malicious users, layer 7 DDoS threats, bots and automated attacks, and more.

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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love F5 Distributed Cloud WAF?

0% Negative
8% Neutral
92% Positive

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Caring
  • Saves Time
  • Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Base ADC Features

88

Layer 7 DDoS Support

84

Application Firewall

83

Custom Rules

83

Bot Protection

82

Analytics and Reporting

80

End User Self Serve

78

API Security

71

On-Premise Offering

65

DLP Functionality

60

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Quality of Features

86

Ease of Implementation

85

Breadth of Features

79

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

75

Ease of Customization

73

Ease of IT Administration

71

Usability and Intuitiveness

70

Vendor Support

69

Business Value Created

68

Availability and Quality of Training

66

Ease of Data Integration

63

F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Reviews

Bharath D.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

king ofAPI Security solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates F5 Distributed Cloud WAF from other similar products?

Cloud-Native Architecture and real time threat protection

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Unified management console

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity for Smaller Deployments: The depth of features and customization can be overwhelming for smaller organizations with simpler requirements. It may require more expertise to set up and manage effectively.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

API Security, Cloud managed, Ease of troubleshooting

Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Fair
  • Appreciates Incumbent Status
  • Security Protects

Akhilesh G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Banking
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Best rules pre for WAF

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates F5 Distributed Cloud WAF from other similar products?

It's predefined rules and lots of option available for WAF ruleset

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

customize rules

What do you dislike most about this product?

there is no dislikes as it is cost matches the value provided

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

its predefine rules which is made and alerting mechanization.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Devaraj S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Banking
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Protect your servers with WAF technology.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates F5 Distributed Cloud WAF from other similar products?

In F5 distributed cloud WAF's is web application firewall security software which has good irules configuration and is easy to identify the events and customise the ruls. Cyber attacks such as DDOS attack can be successfully prevented by enabling the Ddos prevention. The user interface is interesting with graphical user interface. With the support of load balancing feature we can manage our web application server to perform operation optimally.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I am impressed on modules like Ddos prevention , User management and assign the user role helps to track the activity, irule configuration able the admin user to write a rules for the WAF, signature updates are done periodically which keeps the security appliance up-to-date.

What do you dislike most about this product?

More features regarding the traffic analysis would be a helpful for the analyst to analyse the traffic. Resolution and response time need to be optimised to provide the timely solution which improves the customer experience with the service.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For the web application servers this is the essential network security tool which helps to mitigate against latest cyber attacks such as DDOS attack which is responsible for server unavailability. Load balance monitor the incoming traffics optimally to your network.

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features
  • Respectful
  • Acts with Integrity