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F5 Distributed Cloud WAF

Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10
Category
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF
7.4 /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.

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 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

70 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Product Experience:
96%
Negotiation and Contract:
95%
Conflict Resolution:
100%
Strategy & Innovation:
100%
Service Experience:
92%

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.

+96 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?

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0% Negative
20% Neutral
80% Positive

Pros

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

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Layer 7 DDoS Support

85

Application Firewall

85

Base ADC Features

81

Analytics and Reporting

81

Bot Protection

80

End User Self Serve

75

Custom Rules

69

API Security

65

On-Premise Offering

63

DLP Functionality

50

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 70

Quality of Features

90

Ease of Implementation

81

Breadth of Features

80

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

75

Ease of IT Administration

70

Usability and Intuitiveness

70

Business Value Created

70

Ease of Data Integration

65

Ease of Customization

60

Availability and Quality of Training

55

Vendor Support

55

F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Reviews

Maaz P.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

F5 Distributed Cloud WAF

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates F5 Distributed Cloud WAF from other similar products?

Mitigate web app attacks and vulnerabilities with comprehensive security controls and uniform policy and observability via our SaaS-delivered WAF that’s quick to set up and deploy, and easy to manage and scale across any environment.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Quickly improve visibility and insight across all security events including WAF signatures hit, DoS events, automated and persistent threats, and all other client interactions along with app performance, including intuitive drill-down capabilities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing to be dislike about this product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best Industry-Leading WAF with an Easy-to-Use.

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Fair
  • Reliable

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

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
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