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F5 Bot Management vs Imperva Application Security Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

F5 Bot Management
Ranking in Bot Management
13th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
2.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Imperva Application Securit...
Ranking in Bot Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
147
Ranking in other categories
CDN (2nd), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (1st), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (4th), API Security (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

Nadeem-Inamdar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Advanced behavioral analysis has improved bot threat visibility and informed mitigation strategies
The integration was a bit tough, but I find it to be a good solution. I do face problems with the integration within my existing system because there are many bots giving false positives. There is some room for improvement when it comes to performance. F5 Bot Management interface should be simplified significantly.
reviewer2818155 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Application protection has improved and reporting and dashboards still need refinement
I believe Imperva Application Security Platform should have a more interactive wizard. While the dashboard is good, it could be more eye-catching. Based on my perspective, I recommend modifying the dashboards, especially the main dashboard where I can see the traffic hit count, alerts, and other latest information. In terms of reporting, I find it challenging to create reports; in my earlier days, it was difficult. Over time, I have learned how to create reports, but it should be easier to do so. I have used other tools such as firewalls or SolarWinds, where creating a report is straightforward and does not take much time, unlike in Imperva, where I have to add many elements. Modifications in the integration aspects would also be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"F5 Bot Management provides the automation and dashboard that informs my approach to handling automated attacks."
"The most important feature I have found to be the ease in how to do the backup and restores."
"Bad-IP blocking and signature-based blocking for web application security."
"Imperva Application Security Platform positively impacts us because we have a critical website, so by placing a WAF of Imperva's quality, it allows us to have visibility and granular control over the various attacks that can occur on the website."
"The most valuable aspect of it is that it blocks all types of attacks."
"Integration with IBM AS/400 and Db2 is okay."
"I am impressed with the product's scalability, availability, easy management, and security. We were able to integrate the product with Azure and Sentinel."
"The most valuable features are DDoS protection."
"The most valuable features of Imperva Web Application Firewall are the monitoring of databases and the dashboards are easy to understand."
 

Cons

"I do face problems with the integration within my existing system because there are many bots giving false positives."
"We would like them to hire people in Sweden because it's quite hard when people are sitting in the UK or Belgium because some of the customers really want them to be local."
"The tool's UI is complicated. It would be best to have a more accessible UI dashboard to make the job easier."
"I see some areas for improvement in Imperva Application Security Platform, especially regarding price."
"The UI interface needs improvement."
"Its price could be improved. It is quite expensive. It will be good if we could export the configuration. Currently, to control the configuration, we need to go to each website, which is not very convenient."
"We need an improvement in the support. We need a lot of turnarounds."
"Licensing should be improved. Most of the clients aren't happy. It's expensive."
"Incapsula has a built-in monitoring module, but it is a paid feature; I would expect that for the price we pay for the basic service, we would be able to integrate a monitoring solution, even a simple one."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is not expensive compared to the other similar solutions in this category."
"The cost is on par with other solutions such as Cloudflare and Akamai."
"I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"Everybody complains about the price of this solution."
"It's an excellent product, but it can be very costly."
"The solution's pricing is an issue."
"The tool's pricing is good."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall price is higher compared to other solutions. However, everything is included in the price."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business88
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with F5 Bot Management?
The integration was a bit tough, but I find it to be a good solution. I do face problems with the integration within my existing system because there are many bots giving false positives. There is ...
What is your primary use case for F5 Bot Management?
The primary use cases involve bot management.
What advice do you have for others considering F5 Bot Management?
I have been working with multiple F5 products besides NGINX. Currently, I am only using the WAF and anti-bot solution from their DDoS solutions, DNS, and API Gateway. I do not see any other particu...
Which Web Application Firewall (WAF) would you recommend? R&S or Imperva?
Imperva is a strong choice, given their security focus and ongoing R&D into the product in areas such as bot management.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Imperva DDoS?
The pricing, setup costs, and licensing of Imperva DDoS are reasonable for the amount of technical capabilities provided. I would rate the pricing of Imperva DDoS as five, where one is very cheap a...
What needs improvement with Imperva DDoS?
I would like to see improvements in the pooling of threats and attacks, possibly to enlarge the scale of indicators of compromise. For example, the initiation of an attack on the endpoint level cou...
 

Also Known As

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Imperva Bot Management, Imperva Web Application Firewall, Imperva API Security
 

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Sample Customers

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Hitachi, BNZ, Bitstamp, Moz, InnoGames, BTCChina, Wix, LivePerson, Zillow and more.
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