F5 Distributed Cloud Services vs Microsoft Azure Application Gateway comparison

"The main benefit is Web App Security, offering a complete security package from DDoS to web application firewall, API protection, and bot mitigation."

"F5 is known for being the best load balancer in the market. Customers with an existing module can easily adopt additional modules without investing in new hardware."

"In a multi-cloud or distributed cloud, there are many protection possibilities from data to web application or API protection, including bot mitigation."

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

"The solution was very easy to configure. It wasn't hard at all to adjust it to our needs."

"Good customization; able to report and take action on alerts."

"The tool helps manage microservices by providing developers with a platform to conduct tests and assessments on the web application. The custom domain option is one of the most valuable features I've found. This feature is incredibly helpful for the end-users of the web application. With the custom domain feature, you can change the lengthy link to a shorter, more memorable one. For example, instead of using a lengthy default link, you can customize it to something like imail.com, which is much easier to remember and share."

"It has a filter available, although we are not currently using it because it is not part of our requirements. But it is a good option and when it becomes part of our requirements we will definitely use it."

"We can control what rules should be used and what should be disabled."

"The pricing is quite good."

"Azure Application Gateway's most valuable feature is ease of use. The configuration is straightforward. It isn't difficult to adjust the size of your instances in the settings. You can do that with a few clicks, and the configuration file is the same way. You can also set rules and policies with minimal time and effort."

"The main issue is integration with other parts or products of F5, like on-premise WAF. There are some problems, mainly from the perspective of implementation and customer expectations, which sometimes differ from reality."

"The main issue is integration with other parts or products of F5, like on-premise WAF."

"The pricing could be adjusted to better meet the needs of typical customers in regions like Poland, where the product is considered too expensive."

"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway could improve by allowing features to use more third-party tools."

"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is harder to manage than Imperva. It is not intuitive and stable compared to other products."

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

"The solution could improve by increasing the performance when doing updates. For example, if I change the certificate it can take 30 minutes. Other vendors do not have this type of problem."

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

"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is not scalable."

"We have encountered some issues with automatic redirection and cancellation, leading to 502 and 504 gateway errors. So, I experienced some trouble with containers."

"The user interface could be better."

"The product is expensive. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

"The solution is reasonably priced compared to other solutions."

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

"It is an expensive solution. We have an enterprise agreement, it is monthly."

"The product is not expensive."

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

"Regarding pricing for Azure Application Gateway, I would rate it at seven."

"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."