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Imperva DDoS vs Radware DDoS comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 18, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.3
Imperva DDoS ROI is complex, influenced by compliance, mitigation, cost savings, and service availability, enhancing financial efficiencies.
Sentiment score
6.7
Radware DDoS effectively prevents attacks, saves costs, and protects reputational integrity, offering a substantial return on investment.
They know how much money they are losing while the system is down, so by increasing the possibility of not having a down website or web application, return on investment can be calculated easily.
The hybrid approach optimized infrastructure costs and personnel resources.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Imperva DDoS support receives mixed reviews but is praised for fast resolutions, 24/7 availability, and improved quality.
Sentiment score
7.0
Radware DDoS customer service is praised for 24/7 support, though some report delays and tiered support issues.
I would rate the technical support of Imperva DDoS as ten.
Ensuring less than one second mitigation for L3/L4 and less than ten seconds for L7.
Providing assistance almost instantly when needed.
I typically submit a ticket for any malicious activity that occurs, and I usually receive a resolution within two to three hours.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Imperva DDoS efficiently scales in cloud environments, though licensing costs and transitions from on-premise can pose challenges.
Sentiment score
7.7
Radware DDoS offers scalable, adaptable protection for diverse industries, praised for user-friendly features and cloud-based scalability options.
99% of customers are using the cloud version of Imperva DDoS protection, so they just purchase the new license and scale as needed.
I would rate it a nine out of ten for scalability.
It is scalable and user-friendly.
Scalability is well-supported by Radware.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Imperva DDoS is highly stable with few incidents, rated 8-9 for performance despite occasional cloud-related content delivery issues.
Sentiment score
8.4
Radware DDoS is highly stable with minimal issues, earning user trust and satisfaction through reliable performance and proactive support.
The stability of Imperva DDoS is very good, as it seems they have a lot of servers around the world.
In my opinion, there is no downtime experienced with Radware DDoS Protection Service due to external network redundancy.
 

Room For Improvement

Imperva DDoS needs interface improvements, reliable support, pricing transparency, enhanced features, and better global integration for reduced latency.
Radware DDoS needs improved scalability, cloud integration, and user support with a focus on AI, ease of use, and pricing.
Maybe Imperva DDoS could use endpoints to get information about the attacks before they commence from the endpoint level or establish cooperation with endpoint vendors to share this information.
There should be improved bot management integration that mitigates bot-based DDoS attacks completely.
Their Cyber Security Controller portal, including its GUI and dashboard, could be more intuitive so CXOs can easily understand them.
I want to improve the blocking time; it should be within 10 seconds because 18 seconds allows multiple transactions in the financial industry.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Imperva DDoS competitive, with zero setup costs; prices range $200-$10,000/month, offering valuable protection.
Radware DDoS pricing varies by features and network traffic, offering flexible plans but is costly, ideal for large enterprises.
I would rate the pricing of Imperva DDoS as five, where one is very cheap and ten is very expensive.
The pricing is good, as we recently renewed our licenses from Radware.
Radware pricing is on the high end, suitable more for larger organizations.
We have a premium cost setup to align with a tier four uptime certified data center, storing and protecting critical infrastructure.
 

Valuable Features

Imperva DDoS provides robust, cloud-based security with ease of use, real-time monitoring, and comprehensive protection against attacks.
Radware DDoS offers robust, scalable protection with quick mitigation, user-friendly management, and reliable support, enhancing network performance.
I have utilized Imperva's Intelligent Traffic Filtering feature. This feature helps me understand how the attack is progressing and what is happening inside the requests to our website.
The support from Radware is also exceptional, as they are always willing to jump on a call to help solve issues and improve our network design.
The best feature of Radware DDoS Protection Service is the automation.
It provides protection for network applications and infrastructure level, and the best part is the behavioral-based detection that Radware provides us, along with real-time signature creation.
 

Categories and Ranking

Imperva DDoS
Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
CDN (6th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (18th)
Radware DDoS
Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of Imperva DDoS is 6.3%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Radware DDoS is 8.4%, up from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
 

Featured Reviews

DerrickAkankwasa - PeerSpot reviewer
Provide DDoS protection and better security at effective rate
It is expanding its number of data centers for scrubbing traffic. Currently, there is only one POP for cleaning in South Africa. They might add another POP in North Africa, possibly in Nigeria or Egypt. Latency concerns customers, especially in regions like East and West Africa, where traffic has to travel to South Africa before returning. Increasing the number of POPs across the continent would help address these latency issues and improve overall service. While the platform is already quite strong, there’s always room for improvement, especially in keeping up with emerging trends and new types of attacks. Enhancing security capabilities could be beneficial. Integrating more advanced AI features could significantly improve its effectiveness and help customers leverage these tools more effectively. It would be great to see more focus on AI integration to handle and analyze data more efficiently.
Tanuj-Garg - PeerSpot reviewer
Multi-layered defense ensures robust protection and optimized resources
Radware DDoS Protection Service is valued for its multi-layered defense protection, always-on and on-demand service, zero-day protection with adaptive behavioral-based mitigation, DNS and infrastructure protection, and SSL attack mitigation. The solution's multi-layer protection covers volumetric, protocol-based, and application layer attacks. They offer a very effective response against DNS attacks. Regarding behavior-based detection technology, in terms of real-time detection, it has been able to reduce false positives. We have pretty good experience with them. The geolocation is pretty good for an organization such as ours. We can block anything from certain regions, like North Korea or China, etc, cetera. It works alongside machine learning. They can update policies globally in less than ten seconds, which really helps with false positives. During a DDoS attack, it ensures legitimate users are not affected. We're working on a hybrid solution, so we have Defence Pro devices on our side and unlimited mitigation capabilities on the cloud.
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Comparison Review

it_user68487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 6, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Educational Organization
19%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Imperva Incapsula?
We use Imperva DDoS to stop DDoS attacks and reduce the amount of unwanted queries against web services or web scraping.
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...
What do you like most about Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?
The most important part is that Radware DDoS integrates seamlessly and provides anomaly identification, real-time notifications, and security against DDoS attacks. It also helps us with multi-layer...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?
For Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, the pricing model can vary based on a number of factors such as the scale of the business, the specific level of protection required, the geographical regions cov...
What needs improvement with Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?
The time it takes to upload a site to the cloud is critical when under attack. If a site is down, a quick response to migrate the site to the cloud is essential. It currently takes about 15 to 20 m...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Imperva Incapsula
Radware DDoS Protection Service, Radware DefensePro, Radware DefenseFlow
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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