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Radware Cloud WAF Service pros and cons

Vendor: Radware

4.5 out of 5

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Pros & Cons summary

Radware Cloud WAF Service reduces backend server load by blocking malicious bot traffic and offers advanced DDoS protection, API protection, and bot management. It excels against zero-day threats, lowering false positives and bandwidth costs. However, DDoS attack reporting needs refinement, integration capabilities are limited, and costs are high. Customer support demands quicker responses, and more language options for webinars could improve accessibility. Enhanced compatibility with Azure DevOps is also sought.

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PROS

Radware Cloud WAF Service significantly reduces backend server load by preventing malicious bot traffic.

The service offers superior DDoS protection and efficiently manages botnet attacks.

Customers benefit from comprehensive security features such as API protection and bot management, which are not available from other providers.

It effectively protects against zero-day attacks and offers excellent threat intelligence.

The service dramatically lowers false positives, resulting in reduced bandwidth costs.

CONS

Reporting on DDoS attacks needs improvement, especially for Layer 3 and Layer 4 attacks.

Webinar training in more languages, including Spanish, could enhance accessibility.

Integration capabilities are limited, and greater compatibility with tools like Azure DevOps is desired.

The cost of Radware Cloud WAF Service is considered high, impacting its affordability.

There's a need for more timely response and resolutions from customer support services.

Radware Cloud WAF Service Pros review quotes

reviewer2811576

Experto de Seguridad Informática at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Mar 25, 2026

Radware Cloud WAF Service has positively impacted my organization by providing peace of mind for the team and regulatory compliance, since having the application properly protected meets our banking field requirements.

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reviewer2663061

Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 25, 2026

We are achieving six to seven ms latency, so we are very much happy with the performance and the solution uses.

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manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Oct 5, 2026

Due to Radware Cloud WAF Service, we have provided more security to the applications and have protected our applications from attackers with the best service.

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MR

Administrador de sistemas at a sports company with 501-1,000 employees

Mar 25, 2026

Radware Cloud WAF Service positively impacts my organization as it saves us headaches when we have attacks since it blocks them, and I have noticed a specific change in security, a reduction of incidents, and improvements in response times since I started using the tool, as problems have decreased with fewer attacks.

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reviewer2894466

WAF Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Aug 31, 2026

Radware Cloud WAF Service has positively impacted my organization by keeping us from having data breaches or denial of service attacks, which is the positive outcome of using the WAF.

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Luis Alexander Velez B.

Jefe de Serguridad de TIC at GAD DMQ

Sep 2, 2026

Radware Cloud WAF Service remains a great solution that shines in high-security, high-throughput environments where behavioral detection and hybrid multi-cloud deployment flexibility are top priorities.

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Sr. Neetwork and security Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

Aug 21, 2026

The best features Radware Cloud WAF Service offers are that the platform integrates application DDoS protections into a single unified dashboard, which is much better for me.

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AT

SOC Analyst at Adani Enterprises Ltd

Sep 11, 2025

Radware Cloud WAF Service's ability to protect against zero-day attacks is very good; the threat intelligence feature is excellent in the WAF and helps us protect against zero-day threats significantly, notifying us as early as possible and helping us get it resolved.

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AG

Cybersecurity Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Oct 15, 2026

Overall, Radware Cloud WAF Service is a reliable and mature WAF platform that effectively addresses web application security requirements.

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reviewer2806845

Especialista De Seguridad Informatica 3 at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Mar 3, 2026

Before Radware Cloud WAF Service, our customers had almost four or five million requests, and they were not always clean, but now with Radware Cloud WAF Service, we see that we block almost 95 or 96 percent of the attacks that we are receiving.

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Radware Cloud WAF Service Cons review quotes

reviewer2811576

Experto de Seguridad Informática at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Mar 25, 2026

Radware Cloud WAF Service could improve by possibly offering greater availability in Spanish for support, as generally there are English-speaking engineers, which might represent a challenge for some people.

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reviewer2663061

Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 25, 2026

In the starting mode, API Discovery was a little bit challenging for us, but after utilization and after day-to-day uses, we are stable and able to tackle the solution.

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manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Oct 5, 2026

Sometimes support persons are not able to understand the issues and they take more time to solve the issues.

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MR

Administrador de sistemas at a sports company with 501-1,000 employees

Mar 25, 2026

My experience with Radware Cloud WAF Service's customer support could be better.

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reviewer2894466

WAF Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Aug 31, 2026

I wish I had normalization because Radware Cloud WAF Service is not normalizing inputs properly and that's causing a lot of problems.

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Luis Alexander Velez B.

Jefe de Serguridad de TIC at GAD DMQ

Sep 2, 2026

I do not currently have integration with a SIEM, but I have a SIEM integration planned for the next two months as I implement new tools to complete my cybersecurity area.

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Sr. Neetwork and security Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

Aug 21, 2026

Radware Cloud WAF Service can be improved in security features, as they can mitigate DDoS attacks and security threats.

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AT

SOC Analyst at Adani Enterprises Ltd

Sep 11, 2025

In Radware Cloud WAF Service, the areas that have room for improvement include customization and personalized integration, as we faced multiple issues with those aspects during our deployment.

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AG

Cybersecurity Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Oct 15, 2026

For Radware Cloud WAF Service improvements, I suggest more customizable reporting, simpler policy tuning for complex environments, improved dashboard navigation, and broader native integrations with other third-party security tools.

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reviewer2806845

Especialista De Seguridad Informatica 3 at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Mar 3, 2026

I also want the possibility of seeing traffic in real time because I only see a dashboard with the security events, but in regards to real time, I don't see something that tells me how the traffic behavior is.

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