Radware DDoS Reviews

I use Radware DDoS as DDoS protection with active protection. Our BGP is also transferred to Radware. We also have the WAF, which is a web application firewall, but that is a different matter.

What I like most about Radware DDoS is a favorite feature that we call a pipe. That is the clean traffic that they guarantee towards our company, our bank. The clean traffic is actually the favorite feature that we have, and that is one of the reasons why we went with Radware instead of other solutions. I also appreciate their responsiveness because we were having some troubles initially to establish the whole traffic and routes. They were very responsive to that and helped us a lot. They essentially did the whole routing traffic and everything by themselves because we did not have engineers with experience in internet routing traffic.

Radware has been effective at mitigating advanced DDoS threats, such as Burst and DNS attacks. There were several attacks that I was not even aware of. That is actually the best scenario because I did not know that I was attacked, and that demonstrates how effective they are. I think the best answer is when you are not even aware that you are under attack.

What I think they can do better in the future is provide more explanation about the features of the system. During our last DDoS attack in February, we were setting up the system too strict. After some time, our protection started to kill our traffic. However, the team from Radware immediately reacted, and everything was resolved in approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. It was quite interesting that our protection behavior for DDoS started to kill regular sessions.

I would like to see better documentation and more explanation about the features.

Regarding stability, I am not aware of any issues. There is a small time needed to transfer the BGP takeover. There is some gap in the communication, but that is understandable.

When it comes to scalability, I do not have an answer to that because we have not even thought about upgrading or scaling. I believe it will be okay, but I cannot answer with certainty.

I have contacted the technical support and customer support during attacks. We were having some problems during a DDoS attack when legitimate traffic started to be killed. I contacted them and they immediately resolved the issue. They explained what the problem was, remapped everything about the thresholds, and everything was perfect after that because this was the first time we were experiencing such a type of DDoS attack.

If I were to rate the technical support on a scale from one to ten, I would give them a nine.

I have not used any alternatives to Radware DDoS as our system is set up within our premises. However, I was using a system from our internet ISP, and I was not satisfied at all. This was the reason we switched. I believe it was the next day when Russia invaded Ukraine that we were having a major DDoS. All banks in Macedonia were having major DDoS attacks, and the ISP protection did not work at all. They did not react at all.

The initial deployment was not easy, but with the help of Radware engineers, it was not that difficult. From an engineering point of view, it was interesting. Because we did not have BGP and did not have all the prerequisites that we needed, it was challenging for us engineers. I cannot say that it was easy, but I also cannot say that it was difficult. It was challenging.

I have not used any alternatives to Radware DDoS as our system is set up within our premises. However, I was using a system from our internet ISP, and I was not satisfied at all. This was the reason we switched. I believe it was the next day when Russia invaded Ukraine that we were having a major DDoS. All banks in Macedonia were having major DDoS attacks, and the ISP protection did not work at all. They did not react at all.

When I scheduled the call, it did not allow me to pick a time zone. I was only given time slots to choose from.

I am familiar with the pricing because I handled the whole procurement, and I think it is fair pricing. Radware is not at the level of Akamai, but they are more expensive than other competition. However, the services that they are providing are on the next level from their competition, and we do not even consider other providers.

As of right now, after I deployed it, it does not require any maintenance on my end. I do not connect for maintenance, and I do not believe that our engineers connect either. There may be some preventive maintenance, but it is not heavy and not excessive.

I have not used the web DDoS protection. My overall rating for Radware DDoS is nine out of ten.

Currently, I only use Radware DDoS. I have been carrying Radware DDoS for about 10 years already.

Radware DDoS can mitigate attacks from layer 4 to 7, which makes the organization more secured with a dedicated DDoS solution.

Using Radware HTTP or HTTPS protection actually protects my application at the application layer. I am confident that the applications running on my system are well protected from different types of DDoS attack.

Radware DDoS is very effective in mitigating distributed denial-of-service attacks. The solution is very mature, and since Radware DDoS can detect attacks within 18 seconds, it really helps the organization against those types of attacks.

Using behavioral-based detection, Radware DDoS can detect even unknown or zero-day attacks and mitigate those attacks within 18 seconds. That is the advantage of the behavioral-based feature of Radware DDoS.

Radware DDoS can pinpoint whether users are legitimate or illegitimate, meaning the traffic. That is one of the key features that Radware DDoS has.

On the appliance, maybe the hardware could be improved. Most of Radware DDoS appliances are physical, so they could improve that aspect.

In terms of the system and the functionality, Radware DDoS is constantly upgrading.

I have been working in the industry for 25 years already.

Deploying Radware DDoS is very easy. It is an inline appliance, so I just put it in line and then configure it using its Cyber Controller. Cyber Controller is the management interface for the Radware DDoS device or appliance.

It does not take much time to set up. If I already have the information in place, it does not take much time to configure Radware DDoS.

Including the downtime of the customer or deploying it, it will take maybe an hour or an hour and a half if all necessary configuration is already pre-configured.

The only thing needed is mounting the appliance because it is heavy.

Radware DDoS definitely reduced my operational cost.

Radware DDoS response time is in real-time. As mentioned earlier, it can detect vulnerability or attacks within 18 seconds and can generate its own signatures within that period.

I would rate Radware DDoS a 9 out of 10.

We are the largest data center company in Asia with almost six data centers in India, and we are planning to expand beyond India. We use Radware DDoS Protection Service for protecting our infrastructure and providing Cloud DDoS as a service to around 500 end customers who have hosted their infrastructure on our cloud co-location.

We've been using it in a fully-manged way, and always on an on-demand. 

We began to see value almost a year back. It took a year to streamline when using it, and then we started we started onboarding our customer on the same pipe. 

We wanted to protect our own data center. We are India's only cloud. We are in direct or hyperscale. We are in direct competition with Azure, AWS, and all. And at the same time, we have lots of ISP networks. 

Our environment is hybrid. We are the largest data center. Most of the infrastructure is on-premise, and then we have India's first AI cloud and India's first hyperscale. It took almost a year to streamline everything. 

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. 

Their Cyber Security Controller portal, including its GUI and dashboard, could be more intuitive so CXOs can easily understand them. 

Improvements in visualization for reporting also need consideration. This feedback has already been provided directly to Radware DDoS Protection Service.

We have been using the solution for the past 12 years or possibly more.

Lately there have been some issues with stability, which results in a stability rating between eight and nine out of ten.

Scalability has never been a challenge due to the hybrid cloud model and the Cloud DDoS capability, which allows scaling as demand increases.

We have 24/7 access to Radware DDoS Protection Service's Emergency Response Team who collaborate during ongoing attacks, ensuring less than one second mitigation for L3/L4 and less than ten seconds for L7. This is supported by a direct relationship with key personnel at Radware DDoS Protection Service.

Positive

We conducted a POC with F5 and Arbor Networks. We chose Radware DDoS Protection Service due to its superior capabilities and willingness to host a scrubbing center, minimizing latency.

The initial setup was quite easy, aided by a team experienced with Radware DDoS Protection Service for well over a year.

Implementation was handled internally by a team of six to seven team members who were experienced with Radware DDoS Protection Service.

The ROI was realized after a year, giving a year-on-year return of around 20% to 30%. The hybrid approach optimized infrastructure costs and personnel resources.

We have a premium cost setup to align with a tier four uptime certified data center, storing and protecting critical infrastructure.

Radware DDoS Protection Service stood out due to its better capability and flexible hosting options that reduced latency.

Radware DDoS Protection Service offers enterprise-grade protection across all layers from L3 to L7, with hybrid flexibility and global scrubbing network. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution an eight or nine.

In my previous company, I used Radware DDoS for more than one and a half years, and it was positioned in front of the perimeter firewall.

Our main use case for Radware DDoS was to protect the external services, which were deployed on Big-IP F5, and then in front of that, a Check Point firewall was there, and in front of the Check Point firewall, Radware DDoS was there, protecting all the external services for that particular company I worked for.

I can give a specific example of an attack where Radware DDoS made a difference; we verified that an attacker tried to generate a TCP flood attack originating from multiple sources, and Radware DDoS was able to mitigate that based on the security features that were enforced on it.

Regarding our use case for Radware DDoS, it was enforced for each and every application, with TPS assigned there for verifying the requests coming from each single source, either based on a single source or distributed sources.

In my experience, the best features Radware DDoS offers include the ability to mitigate DDoS attacks such as TCP and SYN flood attacks; we can also mitigate UDP flood attacks, and while using TCP, it can verify the client and many other aspects, being implementable on Layer 7 for more granular information such as user-agent, which is possible if we import the private key of the particular service.

Out of all those features, the one that had the biggest impact for my team was the Layer 3 and Layer 4 DDoS implementation because it was more effective for us; we did not want to have decryption on the first layer of defense as it would introduce latency for our applications.

Radware DDoS has positively impacted my organization by sorting unwanted traffic, specifically malicious traffic targeting the applications, and it has taken the burden off the perimeter firewall during incidents.

For one particular incident, I believe that more than two million requests came through, and I think over twenty million requests were mitigated at the Radware DDoS level.

I believe Radware DDoS could be improved for cloud deployments with more granular controls that could provide valuable gains for the company, especially by verifying whether the client is genuine or not with additional metrics.

While I think the support is quite good and the user interface is acceptable, it does require a more friendly interface, although I cannot recall the exact improvements needed.

I have been in this field for more than four and a half years.

Radware DDoS is stable in my experience, with no downtime or reliability issues; on-premises performance exceeds expectations.

Radware DDoS's scalability is good; scaling up or down is easy without performance issues.

Customer support for Radware DDoS is fine; I would rate them nine out of ten. The learning curve for Radware DDoS was fine; it was easy for my team to get up and running.

I do not believe we had any other DDoS solution prior to Radware DDoS; we had F5 Cloud DDoS for cloud, which was good but still used Radware DDoS for on-premises.

I have seen a return on investment with Radware DDoS because it reduced our work by mitigating traffic before it reached the perimeter firewall, which lessened the need for extra security policies.

I am unsure if we evaluated other options before choosing Radware DDoS; my team likely did, but I was not part of that particular process.

My advice for others looking into using Radware DDoS is that if they are seeking a good solution while also considering budget, Radware DDoS is a suitable option.

I would rate Radware DDoS a seven out of ten because I believe that our board DDoS is much better.

I think we have covered all the aspects of Radware DDoS, but I feel the cloud requires more attention compared to on-premises. I gave this review a rating of seven out of ten.

My use case is that whatever traffic is coming from the internet, all that traffic is being monitored. It is sent to their scrubbing center, and from there, anything non-genuine gets blocked as per IOC, and the genuine traffic is sent to my inside applications.

Since implementing Radware DDoS Protection Service, I have been able to see DDoS attack sources and their origins. We didn't have the capacity to visualize DDoS attacks before. Blocking is also very fast compared to before, around 18 seconds of blocking time.

In my organization, I have observed many SQL injections and cross-site attacks, alongside heavy bandwidth utilization, which Radware DDoS Protection Service has been able to mitigate effectively.

Since implementing Radware DDoS Protection Service, I have experienced a transformation. I didn't have any DDoS mitigation tool previously, and my internet bandwidth was completely utilized by DDoS attacks. It is now filtering at the scrubbing center, especially during volumetric attacks.

Radware DDoS Protection Service ensures that legitimate users are not affected during DDoS attacks by communicating with my Anti-DDoS DefensePro tool. Based on configured policies, the scrubbing center can pass the traffic while already blocking the designated attackers' IPs.

Before implementing automation, my security monitoring team had to continually monitor DDoS attacks around the clock and send IPs for approval to the operations team for blocking, whereas now, it automatically blocks based on policies.

The time consumption in our processes has decreased compared to before because the internal ticketing process required approval from respective authorities, while now it is completely automated, allowing immediate blocking.

The solution effectively prevents attacks much earlier, making monitoring less burdensome than before.

Compared to other products, Radware DDoS Protection Service provides superior performance, as it blocks attacks within 18 seconds.

Previously, managing one incident took around three hours for complete approval and implementation, but now the Anti-DDoS tool immediately blocks particular IPs within 18 seconds.

With the SecOps dashboards for monitoring and reporting metrics, we can continuously monitor our Security Operations Center 24/7. We have absolute visibility.

The dashboard can provide historical information on objects and networks for three months, and we also have a backup tool that retains data for six years, per my industry policies.

The best feature of Radware DDoS Protection Service is the automation. Previously, manual intervention was necessary, and for incoming attacks, we had to inform the respective security and operations teams, whereas now, it is an automated process that blocks attacks based on policies by default.

This automation has significantly improved my organization's security compared to before. We didn't have that much automation previously, but now, with multiple policies, we can prevent attacks effectively.

I want to improve the blocking time; it should be within 10 seconds because 18 seconds allows multiple transactions in the financial industry. I want the blocking time to be better than 18 seconds.

I have been using the solution for the last six months.

Radware DDoS Protection Service is stable. For the last six months, I have not faced any issues, so it is a good solution.

In my opinion, there is no downtime experienced with Radware DDoS Protection Service due to external network redundancy.

It is scalable and user-friendly. My team members understand the policies and dashboards easily.

I would rate their customer support positively. Before using Radware, I experienced some delays with another product, but with Radware, we have immediate connections with high-level technical support.

I would rate Radware's customer support an eight out of ten because when we had initial configuration issues, support resolved the issues after a couple of escalations.

Positive

Before Radware DDoS Protection Service, I didn't have any DDoS solution at all, just manual processes.

The deployment of Radware DDoS Protection Service is very simple. It is user-friendly.

Radware DDoS Protection Service does not require separate maintenance, and there is minimal downtime during maintenance periods, such as during firmware upgrades of the Anti-DDoS tool.

There are five members in my team who work with Radware DDoS Protection Service.

I didn't check pricing of other providers in depth but verified with two, and found Radware to be significantly cheaper compared to F5.

I chose Radware because, as per Gartner, it is recognized in the market as the number one anti-DDoS solution.

I would recommend Radware DDoS Protection Service fully because I have observed improvements in bandwidth speed.

I would rate Radware DDoS Protection Service a ten out of ten.

My main use case for Radware DDoS is preventing our applications from attackers, and that is the main goal.

I find that Radware DDoS is very useful and helpful, and I have nothing else to add about my main use case or how I use it day-to-day.

As for the support team, we have configured all of the required things to stop or mitigate an attack with Radware DDoS.

In my experience, the best features Radware DDoS offers include very good support, as the team helps us whenever we require it. What makes the support stand out for me is that they solved a tricky problem quickly, which is an example of when they helped me.

Radware DDoS is the best tool, as it protects our applications just as we intended it to.

Radware DDoS has positively impacted my organization.

I believe there is no need to improve anything about Radware DDoS.

I am saying that there is no need to change anything, and I have nothing more to add about needed improvements.

I have been using Radware DDoS for the last one year.

Whenever a DDoS attack is happening, your team rectifies the situation for us, and that is the main thing for us as a particular metric we have seen since using Radware DDoS.

Radware DDoS is a perfect tool and there is no need to add anything else about the features besides support.

As of now, I notice there is no need to change anything, and using the WAF, I feel more safe for our applications.

My main use case for Radware DDoS is security and protection.

A quick, specific example of how I use Radware DDoS for security and protection is that we have enabled the DDoS and bot protection for our main website.

In my opinion, the best feature that Radware DDoS offers is bot protection.

When I mention bot protection, what stands out to me is its accuracy.

Radware DDoS also features easy integration, easy use, and a good user interface.

Radware DDoS has positively impacted my organization by improving our security.

After implementing Radware DDoS, my security has improved as I notice less bot traffic and spam traffic for our sales, our emails, and everywhere.

To improve Radware DDoS, it would be great to have more performance and more CDN features and all integrations.

I wish there were more functionality for microservices, websites, and configurations regarding the static files and content and CDN.

I have been using Radware DDoS for around three years.

Radware DDoS is not stable. I have encountered stability issues such as performance issues, network timeout with ESP, slowness per regions, and no CDN feature which gives us a clear picture.

The scalability of Radware DDoS is managed by Radware; I have no knowledge of how it is scalable.

The customer support is good, but it is slow and sometimes there is no resolution.

I previously used CloudFlare and AWS CloudFront before Radware DDoS.

I purchased Radware DDoS through the AWS Marketplace.

I use AWS as my cloud provider.

Before choosing Radware DDoS, I evaluated CloudFlare and AWS CloudFront.

My advice to others looking into using Radware DDoS is that the basic functionality is great, but additional features require more effort, integration time, and support communication.

Radware DDoS is a great product for basic functionality that you can use, but generally, there are some pros and cons. For example, CloudFlare has issues such as downtimes, whereas Radware was a stable option. However, we had some performance issues and some support cases that delayed us, but it is still good.

My overall rating for this product is 6.

We use Radware's Cloud DDoS Protection Service to safeguard Cloud Graph with Layer Seven protection.

To mitigate Layer Seven DDoS attacks on our servers, we implemented Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service.

Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service does an excellent job at blocking threats quickly.

The Cloud DDoS management system provides clear and easy-to-understand visibility into incidents.

The management system is user-friendly.

The Cloud DDoS management system provides comprehensive insights and detailed visibility, simplifying attack analysis.

Before implementing Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, our organization experienced frequent downtime due to numerous attacks, particularly targeting specific assets. Migrating to Radware Cloud has eliminated downtime, allowing our business to operate uninterrupted even during attacks. The benefits were immediate, and we now receive timely notifications from the ERT team at the onset of any attack.

The web DDoS protection has significantly reduced our false positive rate.

Web DDoS Protection allows legitimate users to continue using our site even if it is under attack.

Radware immediately provides attack notifications, and the ERT team offers updates. If an attack disrupts our site, technical support can restore service within 20 hours.

I appreciate Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service for its responsive ERT team and the ease of migrating our sites to the platform. The intuitive user interface makes the entire process seamless and efficient.

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 minutes for the process to complete, which should be minimized.

I have been using the Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service for one year.

Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service is stable, and we don't experience bugs or glitches.

I would rate the scalability of Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service ten out of ten.

The technical support responds quickly, but sometimes the resolution takes time.

Neutral

The initial setup was complex due to our organization's network being complicated, not because of Radware Cloud. We had an issue with the DNS migration during the deployment. The deployment took around 20 minutes.

Two people from Radware and two people from our organization were involved, totaling four people.

I would rate Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service ten out of ten.

Our five-person team is the only people in our organization who use Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service.

Radware does the maintenance every two weeks.

I recommend Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service because the system works well, the web interface is intuitive and easy to use, and the technical support is okay.

We are using DefensePro for protecting our network and infrastructure from DDoS attacks.

DefensePro is very important for us for protecting our organization against DDoS threats and attacks. We are an ISO 27001-certified company. For compliance purposes, we have implemented DefensePro.

I am happy to see that we have not had any DDoS attacks. This solution has successfully protected us from attacks, and no one has been able to attack our network.

DefensePro is able to detect attacks in real-time. It has also helped reduce the number of false positives that our organization receives in response to attacks. We do have some false positives, but their number is low, around 10% to 20%.

DefensePro has definitely helped us reduce downtime associated with attacks.

We were able to see its benefits within three to six months of the deployment.

The product is good, but the company could improve its services by appointing customer success managers. This would ensure better interaction with customers and help resolve issues on both customer and supplier ends. Most other security product companies such as Palo Alto and Forcepoint appoint customer success managers to interact with customers and ensure that the product they have purchased is used perfectly. If we are facing any kind of issues in using the product or service, the customer success manager should get things right.

We have been using DefensePro for more than five years.

We have not found any issues with the stability of the solution.

DefensePro is quite scalable. Over the last five years, we have increased our infrastructure, and it has been working fine.

The customer service is fine. We have contacted their customer support, and they are satisfactory in terms of quality and responsiveness.

Positive

We have not used any alternatives to DefensePro.

The deployment was easy. We procured it through our partner. Our partner was able to deploy it perfectly. We did not face any issues in the deployment. It took around three months to fully deploy.

It does not require any maintenance from our side.

Two persons were involved in the implementation process.

The pricing is okay, and I do not have any concerns about the price.

To someone who is researching DDoS protection solutions but wants to go with the cheapest solution on the market, I would say that the product protection comes first and the cost comes second.

We have not evaluated any other solutions.

Now that DefensePro is available on the cloud, my advice would be to consider cloud adoption while implementing the solution.

I would rate DefensePro a ten out of ten. It is a good product.

We primarily use Radware DDoS Protection Service for ensuring network security and protecting against cyber threats. Our level two support engineers are hands-on with the service, utilizing it for network protection and incident visibility.

The most valuable feature of Radware DDoS Protection Service is its reporting capability. It allows us to see live attacks and understand the incoming traffic. 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. Additionally, the service effectively blocks threats in real time, offering wide protection and preventing false positives.

I suggest improvements to the user interface to make it easier to use and to find the necessary data for analysis. Although the data is present, accessing it for analysis could be more simplified.

I have been using Radware DDoS Protection Service for all of the year and a half that I have been at the current company.

We have never encountered any issues with stability. There are no problems with lagging or crashing.

Scalability is well-supported by Radware. With their help, we have updated our network design to ensure scalability.

Radware's support is first class. Their responses are quick, and they are very engaging, providing assistance almost instantly when needed.

Neutral

In my previous ISP, I experienced different services, but Radware stands out as a luxury to have.

The initial setup was difficult for me because I didn't receive training. The interface is advanced, and this contributed to the challenges I faced at the beginning. However, with Radware's support, I was able to learn and adapt quickly.

Radware pricing is on the high end, suitable more for larger organizations. They have different options, but I feel it's a costly solution.

I wasn't part of the decision-making process when Radware was chosen at my current company, but in my previous ISP, I had exposure to different services.

I recommend gathering the necessary budget to go with Radware services. The cheapest option may save money initially but could cost more in the long run. I rate the solution 10 out of 10.