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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Internet Services

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Cloud Internet Services is a set of edge network services for securing internet-facing applications from DDoS attacks, data theft, and bot attacks, as well as optimizing their web apps or ensuring global responsiveness and the ongoing availability of their internet-facing applications.

    $275

    per month, per domain

    Imperva CDN

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AImperva CDN provides intelligent and caching controls, content and network optimization, application delivery rules, and high website availability, and is available as part of the Imperva FlexProtect. The Imperva CDN is based on resources acquired with Incapsula.

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    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesImperva CDN
    Editions & Modules
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Standard
    $275.00
    per month, per domain
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Enterprise
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    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $59
    per month
    Business
    $299
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesImperva CDN
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Free Plan: Bot mitigation, content delivery network and two-factor authentication. Pro Plan: Includes Free Plan Features plus web application firewall, advanced performance, PCI compliance report, backdoor protection and SSL support. Business Plan: Includes Pro features plus blocks network layer DDoS attacks, blocks application layer DDoS attacks, auto-detection & triggering and supports custom SSL certificates. Enterprise Plan: Includes Business Features plus 24/7 support and uptime SLA, custom security rules, real-time event monitoring, load balancing and failover, infrastructure DDoS protection (BGP), manager service option and API access and custom brandings.
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    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesImperva CDN
    Small Businesses
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    Amazon CloudFront
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco ACI
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Google Cloud CDN
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco ACI
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Azure CDN
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesImperva CDN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesImperva CDN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    In terms of business challenges, it simplifies the job of my engineers and significantly increases the productivity of my teams when they collaborate with IBM teams all over the world. Now that we have completed a proof-of-concept using the services supplied by IBM, we expect it to assist us in managing them more efficiently; thus far, management has been straightforward.
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    I recommend it as a WAF, but not as a CDN. There are better CDNs, in my case I use transparentCDN (now www.transparentedge.eu) and Edgecast (now Verizon CDN).
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Integration with IBM Cloud applications
    • Easy to manage web application firewall
    • Ease of protecting CloudFoundry applications
    • Good console UI
    • Protection for rare managed service offerings such as CouchDB through IBM Cloudant
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    • Reliability / Uptime
    • Security
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Request proxying is done by way of DNS name resolution, which is inflexible.
    • Proxy services do not work on wildcard DNS entries.
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    • CDN functionalities are secondary and cannot be compared to a top-level CDN.
    • The WebGUI interface of the dashboard is very improvable. They have been changing the UX for years and it is disjointed and with services that have not yet been migrated.
    • The analysis of WAF attack logs is insufficient. It is difficult to analyze attacks of past hours, event filters are missing. It is complicated to analyze the chronology of an attack.
    • There are extra modules to improve the attack logs analysis but they are expensive and add little.
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    Usability
    IBM
    I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure
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    Imperva, a Thales company
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my observation.
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    Also TransparentCDN (now www.transparentedge.eu ) and Level 3
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It had a positive impact with a big improvement on the performance of web applications.
    • Services are quite fast to implement and easy to maintain from an IT perspective.
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    • It's an expensive product if you have a lot of traffic volume, but I feel confident with their WAF.
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