F5 Distributed Cloud WAF review
May 16, 2025

F5 Distributed Cloud WAF review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • VoltStack

Overall Satisfaction with F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

We have integrated the WAF in our environment to use in conjunction with our edge services to protect our application services between Layers 4-7. The application servers are running with high resources which limits the ability to perform SSL offloading. The WAF gave us the option to protect these servers along with providing the ability to perform SSL offloading and also working as an app firewall. This helped us save costs on installing a firewall with sub standard UTM services.

Pros

  • Very good data analysis and dashboard
  • ease of configuration
  • DDOS protection
  • API services

Cons

  • Better integration between different F5 solutions
  • Fail over between devices feels unstable if there are thousands of objects attached to the traffic-group. Needs to be more simpler.
  • We have seen issues with malicious user detection where we have used open protocols due to legacy applications, and have been caught with legitimate traffic being blocked.
  • Incident Management
  • Reports for Audits and Management
  • Ease of Use

Do you think F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)'s feature set?

Yes

Did F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) again?

Yes

The WAF provides a good outline for protecting the services on the edge and gives flexibility to tune the applications for security. We have used WAF for SSL offloading, and L4-7 protection. These are best used for external customers coming in to access your services. Setting up the application servers behind LTM, DNS and WAF provides end to end security and visibility which helps in tracking unwanted actors & traffic.

Comments

  • Sherry Arnold | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Sherry Arnold
    (Vendor Representative) commented a year ago
    Thanks so much for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review We appreciate your feedback
  • Sherry Arnold | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Sherry Arnold
    (Vendor Representative) commented a year ago
    Thanks for taking the time to write a thoughtful review We appreciate and use your feedback

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