In our comparison of DNSFilter vs. F5, DNSFilter is the best option with a higher overall Wheelhouse Score. Wheelhouse Score uses a combination of feature and pricing comparison data, average user ratings, and editorial reviews to score software vendors on a scale of 1-10.
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It sets a high bar with its strong global policies, simple configuration, quick speed, and flawless interoperability with Active Directory. As early adopters, we have seen its revolutionary effect on improving our clients' online security and increasing our company's profit margins. When compared to the more expensive OpenDNS Umbrella, DNSFilter is superior because of its regular enhancements and quick implementation of partner feedback by a receptive crew.
Global policies, ease of configuration, speed, integrations with AD
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If you require detailed application security and want to configure your WAF to combat OWASP top 10 threats, F5 ASM (or WAF) is an excellent choice. While there are other vendors in the market offering similar capabilities, F5 ASM stands out in terms of configurability and addressing specific security requirements.
The strength of F5 Application Security Firewall is impressive. With a single click and a license, you can enable WAF on the F5 Load Balancer. F5 offers a unified appliance that combines load balancing and WAF functionalities. This means that while load balancing your application, you don't need to route user requests to separate products. F5 inspects user requests for security purposes during the load balancing process. The configuration options for application security are comprehensive, and the WAF learns the application to effectively block unwanted traffic.
Configuring F5 WAF requires deep knowledge and expertise. The configuration GUI can be complex, leading to potential confusion during the setup process. Additionally, the price of the solution is quite high.
For our company, DNSFilter has been a revelation. It was implemented in a matter of minutes, from sign-up to deployment. We now have an additional security layer and useful information about the browsing behavior of our employees. This greatly improves our remote device management when combined with our current firewall and antivirus software, ensuring that our fleet is safe even as remote work becomes more common.
Easy to set up, provides additional security protection, gives insights into employee web browsing activity
Reporting is not good enough
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall addresses our organization's need for protecting and load balancing all external applications. By leveraging the WAF functionality, we can secure every application that is exposed to the outside. The combination of WAF and load balancing features provides significant benefits in terms of security and performance."
One of the standout features is the automatic updating of signatures, relieving the concern of manual updates. The bot defense capability is highly valuable, and the ability to easily identify blocked URLs from the logs is a great advantage.
The user interface could be improved to enhance user-friendliness. F5 should invest in refining the interface for a more intuitive and user-friendly experience.
It sets a high bar with its strong global policies, simple configuration, quick speed, and flawless interoperability with Active Directory. As early adopters, we have seen its revolutionary effect on improving our clients' online security and increasing our company's profit margins. When compared to the more expensive OpenDNS Umbrella, DNSFilter is superior because of its regular enhancements and quick implementation of partner feedback by a receptive crew.
Global policies, ease of configuration, speed, integrations with AD
None
For our company, DNSFilter has been a revelation. It was implemented in a matter of minutes, from sign-up to deployment. We now have an additional security layer and useful information about the browsing behavior of our employees. This greatly improves our remote device management when combined with our current firewall and antivirus software, ensuring that our fleet is safe even as remote work becomes more common.
Easy to set up, provides additional security protection, gives insights into employee web browsing activity
Reporting is not good enough
If you require detailed application security and want to configure your WAF to combat OWASP top 10 threats, F5 ASM (or WAF) is an excellent choice. While there are other vendors in the market offering similar capabilities, F5 ASM stands out in terms of configurability and addressing specific security requirements.
The strength of F5 Application Security Firewall is impressive. With a single click and a license, you can enable WAF on the F5 Load Balancer. F5 offers a unified appliance that combines load balancing and WAF functionalities. This means that while load balancing your application, you don't need to route user requests to separate products. F5 inspects user requests for security purposes during the load balancing process. The configuration options for application security are comprehensive, and the WAF learns the application to effectively block unwanted traffic.
Configuring F5 WAF requires deep knowledge and expertise. The configuration GUI can be complex, leading to potential confusion during the setup process. Additionally, the price of the solution is quite high.
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall addresses our organization's need for protecting and load balancing all external applications. By leveraging the WAF functionality, we can secure every application that is exposed to the outside. The combination of WAF and load balancing features provides significant benefits in terms of security and performance."
One of the standout features is the automatic updating of signatures, relieving the concern of manual updates. The bot defense capability is highly valuable, and the ability to easily identify blocked URLs from the logs is a great advantage.
The user interface could be improved to enhance user-friendliness. F5 should invest in refining the interface for a more intuitive and user-friendly experience.
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In our rating and review comparison of DNSFilter vs. F5, DNSFilter has 13 user reviews and F5 has 6. The average star rating for DNSFilter is 4.84 while F5 has an average rating of 4.83. DNSFilter has more positive reviews than F5. Comparing DNSFilter vs. F5 reviews, DNSFilter has stronger overall reviews.
DNSFilter vs. F5 both offer a strong set of features and functionality including Cybersecurity Features, Cybersecurity Protection Types, Reporting & Analytics, Device Management, Network Management, Data Management, Systems/Administrative, Integration Options, Third-Party Integrations, Supported Technologies, After-Sales Service. In our feature comparison of DNSFilter vs. F5, DNSFilter offers more of the most popular features and tools than F5.
In our pricing comparison of DNSFilter vs. F5, F5's pricing starts at N/A/month and is more affordable compared to F5's starting cost of N/A/month.
Our comparison of DNSFilter vs. F5 shows that DNSFilter scores higher in usability for meets requirements, setup & support, quality of support. F5 scores higher in ease of use, ease of admin, but DNSFilter has the best scores overall for system usability.
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