In our comparison of F5 vs. Proofpoint, Proofpoint 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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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.
Stopping spam and malicious emails, but requires continual training and user management. Wanted to use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC features but couldn't get help from support.
The system works well with regular training and use of quarantine and daily digest for suspect emails.
Lack of initial and ongoing training, difficult sales rep, and poor support after the person managing the system left.
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's a reliable product that delivers on its promises.
Great coverage against phishing, malware, impersonation, and business exploits
The documentation for Google Workspace is notably deficient. This led to complications during our go-live phase due to conflicting information. Additionally, it took 45 minutes to connect with a resource through P1 support.
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.
Stopping spam and malicious emails, but requires continual training and user management. Wanted to use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC features but couldn't get help from support.
The system works well with regular training and use of quarantine and daily digest for suspect emails.
Lack of initial and ongoing training, difficult sales rep, and poor support after the person managing the system left.
It's a reliable product that delivers on its promises.
Great coverage against phishing, malware, impersonation, and business exploits
The documentation for Google Workspace is notably deficient. This led to complications during our go-live phase due to conflicting information. Additionally, it took 45 minutes to connect with a resource through P1 support.
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In our rating and review comparison of F5 vs. Proofpoint, F5 has 6 user reviews and Proofpoint has 15. The average star rating for F5 is 4.83 while Proofpoint has an average rating of 4.66. F5 has more positive reviews than Proofpoint. Comparing F5 vs. Proofpoint reviews, F5 has stronger overall reviews.
F5 vs. Proofpoint both offer a strong set of features and functionality including Cybersecurity Features, Cybersecurity Protection Types, Reporting & Analytics, Device Management, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Application Management, Cloud Management, Systems/Administrative, Configuration Management, Supported Technologies, After-Sales Service. In our feature comparison of F5 vs. Proofpoint, Proofpoint offers more of the most popular features and tools than F5.
In our pricing comparison of F5 vs. Proofpoint, Proofpoint's pricing starts at 0/month and is more affordable compared to Proofpoint's starting cost of 0/month.
Our comparison of F5 vs. Proofpoint shows that Proofpoint scores higher in usability for meets requirements, learning curve, setup & support. F5 scores higher in ease of use, ease of admin, but Proofpoint has the best scores overall for system usability.
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