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AWS WAF Overview

What is AWS WAF?

AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect web applications from common web exploits that could affect application availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources.

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AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect web applications from common web exploits that could affect application availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources.


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Recent AWS WAF Reviews

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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"AWS WAF - Reliable Web Application Firewall"
1) AWS WAF is very easy to deploy and requires no additional software installation, DNS, config, or SSL/TLS certifications management. 2) We can a...
Igor Z.
IZ
Igor Z.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Good Firewall Service"
The simplicity of configuration and management
Rahul S.
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Rahul S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Best Firewall Solution for your application"
Earlier we used to get millions of requests on our APIs in few seconds that was not possible from users, it seems like DDOS attack, which was takin...

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

9 months

Average Discount

8%

Perceived Cost

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

The ease and simplicity of adding new firewalls for your web apps hosted in Route 53 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

The product is fairly new and does not offer extensive fairwalls compared to the likes of Cloudflare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

Configure web apps firewalls for apps hosted using AWS Route 53 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

Simple web security for legacy a web applications that are not currently part of a development cycle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

None. This product did what we needed. No issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

Needed to solve security concern about web application that is not currently being developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

Everyone should be using AWS WAF to secure their production websites and API's and mitigate the risk of SQL injections, DDoS attacks etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

It can get fairly expensive if you are not using it right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

Web Application Firewalls Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

I love that I have native integration into AWS resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

No ability to execute any kind of learning mode to understand traffic before I implement securty rules. Rules creation is a bit ackward sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security on ALBs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

All at one place,ease of use and implementation.

Support and of course credibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

Any thing above basic is expensive.

So it is not cost efficient to use for the applications on cheaper markets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS WAF:

Lower cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

The ease of integration with cloud front Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

Occasionly i need detailed configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

API, web site and WS security on the permiter Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

Its easy setup, easy to use and instant benefits Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

Nothing really Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

DDoS attack and filter of unwanted requests Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

ability to integrate in monitoring and remediation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

interface. and lack of inherent integration with KIBANA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloud/Edge Security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

Nothing really! It was too tedious to use at first so I ended up going with a different software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

I didn’t like how un-simplified it was. Far too difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

I tried it but ended up going with another software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS WAF?

It is so easy to access this via Remote Desktop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS WAF?

Personally I don't have any dislikes so far. I always recommend this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS WAF:

I would strongly recommend this product to anybody those who look for Web application firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS WAF solving and how is that benefiting you?

Currently we access the Informatica, MSTR applications through the Amazon Web application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.