AWS Shield Reviews & Product Details

The biggest advantage of AWS Shield is that it delivers always-on DDoS protection without the need for dedicated security appliances or complicated network configurations. AWS Shield Standard automatically protects AWS resources from common infrastructure-level attacks, while Shield Advanced adds stronger detection and mitigation, improved visibility, and access to the AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT).

Its native integration with CloudFront, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, and AWS WAF also makes it straightforward to harden internet-facing applications without having to change the application architecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many of the most valuable capabilities—such as detailed attack diagnostics, proactive engagement, and cost protection—are only available with AWS Shield Advanced. For smaller organizations that only need basic DDoS protection, it can be hard to justify moving up to the advanced tier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS shield is a service by amazon aws which provides managed solution for protecting your particular service or application on AWS from Distributed Denial of Service attack.This attack is one of the common attack from the hacker which gives constant request to your application making it insufficient to serve the real world users and so protection from such an attack is mandatory.As it is a well known attack there are many solutions also available for the same but as you are running a aws service I prefer using AWS Shield.It has salient features like easy integration and deployment,easily scalable and above all cost efficient.So it is a mandatory security service for any aws application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think they should try to give more protection against other attacks also,like integrate more security measures so that we could get everything from one place itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to set up the Shield. Moreover, apart from setting it up, a person does not need much knowledge in it whatsoever. Security Team does not need to explain what sort of attacks take place and how to protect from them but just assign a system administrator to work on the following problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would say that one thing that I do not like there is to have limited options on protection from SQL injections and limited abilities for protection from DoS. I would like to have an ability to coordinate a specific protection and trigger it at specific time. Some functions of it interfere with other services so billing gets confusing very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides automatic protection from DDos attacks without any additional charges, as we all know DDos attack can bring down the performance of your application in minutes so it's the must required service for all your applications, you can enable AWS Shield Advanced protection for Amazon CloudFront and it also offers DDoS cost protection!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As if now there is nothing to dislike about AWS Shield, all things are good!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

During my use of the system "AWS Shield," what I like best is that the website, the graphics, and many things like this are really good. Using this service could prevent many DDoS attacks against our servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

During my use of the system "AWS Shield," what I dislike is the price, which is high for me and my team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its easy to set up and it has several ways to protect your infrastructure with great reports and visibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its a little expensive but its the best option so we use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's launched in two versions: standard and advanced. The standard version is the free version and it actually offers protection from 96% of common DDOS attacks. It's very easy to use. And it can be used on an existing application or on a new Software as a Service-based application using the AWS management console. You pay for what you use, the pricing is really clear and no hidden payments. It is very flexible and customizable. It allows the user to select the operating system, web application platform, database, and programming language based on the user’s choice. It doesn't just offer protection for websites but also for applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't have really something much against it because it's very effective but the price is considered very high and expensive, yes it's worth it but a lot of people won't be able to afford it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of accessibility and support. Best DDoS around Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can also get advanced protection against large and sophisticated DDoS attacks for these applications by enabling AWS Shield Advanced on Elastic IP address. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS Shield has the features of "always-on detection" and automatic inline mitigation, which is very helpful in reducing the downtime and moreover it has two levels of hierarchy i.e. standard and advanced and also being cost-effective at the same time. It provides great visibility and sends out immediate alerts. Thus, it's a great tool for DDOS prevention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't really found drawbacks related to AWS Shield. It is a great tool to work with, and thus I have no point of disliking the service provided by AWS Shield. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to implement and maintain, and traffic visibility is clear Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

False positives at times. Apart from it, has worked flawlessly to this date (about 1 year after launch). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.