Azure Application Gateway Reviews & Product Details

Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications. Unlike traditional load balancers that operate at the transport layer (Layer 4), Application Gateway operates at the application layer (Layer 7), allowing it to make routing decisions based on attributes such as URL paths and host headers. This capability provides more control over how traffic is distributed to your applications, enhancing both performance and security. Key Features and Functionality: - Layer 7 Load Balancing: Routes traffic based on HTTP request attributes, enabling more precise control over traffic distribution. - Web Application Firewall (WAF): Protects applications from common web vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting by monitoring and filtering HTTP requests. - SSL/TLS Termination: Offloads SSL/TLS processing to the gateway, reducing the encryption and decryption overhead on backend servers. - Autoscaling: Automatically adjusts the number of gateway instances based on traffic load, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency. - Zone Redundancy: Distributes instances across multiple availability zones, enhancing resilience and availability. - URL Path-Based Routing: Directs requests to backend pools based on URL paths, allowing for efficient resource utilization. - Host Header-Based Routing: Routes traffic to different backend pools based on the host header, facilitating multi-site hosting. - Integration with Azure Services: Seamlessly integrates with Azure Traffic Manager for global load balancing and Azure Monitor for centralized monitoring and alerting. Primary Value and User Solutions: Azure Application Gateway provides a scalable and highly available solution for managing web application traffic. By operating at the application layer, it offers intelligent routing capabilities that enhance application performance and reliability. The integrated Web Application Firewall ensures robust security against common web threats, while features like SSL/TLS termination and autoscaling optimize resource utilization and reduce operational overhead. This comprehensive set of features addresses the needs of organizations seeking to build secure, scalable, and efficient web front ends in Azure.

Seller

Microsoft

Discussions

Azure Application Gateway Community

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

4 months

Return on Investment

12 months

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Average based on 161 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

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Muhammad K.

Technical Support Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/26/2021

"elasticity"

4/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

Microsoft Learning Path is the most helpful in order to understand it,

Upsides as follows:

01. Intelligent routing decisions (URI Path or Host Name)

02. Automatic failover

03. zero-downtime maintenance

04. elasticity

05. Scale Set

etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

Enhanced documentation with more detailed need to be provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ilkin H.

IT manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/9/2021

"Azure App Gateway - solution!"

5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

The most important thing that I like in Azure Application Gateway is the way it can automatically scale to the required load and it is very performance. I think Cloud solutions should be just about this; automatically expand resources based on demand. 24/7 failover! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

Several app gateway layers can cause confusion because they represent only specific layers that exist in the Azure ecosystem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Azure Application Gateway:

If you want to get the best load balancer, just try Azure Application Gateway. You will have auto-scaling and the best performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Application Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have my applications that expanded from 0 to 100% and have a large number of users. 24/7, it is in public use. It is great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vicky J.

Sr. Engineer - Marketing and Advance Business Development

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/4/2021

"Azure Gateway Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

I had issue with region specific based routing, azure app gateway help me with that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

I am not able to view from where my traffic is coming. So if azure can help me with that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PRABHAT M.

Senior Devops Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/28/2021

"I have used in the past & as compared to AWS API Gateway the experience was too good"

5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

I want to mention one point when compared to AWS API Gateway is the costing factor. It is less. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

I would like the UI to be more user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

arif s.

cyber security

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2021

"ssl termination has been implemented using azure application gateway"

5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

we used loadbalancing has been implemented with help of app gateway Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

all are good , dint found any flow on this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Justy P.

Test Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/3/2021

"Azure Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities Scalability and Ductility Unmatched Hybrid Capabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

Requires Management Requires Platform Cost Effective Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/6/2021

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"Good L7 load balance as it can be load balance based on L7 inspection and protect us from web attack"

4/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

The Best thing is that Application Gateway that autoscale the resource when there is much load which is very much friendly for ecommerce user, also along with web application firewall, help you to load balance and protect your websites from vulnerabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

I don't think there is disadvantage in terms of product still azure should provide more training and documentation in terms of application gateway service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Seymur O.

Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/12/2021

"My thoughts about Azure App Gateway"

5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

It provides a good solution for introducing internal solutions and databases into the cloud. Easy to install and monitor is also easy. Even if the architecture for connecting the cloud to a particular computer is complicated, integration becomes easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

There is no auto-start option. There are some crashes without notification. There is no backward compatibility, but I know this is a work in progress, don't expect it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rohan J.

Senior Data Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/8/2021

"Completely satisfied with the experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

Routing decision capabilities are far better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

Nothing as of now, but UX can be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/25/2021

"Azure App Gateway review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Azure Application Gateway?

Azure app gateway is seemingly easy to use with the rules, backend pools, health probes clearly specifying what to do. It's easy to configure and use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Application Gateway?

Still frontdoor is required for ipv6. If app gateway can accommodate both kinds of IPs it will be relatively cheap for organizations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.