--- title: Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway Reviews meta\_title: 'Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 15 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 15 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: "DevSecOps\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t" url: https://www.g2.com/categories/devsecops --- # Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway but has limited features. Are you part of the Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Web Application Firewall is a web based app that protect website from the malicious attacks, including OWASP Top 10 protection around code injection, HTML injection, directory traversal, command injection, JSON validation, SQL injection and cross-site scripting. In addition, signature-based engines can be used for blocking known attack patterns. * * * Seller [Broadcom](https://www.g2.com/sellers/broadcom-ab3091cd-4724-46a8-ac89-219d6bc8e166) Discussions [Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway Community](https://www.g2.com/products/broadcom-edge-secure-web-gateway/discuss) Overview by Patrick Spencer (Marketing Leader | Award-Winning Journalist & Storyteller | Demand-Gen Strategist | Customer Mktg.-Advocacy Pioneer) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/broadcom-edge-secure-web-gateway/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![HAProxy](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "HAProxy") HAProxy 4.7/5(912) ](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews) [ ![Cloudflare Application Security and Performance](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cloudflare Application Security and Performance") Cloudflare Application Security and Performance 4.5/5(748) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews) [ ![Harness Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harness Platform") Harness Platform 4.6/5(321) ](https://www.g2.com/products/harness-platform/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/broadcom-edge-secure-web-gateway/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 15 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Jessica B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jessica B.") JB Jessica B. Insurance Account CSR Insurance Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/17/2023 "Recommendation or Judgement" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? I personally appreciate and utilize any security from internal checks to the unknown web. Symantec is great at catching things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? It doesn't catch it and fix it. You have to search and work through the problems instead of being immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? The most important to a business is security and ensuring your firewall is doing its job. Symantec does that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Gopi K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gopi K.") GK Gopi K. Practice Head PMO Enterprise Transformation Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/18/2023 "All In One Firewall Software" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Capable of optimizing and accelerating web applications with security, Capable of monitoring 360 degree traffic and people in network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Nothing to dislike implementation and integration was seamless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? Wanted a cost-effective way to monitor web traffic and access it works as accepted we are able restrict acess to web as per company policy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Marc Arthur M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Marc Arthur M.") MM Marc Arthur M. Junior DevOps Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/21/2023 "Great WAF and Reverse Proxy" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? A lot of features and its easy to configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Nothing, for me all the things and functionality are already there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? We use it for mitigate DDOS attacks and hide our real server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kashif Ali S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kashif Ali S.") KS Kashif Ali S. Senior System Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/21/2023 "Senior System Administrator" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? We have used it for our Exchange Server as reverse proxy server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Need more filters to prevent google ads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? It helped protects the web server's identity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sunil C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sunil C.") SC Sunil C. Network Security Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/20/2023 "Very secure, It secures the company environment from malicious urls" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? It helps in blocking malicious urls and spams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Unable to access few websites while using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps to block ftp and specified url categories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad") UT Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/20/2023 "It works as intended and blocks malicious threats" 4/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? The User interface is easy and well laid out Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? lack of help features and info when trying to find specific answers to specific threats I have seen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? It keeps me from inadvertently bringing in malware and threats Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") CI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/3/2022 "Symantec WAF & Reverse Proxy Review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Symantec WAF protects and secures applications. I like it because each application can be applied a specific security policy especially for inbound traffic from our external users. It has a lot of signatures that helps to easily identify threats, a plus points compared to other solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? I think the downside is the technicla support. We receive support but compared with other solutions, I think their SLA is okay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? It improves user experience, but at the same time secures their connection. But overall, it is an ally in terms of protecting our internal applications. Definitely recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") CT Verified User in Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/28/2021 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Symantec Web Application Firewall and Reverse Proxy is required" 5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? During the web assessment, I observed that Symantec detects almost all application payload and attacks and Symantec has very good rules for attack detection. here as the firewall is secondary security so I believe that the application should implement that so if in case any application is vulnerable with any vulnerability it will help you to protect again that attack vector. During the web assessment, I observed that Symantec detects almost all application payload and attacks and Symantec has very good rules for attack detection. here as the firewall is secondary security so I believe that the application should implement that so if in case any application is vulnerable with any vulnerability it will help you to protect again that attack vector. During the web assessment, I observed that Symantec detects almost all application payload and attacks and Symantec has very good rules for attack detection. here as the firewall is secondary security so I believe that application should implement that so if in case any application are vulnerable with any vulnerability it will help you to protect again that attack vector Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? As per my experience, some payload gets bypass so application teams need to update their rules base on the attack vector, but some attacker vector are present but there are some encoding and some possible fuzzing way helps to bypass that attacks vector. As per my experience, some payload gets bypass so application teams need to update their rules base on the attack vector, but some attacker vector are present but there are some encoding and some possible fuzzing way helps to bypass that attacks vector. As per my experience, some payload gets bypass so application teams need to update their rules base on the attack vector, but some attacker vector are present but there are some encoding and some possible fuzzing way helps to bypass that attacks vector. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway: Recommendations to others considering Symantec Web Application Firewall and Reverse Proxy: not any. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? During the assessment, I was realized that there if the application is working on intranet or internet firewall is required there are application-wise check available and Symantec provide that type of solution. During the assessment, I was realized that there if the application is working on intranet or internet firewall is required there are application-wise check available and Symantec provide that type of solution. During the assessment, I was realized that there if the application is working on intranet or internet firewall is required there are application-wise check available and Symantec provide that type of solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Thao V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Thao V.") TV Thao V. HR Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/19/2021 "Symantec Web Application Firewall, protect your application in depth" 5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? - Friendly UI, easy to use - Up to date application signature - Fast performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? - Cost is a little bit high - Need more detail document - Faster customer support response Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Symantec Web Application Firewall for our production application host in AWS, and it is great, it can protect from the attack DDoS, SQL injection and so on. With is firewall, we can sure that our application can be protected with most secure and we can focus more in product features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/19/2021 "Best for Cloud Platfform would like to have the protection" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Support Marketplace Deploy https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-n5etbqzoqhnmc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Not support to scale and still not have the cloudformation to deploy cluster with diferrent architecture like VPC Transit Gateway and Multi Account Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you? Solution to integrate to Network Archiecture in the Cloud like AWS Landing Zone Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Broadcom Edge Secure Web Gateway ](https://www.g2.com/products/broadcom-edge-secure-web-gateway/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Symantec Web Application Firewall and Reverse Proxy used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-symantec-web-application-firewall-and-reverse-proxy-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/broadcom-edge-secure-web-gateway/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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