--- title: F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Reviews meta\_title: 'F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 10 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how F5 Distributed Cloud WAF works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 10 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' 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 --- # F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by F5 Distributed Cloud WAF but has limited features. Are you part of the F5 Distributed Cloud WAF team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! F5's Silverline Managed Services is a SaaS solution delivering DDoS protection, managed Web Application Firewall (WAF) services, and managed Shape Fraud and Anti-bot solutions. Silverline services include 24x7 access to F5's Security Operations Center (SOC). F5's expert security professionals use F5 products with state-of-the-art security tools to ensure the best protection possible. As an add-on to Silverline DDoS or WAF services, Silverline Threat Intelligence integrates dynamic lists of threatening IP addresses to give context for policy decisions. * * * Seller [F5](https://www.g2.com/sellers/f5-f6451ada-8c47-43f5-b017-58663a045bc5) Discussions [F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Community](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-distributed-cloud-waf/discuss) Overview by Chase Abbott Show More ## 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(698) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews) [ ![Harness Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harness Platform") Harness Platform 4.6/5(313) ](https://www.g2.com/products/harness-platform/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-distributed-cloud-waf/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 10 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Pavan sreevatsav A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pavan sreevatsav A.") PA Pavan sreevatsav A. Cyber Security Analyst Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/10/2021 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Best tool for stopping OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities" 4.5/5 What do you like best about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? - Among all the web applications firewalls it is the best to stop the most critical attacks. - The configuration is very complicated, however, it will help to configure with more options. - The vendor support is so good. The quick and immediate resolution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? - The configuration is complicated. Need to have a strong understanding of the different configurational settings. - More no. of false-positive alerts. However, it depends on how the network administrator configures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering F5 Distributed Cloud WAF: - I have a strong recommendation for organizations looking for WAF services. I think it is one of the best tools to secure web traffic. Nevertheless, organizations should have a better administrator to handle this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is F5 Distributed Cloud WAF solving and how is that benefiting you? - Observed more false-positive alerts with default configurations. Vendors should fine-tune some configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Gaurav J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gaurav J.") GJ Gaurav J. Cloud Network and Security Senior Analyst Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/4/2021 "F5 stands for seamless services and performance" 4.5/5 What do you like best about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? We use it over cloud and when it comes to cloud everything looks easy and seamless. Sliverline is best to reduce attacks over L7 Security they provide. Easy to setup a d upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? There always a new things to learn or improve. Log dashboard is something i would suggest where F5 should work on as it play very crucial part in operations to analyze or troubleshoot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is F5 Distributed Cloud WAF solving and how is that benefiting you? We use it to manage L7 security on cloud to solve DDOS. We also use WAF tool which helps to solve malicious traffic from internet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Dhruv K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dhruv K.") DK Dhruv K. Security Specialist Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/10/2021 "Silverline WAF" 4.5/5 What do you like best about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? get real time data to protect apps which is very helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? Doesn't helps in layer 3 or 4 along with IPS to supress attacks through different ports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering F5 Distributed Cloud WAF: Its one of the best WAF TOOL which i have come across recently which solves the problem of malicious traffic entering web server quite to some extent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is F5 Distributed Cloud WAF solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps in stoping external malicious traffic to bypass the web server. Helps a lot in stopping HTTPS related malicious traffic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Mohit G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mohit G.") MG Mohit G. Assistant Manager Presales - Cybersecurity Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/29/2021 "Intuitive and User Friendly" 5/5 What do you like best about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? Simple onboarding process and multiple option to protect against diffrent attack vector. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? There is nothing you can dislike when you are using cloud based solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is F5 Distributed Cloud WAF solving and how is that benefiting you? Securing my critical web facing application. Bot protection. Signatures updates not required at all. No dependency to maintain high availability and underlying hardware or os. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/24/2021 "Silver line as name suggested" 5/5 What do you like best about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? It helps reduce surface attacks on Cloud with its support for L7 security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? Nothing like dislike but can expand to catching honeypot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is F5 Distributed Cloud WAF solving and how is that benefiting you? L7 security on cloud to solve DDos intelligently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") UE Verified User in Education Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/7/2021 "I work as security analyst. My job is to monitor the logs and alert the stakeholders" 5/5 What do you like best about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? The simplicity of the dashboard. Easy to monitor and check the alerts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about F5 Distributed Cloud WAF? Sometimes it becomes complex while searching for logs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is F5 Distributed Cloud WAF solving and how is that benefiting you? To check real time attacks on web applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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