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AWS Shield vs. Arbor Threat Mitigation System

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAWS Shield

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Arbor Threat Mitigation System

by NETSCOUT

Overall rating4.04.6
Review count1553
Ease of use8.58.9
Ease of setup8.68.3
Quality of support8.58.2
Meets requirements8.98.8
NPS26.66666774
Small Business40.0%13.2%
Mid-Market26.7%26.4%
Enterprise33.3%60.4%
Total page views161403
Total LLM citations2321,501

AWS Shield

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards web applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency.

Pros

    Arbor Threat Mitigation System

    The Arbor Threat Mitigation System (TMS) is a sophisticated DDoS mitigation solution designed to ensure service availability and performance for organizations facing the growing threat of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. By integrating network-wide intelligence and advanced anomaly detection, Arbor TMS provides a robust framework for identifying and neutralizing various types of DDoS attacks, including volumetric, TCP state exhaustion, and application-layer threats.

    Pros

    • Threat Detection
    • Alerts
    • Security