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F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics

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

MetricF5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

by F5

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

by Cisco

Overall rating3.94.4
Review count1533
Ease of use8.69.1
Ease of setup7.69.0
Quality of support8.79.1
Meets requirements9.08.9
NPS13.33333361.290323
Small Business13.3%33.3%
Mid-Market33.3%18.2%
Enterprise53.3%48.5%
Total page views197242
Total LLM citations349627

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is a high-performance, full-proxy network security solution designed to protect networks and data centers against incoming threats that enter the network. Built on F5’s industry-leading BIG-IP hardware and software platforms, BIG-IP AFM provides a scalable platform that delivers the flexible performance and control needed to mitigate aggressive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and protocol attacks before they overwhelm and degrade applications and infrastructure availability.

Pros

    Cisco Secure Network Analytics

    Stealthwatch is the only solution that detects threats across your private network, public clouds, and even in encrypted traffic.

    Pros