G2 Vendor Directory

F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense vs. Radware Bot Manager

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

MetricF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

by F5

Radware Bot Manager

by Radware

Overall rating4.54.6
Review count2314
Ease of use8.09.2
Ease of setup8.09.3
Quality of support8.49.2
Meets requirements8.39.0
NPS63.63636483.333333
Small Business13.0%57.1%
Mid-Market39.1%21.4%
Enterprise47.8%21.4%
Total page views325116
Total LLM citations934285

F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

Bot attacks are difficult to stop—criminals retool to bypass defenses, rapidly solving CAPTCHAs and mimicking human behavior. To stay ahead of bots, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense (Formerly Shape Security) uses AI to achieve long-term efficacy and zero customer friction. The solution helps to achieve effective bot protection based on analysis of devices and behavioral signals that unmask automation. This gives users the advantage of a network effect as the platform adapts to retooling attempts across thousands of the world’s most highly trafficked apps.

Pros

    Radware Bot Manager

    Radware Bot Manager protects websites, mobile apps, and APIs from malicious bots and AI threats in real-time. Using a multi-layered, AI-powered approach preemptive protection, behavioral detection, and advanced mitigation, it accurately distinguishes humans, legitimate bots, malicious bots, and AI crawlers/agents. It defends against OWASP Top 21 Automated Threats (credential stuffing, account takeovers, scraping, carding, etc.) using CAPTCHA-based and CAPTCHA-less challenges (like crypto challenges).

    Pros