What is AWS Shield?
AWS Shield is a managed DDoS protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. AWS Shield Advanced is a tailored protection program that identifies threats using exabyte-scale detection to aggregate data across AWS.
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Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.
90 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+96 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love AWS Shield?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Altruistic
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Web Application Protection
Resource Scaling
Threat Analytics
Attack Notifications
SIEM Integration
IP Address Quarantine/Blacklist
Intelligent Defense Stack
Autonomous Mitigation
Packet Inspection
Machine Learning
Vendor Capability Ratings
Quality of Features
Business Value Created
Ease of Implementation
Breadth of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Vendor Support
Ease of IT Administration
Availability and Quality of Training
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Customization
Ease of Data Integration
AWS Shield Reviews
Carlos Orlando C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jan 2024
Complete package and customizable
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?
The amount of options and how it integrates with all the AWS service is outstanding
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Many of the protections and rules are very easy to set up
What do you dislike most about this product?
Not a big complain comes to mind
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you use AWS this is a must have and activate for your organization
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
Okwesirieze A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Not for Profit
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2025
Because Downtime is too expensive
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?
For organization that run their workloads on AWS, it is best used and it is native and deeply integrated protection with AWS. Most vendors charge for basic DDoS protection but AWS shield comes free for anyone using Cloudfront, Route53, and ALB/NLB
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of this product is that if a DDoS attack causes auto-scaling spikes or high bandwidth usage, AWS credits back the cost. Other loved aspects are: Shield standards works automatically. You don't need DNS changes. No firewall deployment No tunnelling/proxying No manual tuning for basic DDoS attacks
What do you dislike most about this product?
The advanced features are so expensive which is $3000/month/account which isn't great for startups and small companies.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would say you should understand the cost and tradeoffs, especially for advanced
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Efficient Service
- Security Protects
- Effective Service
Badru R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Communications
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Feb 2025
Perfect experience
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?
It’s always on detection and mitigation properties
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The always on aspect of its detection and mitigation
What do you dislike most about this product?
Cost. So expensive
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It’s a good catch for the money
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing