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AWS Shield

Composite Score
9.2 /10
CX Score
9.4 /10
Category
AWS Shield
9.2 /10

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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AWS Shield Ratings

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.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+97 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?

0% Negative
0% Neutral
100% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 93

Resource Scaling

97

Threat Analytics

94

SIEM Integration

94

Attack Notifications

91

Packet Inspection

91

IP Address Quarantine/Blacklist

91

Autonomous Mitigation

90

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 88

Business Value Created

90

Quality of Features

89

Breadth of Features

89

Availability and Quality of Training

89

Ease of IT Administration

88

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

88

Ease of Implementation

88

Usability and Intuitiveness

88

Ease of Customization

87

Vendor Support

87

Ease of Data Integration

84

AWS Shield Reviews

Ashwini k.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Fantastic Product with cost

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?

Packet Inspection is very good in aws shield pro feature which is not given by default , it comes with cost post-mortem analysis of Bot attack from AWS IP Address quarrantine - basically blocks the large number of requests coming from various set of IP's

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Use shield Pro - For l7/L4 monitoring for DDOS

What do you dislike most about this product?

Little bit of extra cost is added if you want to use more advanced features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go through The docs and check the tutorials to get started and learn SDK to automate stuff

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Fair
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Generous Negotitation

Tarun B.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Best Product for DDOS Attacks and firewall mgmt

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?

DDOs Protection Firewall Management via IP restriction. / IP quarantine's AWS shield - Protecting your All public facing components Packet inspection at its best

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Firewall Management via IP restriction. / IP quarantine's

What do you dislike most about this product?

NOt at all , Its best

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Very simple UI to define the policies , start exploring and implementing it

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity

Gaurav K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Communications
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?

More Reliabile Better security features like Automatic L7 injection using advanced shield post attack report generation Instant rule updates

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Dashboarding reporting after attack

What do you dislike most about this product?

A bit costly after shield advanced

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

L7/L4 automatic detection for bot attack

Pros

  • Transparent
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Includes Product Enhancements