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AWS Shield

Composite Score
8.7 /10
CX Score
8.9 /10
Category
AWS Shield
8.7 /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.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

89 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.

+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?

0% Negative
0% Neutral
100% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 90

Web Application Protection

100

Resource Scaling

94

Threat Analytics

91

Attack Notifications

90

SIEM Integration

89

IP Address Quarantine/Blacklist

89

Intelligent Defense Stack

88

Autonomous Mitigation

87

Packet Inspection

87

Machine Learning

63

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Quality of Features

89

Business Value Created

87

Ease of Implementation

87

Breadth of Features

87

Usability and Intuitiveness

86

Vendor Support

86

Ease of IT Administration

85

Availability and Quality of Training

85

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

84

Ease of Customization

84

Ease of Data Integration

82

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

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

Avleen K.

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

Submitted Oct 2023

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?

IP Level quarrantines Advanced Shield for advanced features like 24/7 waf and aws firewall manager to check cost when spike in requests Cool dashboarding features like token acquisition

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Advanced shield

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not as such as this is one of the best product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use advanced shield to enable waf for 24/7 and cost operations when spike happens

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Inspires Innovation

Cons

  • Less Respectful