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
Hatim E.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2023
Fantastic product, really
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?
The integration with AWS services such as CouldFront, Route 53, WAF is just amazing, no competitor can give that
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The customization against DDoS risks is just amazing and easy to use.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The price like all AWS products
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you can afford it, then it's a game changer
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Ankur R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2023
Great manager DDoS protection service by AWS
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?
AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The customer support is impressive. Also, since it is a product of AWS, it can be easily integrated with other AWS services.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It is a little costly compared to its competitors.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would highly recommend this product because of its ease of implementation.
Pros
- Client Friendly Policies
- Client's Interest First
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Friendly Negotiation
Kaniaru K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Shipping
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2023
User Friendly but a bit pricey. I commend its use
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?
Real time chat. FAQs full of most obvious questions and Answers
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Real Time chat,again
What do you dislike most about this product?
Pricey. at least the cost can be mitigated so as to favor countries whose currencies is way affected by the dollar US
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
For web security. These days the cyber space is very much occupied and so does the malice. Take no chance and go for AWS
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Caring
- Saves Time
Cons
- Under Delivered
- Vendor's Interest First