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# Imperva Sonar

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> Imperva Sonar is a unified cybersecurity platform that offers edge, application, and data security solutions for CTOs, IT managers, and other web security professionals. With this platform, users can access behavioral analysis, automation, orchestration, reporting, enrichment, and more. Imperva Sonar includes integrated capabilities such as DDoS protection, WAF, bot management, client-side protection, data governance, and threat prevention.

To fully protect web applications, databases, and private information, Imperva Sonar uses threat intelligence and pattern recognition technology. Users can access critical security data in real-time using the platform’s visual dashboards. This detailed information is broken down by WAF violations, violations by type, security events by country, and more.

Pricing information is provided on request by Imperva. Support is available via an online support portal, live chat, phone, and other resources.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **3.5/5** by 4 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **3.5/5** | 4 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 3.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 3.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 3.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 3.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 50% | (5/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Imperva

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$500.00
- **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- API
- Behavioural Analytics
- Bot Detection
- Bot Mitigation
- Content Caching
- Content Routing
- DDoS Protection Software
- Dashboard
- Device Management
- Event Logs
- Health Monitoring
- Redundancy Checking
- Reverse Proxy
- Threat Intelligence
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Web Traffic Monitoring

## Support Options

- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Bot Detection and Mitigation Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4426/bot-detection-and-mitigation/software)

## Related Categories

- [Bot Detection and Mitigation Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4426/bot-detection-and-mitigation/software)
- [Load Balancing Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4269/load-balancing/software)
- [Endpoint Protection Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4777/endpoint-protection-software/software)

## Alternatives

1. [ESET Endpoint Security](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/134149/eset-endpoint-security) — 4.7/5 (1169 reviews)
2. [WebTitan](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/159217/webtitan) — 4.5/5 (276 reviews)
3. [Myra Security](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/397403/myra-web-application-security) — 4.5/5 (2 reviews)
4. [Haltdos](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/231991/haltdos) — 2.0/5 (1 reviews)
5. [Radware Bot Manager](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/231925/shieldsquare-bot-prevention) — 4.6/5 (24 reviews)

## Reviews

### "No more Bots with Distil Networks" — 5.0/5

> **Robert** | *5 April 2016*
> 
> Our site was being scrapped on a daily basis and we couldn't block them as fast as they were coming in and changing IP's. Our Customers were becoming very frustrated as our site was starting to suffer from a user experience and could also cause issues with SEO.

Our team tried to do it our self with little to no success until we started with the Distil platform and noticed a big improvement with site uptime and blocking bots.

Seeing the reports that showed the amount of bots was a big eye opener as with our home grown solution we weren't able to see these insights.

Great job to Ron, Rami and the team at Distil

RG

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### "Stay away" — 1.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *24 April 2019* | Consumer Services | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Nothing. We were so happy to leave distil.
> 
> **Cons**: It blocked everything and would prevent our customers from accessing shopping cart pages. Asking them to enter captchas to access the pages. Our customers would call in saying how frustrated they were with getting the errors. 

We lost more sales because of distil.
> 
> Very disappointed. I had been with distil for almost 5 years. Mostly due because we were so integrated into them it was difficult to leave. We recently left to cloudflare and couldn’t be happier. 

Distil would constantly point the finger that it wasn’t their system that was causing downtime on us or not allowing our customers to access the site. When in fact it was distil in the end. We would have to be the ones investigating and telling distil how to fix the problems that their systems were causing. 

There is zero support and no one to speak to. Even when we left it was a joke. Billing still can’t figure out what is going on. And we are still waiting for a phone call from our account manager that has yet in 5 years to contact us. 

In the end, they raised our price by 300%. We now get the same better service with cloudflare for less.

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### "OK product but support became terrible" — 3.0/5

> **Matthew** | *12 April 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Bot protection was decent. They kept out a decent chunk of bots.
> 
> **Cons**: Support became so bad we had to quit using them. The tools for configuring custom rules were very limited. Reporting was also quite limited in comparison with competitors.
> 
> For a few years, Distil was able to protect our site from scraping. As the scrapers got more sophisticated and determined, things got much more challenging. Eventually their support became dismal - around the time Imperva acquired them.

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### Review — 5.0/5

> **Tejas** | *26 January 2019* | Dairy | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10

## Links

- [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/231238/imperva-sonar)

## This page is available in the following languages

| Locale | URL |
| en | <https://www.softwareadvice.com/load-balancing/imperva-cloud-application-security-profile/> |
| en-AU | <https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/231238/imperva-sonar> |
| en-GB | <https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/231238/imperva-sonar> |
| en-IE | <https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/231238/imperva-sonar> |
| en-NZ | <https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/231238/imperva-sonar> |

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