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Arbor Cloud

byNETSCOUT SYSTEMS
in DDoS Mitigation Solutions
4.6

Overview

Product Information on Arbor Cloud

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Arbor Cloud?

Arbor Cloud is a software solution designed to provide distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection for enterprises and service providers. The software offers scalable mitigation capabilities to detect and neutralize both volumetric and application-layer DDoS attacks. Arbor Cloud integrates with on-premise security tools, enabling organizations to divert attack traffic for scrubbing while allowing legitimate traffic to proceed uninterrupted. The software supports automatic and manual attack detection and mitigation, allowing improved uptime and service availability during threats. Arbor Cloud addresses the business problem of service disruptions caused by DDoS attacks, aiming to ensure continuity of online operations by filtering malicious traffic and reducing downtime risk.

Arbor Cloud Pricing

Arbor Cloud software utilizes a subscription-based pricing model that is determined by the level of DDoS protection and service tier selected by the organization Potential factors influencing the cost include bandwidth protection needs geographic coverage and the scope of available features typically offered in annual or multi-year terms Custom pricing may be provided based on specific client requirements

Overall experience with Arbor Cloud

OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
30B + USD, Telecommunication
FAVORABLE

“AntiDDoS Solution Demonstrates Strength Against Volumetric Attacks and Reliable Stability”

5.0
Sep 9, 2025
Very good AntiDDoS solution. After a deep initial configuration the solution working stable and fine
SENIOR SERVICE OWNER
500M - 1B USD, Banking
CRITICAL

“Arbor as an inline DDOS tool”

2.0
Sep 15, 2023
Requires a lot of manual effort to fine tune to get expected result.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

NETSCOUT aims to simplify and secure complex and vulnerable networks that are deemed essential for maintaining the flow of goods and services or even saving lives. The firm's platform, Visibility Without Borders, enhances visibility by integrating performance, security, and availability over a shared data foundation. This enables unrivaled access to understanding, from every data packet to a wide view of global internet traffic. The platform generates intelligence across the company's entire ecosystem, facilitating rapid problem anticipation and resolution. Drawing on many years of experience in protecting sizable organizations and communication service providers against breaches, NETSCOUT's solutions also aid in increasing agility, lowering complexity, and securing important elements.

Company Details

Updated 27th October 2023
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1984
Head office location
Westford, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
http://www.netscout.com

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Performance of Arbor Cloud Across Market Features

Arbor Cloud Likes & Dislikes

Like

Very effective against volumetric attack, BDoS module provides low level of false positive events

Like

Based on configured values it auto acts.

Like

It provides fantastic live monitoring of traffic that enables it to easily block bot traffic and malicious requests and it allows us to create, manage and store custom SSL certificates of all our applications.

Dislike

Initial setup and integration required effort and time

Dislike

- Every configuration has to be done manually. - regular review has to be done to ensure that it stays current. - Alerts generated by the tool are generic and not specific.

Dislike

The inhouse team have to be technically well versed in aspects like sql injection when hunting for events.

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Peer Discussions

Arbor Cloud Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(19 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
74%
4 Star
21%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
5%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.5

Planning & Transition

4.6

Delivery & Execution

4.8

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.4

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  • OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
    10B+ USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    AntiDDoS Solution Demonstrates Strength Against Volumetric Attacks and Reliable Stability

    5.0
    Sep 9, 2025
    Very good AntiDDoS solution. After a deep initial configuration the solution working stable and fine
  • SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Very versatile for protection against cross-site scripting attacks and blacklisted IPs

    5.0
    Dec 9, 2024
    It was very easy to implement and integrate with our load balancers and it comes with the best set of rules for filtering out malicious IPs.
  • SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR, IT SECURITY AND RI
    10B+ USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    With Arbor cloud, enhance your Network's Security posture from ever changing DDos Threats

    5.0
    Dec 21, 2023
    We have been using NETSCOUT's Arbor Adaptive DDos Protection solutions for past one year and I should definitely say that it is by far, the best solution in the market to effectively mitigate the threats originating from the changing landscape of the Dynamic DDos attacks. This application provides us with greater control and visibility of the configured alert detection thresholds and fine-tuning of the thresholds and customization of the experience is always seamless.
  • OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
    10B+ USD
    Travel and Hospitality
    Review Source

    Ensuring the availability and reliability of online services

    5.0
    Oct 1, 2023
    Arbor cloud is designed to protect organizations from cyber attacks that aims to overwhelm their network resources and disrupt online services. It leverages global network of scrubbing centers to filter malicious traffic and ensure legitimate traffic reaches its intended destination.
  • NETWORKING AND LOGICAL SECURITY ADMINIST
    50M-1B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    The high performance Netscout Arbor offers

    5.0
    Sep 18, 2023
    Since the implementation of the tool has allowed us to have an excellent performance in the data center, both in terms of security and availability of our platform
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