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Google Cloud Armor

byGoogle
in
4.4
Market Presence: DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Cloud Web Application and API Protection

Overview

Product Information on Google Cloud Armor

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Google Cloud Armor?

Google Cloud Armor is a software that helps organizations protect their applications and services from online threats such as distributed denial-of-service attacks, cross-site scripting, and SQL injection. The software offers customizable security policies, access control, and real-time threat detection, enabling users to define rules that filter incoming web requests based on various attributes. It integrates with Google Cloud services and provides adaptive protections using threat intelligence. Google Cloud Armor is designed to support organizations in managing security for their web-based applications and maintaining the availability and integrity of their online resources.

Google Cloud Armor Pricing

Google Cloud Armor is a service that utilizes a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on the number of security policies deployed, the number of rules configured, and the amount of data processed. The service may also include additional charges for advanced features such as custom rules or edge security capabilities.

Overall experience with Google Cloud Armor

DATA ANALYST
1B - 3B USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Strengthening DDoS Protection with Google Cloud Applications”

5.0
Jan 4, 2025
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Senior Security Engineer
3B - 10B USD, Software
CRITICAL

“Cloud Armor's Merits and Shortcomings in Web Security Issues”

3.0
Dec 2, 2024
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Googlers is a company that creates products intended to create opportunities for an extensive audience, regardless of their location across the globe. The company values diverse perspectives, imaginations and non-conformity to predefined norms and impossibilities. The goal is to build products while incorporating uniqueness of each individual involved in this process, aiming to make their products accessible and useful to all.

Company Details

Updated 11th November 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1998
Head office location
Mountain View, CA, United States
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
www.google.com

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Google Cloud Armor Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(63 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
52%
4 Star
37%
3 Star
11%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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  • DATA ANALYST
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Strengthening DDoS Protection with Google Cloud Applications

    5.0
    Jan 4, 2025
    Provides better DDoS protection on the google cloud applications, comes with WAF rules. Easy to integrate with google cloud load balancer, and compute engine.
  • DATA ANALYST
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Strengthening DDoS Protection with Google Cloud Applications

    5.0
    Jan 4, 2025
    Provides better DDoS protection on the google cloud applications, comes with WAF rules. Easy to integrate with google cloud load balancer, and compute engine.
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Reviewer Insights for: Google Cloud Armor
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Google Cloud Armor Likes & Dislikes

Like

Automatic scaling to handle large traffic with security.

Like

Automatic scaling to handle large traffic with security.

Like

Automatic scaling to handle large traffic with security.

Dislike

I disliked the product's overall capability and strength. Service is bad from GCP compared to other vendors. Not keeping up with the latest cyber security trends. Ease of use is bad and a glitch UI to handle things are the things I disliked.

Dislike

I disliked the product's overall capability and strength. Service is bad from GCP compared to other vendors. Not keeping up with the latest cyber security trends. Ease of use is bad and a glitch UI to handle things are the things I disliked.

Dislike

I disliked the product's overall capability and strength. Service is bad from GCP compared to other vendors. Not keeping up with the latest cyber security trends. Ease of use is bad and a glitch UI to handle things are the things I disliked.