A10 Thunder TPS vs Fortinet FortiDDoS comparison

A10 Networks and Fortinet are both solutions in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category. A10 Networks is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.3, while Fortinet is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.0. A10 Networks holds a 2.0% mindshare in DDOS, compared to Fortinet’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of A10 Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

A10 Thunder TPS

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

A10 Thunder TPS and Fortinet FortiDDoS are products in the DDoS protection space. A10 Thunder TPS has an advantage in pricing and customer support, while Fortinet FortiDDoS leads with advanced functionalities.

Features: A10 Thunder TPS provides integrated threat intelligence, comprehensive attack visibility, and programmable automated defense through RESTful API. Fortinet FortiDDoS offers behavior-based attack detection, seamless integration with existing infrastructures, and an emphasis on automated threat detection.

Room for Improvement: A10 Thunder TPS could improve its automated response features and expand its suite of integrations with third-party systems. Additional reporting capabilities and a more intuitive user interface could also be beneficial. Fortinet FortiDDoS might enhance its ease of configuration, decrease deployment complexity, and offer more flexible pricing models to cater to smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: A10 Thunder TPS allows for straightforward deployment and is praised for its superior customer service responsiveness. Fortinet FortiDDoS, although offering extensive support, requires a learning curve owing to its complex feature set, making it suitable for users ready to invest time in mastering its capabilities.

Pricing and ROI: A10 Thunder TPS is positioned with competitive setup costs and cost-effective solutions that deliver a positive ROI. Fortinet FortiDDoS, while more expensive, offers comprehensive features that provide a favorable ROI, particularly for businesses seeking to maximize security protocols over cost considerations.

To learn more, read our detailed A10 Thunder TPS vs. Fortinet FortiDDoS Report (Updated: June 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

A10 Thunder TPS

Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Fortinet FortiDDoS

Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of A10 Thunder TPS is 2.0%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiDDoS is 2.8%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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RonaldoDE Melo

Sales Account Executive at L8 Group

Useful for protecting and supporting users against attacks

One problem for me with A10 Thunder TPS is that the box comes from another country in Brazil. In the tool, there is no one key to block it. For example, in F5 Networks, we have a key. If you try to buy another box from Huawei or from F5 and try to enable them in A10 Thunder TPS, you need a key to do it. The problem here is when you buy another box from A10, they want to put Thunder TPS to run, and it works okay, after which we cannot block it for another solution to be used, which is a problem for me where improvements are needed.

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Yazan Omar

Systems Engineer at aic²

An easy-to-use tool with great GUI

The product's initial setup phase was really easy. There is a lot of time involved in the testing phase and other processes related to the area of deployment, so it may take up to two weeks to deploy the solution. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. One person is enough to take care of the deployment phase of the product. The person involved in the deployment phase needs to better understand topologies when dealing with Fortinet.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The primary benefit that we see from their systems is that their filtering technology has the ability to detect and drop the malicious traffic from the legitimate traffic with a high success rate. That, in combination with the very small effort needed to manage their systems, are the two most important benefits to us."

"We can keep track of all the customer's requirements. We can forecast our trails and we can forecast our overall financial things."

"They give us the ability to configure many features for DDoS. There are many items that we can use."

"The solution is easy to use and implement in terms of operations."

"It is a scalable solution."

"The GUI is very use-friendly. You can configure it through CLI or GUI, they give you an option to choose. It's a good solution in terms of the appliance itself. It's very light compared to other brands that offer DDoS solutions."

"I had a rather positive experience with A10 Networks Support Service."

"Based on previous equipment that we had, it's amazing that this device can do what it can do in a 1U form factor. The devices that we have right now have never gone over capacity and we've actually mitigated some pretty large attacks."

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"I find the interface easy to use."

"The solution already has security profiles and it can protect from DDoS attacks and other kinds of attacks."

"This solution can protect Layer 3, Layer 4 and Layer 7 attacks of applications for us."

"The most valuable feature is the cloud DDoS scrubbing capability."

"We have researched them all, and it's a good solution all around."

"The product allows the users to adjust the thresholds."

"Packet inspection has been effective for mitigating DDoS attacks."

"The product's initial setup phase was really easy."

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Cons

"The problem here is when you buy another box from A10, they want to put Thunder TPS to run, and it works okay, after which we cannot block it for another solution to be used, which is a problem for me where improvements are needed."

"I would like for them to develop an advanced reporting feature."

"The last issue we had to contact them about was just a question of a false-positive. The A10 system wasn't supposed to decide what is a false-positive. So if we send it good traffic, it's supposed to just pass that good traffic through. But we opened this last ticket because the A10 did block some of the good traffic. Their support had to tweak it a little bit, but it wasn't anything that took a long time."

"If there's one aspect of A10 that needs improvement it would be the training. All of their training is done online, at least in what we've been exposed to. I would like to have a classroom environment for training... It would give [people] a chance to provision it."

"The upgrade process for the boxes is not efficient. We have to go through the A10 aGalaxy where we have issues, like timeouts. They told me it was fixed in the latest version, but I tried to do it on the Portal and it is not working all the time."

"It is very difficult to implement. It should be made a bit easier to implement. There is also a lack of resources on the internet. They need to develop more resources."

"We currently do not use the solution's machine-learning-powered Zero-day Automated Protection because of an issue with it... We also use the aGalaxy platform, which is a management platform for the TPS devices. The issue is that some TPS features were added at the TPS level but weren't carried over to aGalaxy, and we manage all of our devices through aGalaxy. So we can't actually use some of the new features that are available on the TPS because that functionality doesn't exist in aGalaxy. That is one of my biggest complaints."

"The solution is a little expensive."

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"There aren't really any aspects of the solution we are unhappy with. It's been a positive experience overall."

"The product’s pricing needs improvement."

"All the thresholds that need to be configured should be included in the default so that user will not forget or misconfigure."

"The web interface could be much better."

"The solution can be a little more user-friendly and it can be more affordable."

"The main improvement would be to change the firewall model, however, currently, everything is fixed and working well."

"The challenge lies within the customer environment, particularly in Brazil, where companies have stringent security requirements for implementing solutions."

"I find that there have been issues in the past year with the solution hanging. It freezes often."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is very reasonable."

"Pricing was much higher with Arbor (APS) for the same type of solution."

"The financials are always a challenge with this type of technology. That's not really a product-functionality thing but it's the area where we push A10 the most."

"We may need to pay fifty percent more if we purchase other solutions. For the payments made to A10 Thunder TPS, we have received three-year support."

"We did a price survey, and compared to other solutions, A10 Thunder TPS wasn't cheap."

"We had a customer who was down for six hours and the loss of revenue for him was three times the price he was paying for us per year. The customer just said, "I don't care about paying you because on only one attack I saved money. It's three times better than losing money.""

"The tool is expensive. If one is low price and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as a ten."

"It's quite pricey."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

"The product’s pricing needs improvement."

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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider

35%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about A10 Thunder TPS?

The most valuable feature of A10 Thunder TPS is load balancing.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for A10 Thunder TPS?

I have not seen specific prices, like $10,000 or $20,000. A frustrating aspect is the lack of demo versions. The vendor insists on commercial licenses despite requests for demo licenses. The global...

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What needs improvement with A10 Thunder TPS?

I had issues with the user interface because, when putting settings up, the system asked me for strange things like virtual local networks that I didn't create. For example, I set an NTP server, an...

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Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

Arbor would be the best bid, apart from Arbor, Palo Alto and Fortinet have good solutions. As this is an ISP, I would prefer Arbor.

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What do you like most about Fortinet FortiDDoS?

The product's initial setup phase was really easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiDDoS?

Fortinet FortiDDoS offers lower costs compared to other solutions. The licensing costs are annually renewed.

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Overview

The Thunder TPS is a family of high-performance DDoS defense solutions that detect and mitigate multi-vector DDoS attacks. Unlike traditional DDoS defenses that leave a wake of collateral damage against users, Thunder TPS applies a source-based defense-in-depth mitigation pipeline. This multimodal defense that includes actionable DDoS weapons intelligence, operator definable adaptive policies, and machine learning-powered Zero-Day Automated Protection (ZAP) blocks attackers while protecting real users.

The Thunder TPS is uniquely suited for communication service providers, online gaming, and enterprise network operators who protect large networks and need compact solutions with faster response from a fully automated, zero-touch defense during an attack.

A10 Networks

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are ever-evolving and use a variety of technologies. To successfully combat these attacks, you need a dynamic, multi-layered security solution. FortiDDoS protects from both known and zero day attacks with very low latency. It’s easy to deploy and manage, and includes comprehensive reporting and analysis tools.

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Sample Customers

DDoS defense solution trusted for more than 200 service providers, online gaming, and enterprises including; Bungie, Comcast, KDDI Corporation, Leaseweb, Microsoft Azure, NTT Docomo, Softbank, Turkcell Superonline, Verizon and more.

Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data

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