We performed a comparison between Citrix Web App and API Protection and FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The stability is good. If there is a problem, the load will be shifted to other sites automatically, which has been a good experience for us."
"The work balancing applications are the most valuable feature."
"The advantage of Citrix Web App and API Protection is just its graphic user interface for beginners. The solution is nothing special, but we have to use it for the corporation. Another advantage of Citrix Web App and API Protection is that we have our copy to test things and get the know-how of it."
"Citrix is good for application protection."
"I prefer this solution because of its user-friendly interface. I find it simple and close to what I am currently using, which is Citrix Fortiva Access for Multi-Factor Authentication. I appreciate the familiar user interface and troubleshooting tools it offers."
"When our primary link goes down I can still get to my Cisco devices and the NetScaler devices on-prem because of the SDN solution. If the internet connection at one of the branches goes down, we can still route them, they still get internet based on the SDN solution through one of the other sites. They can carry on working."
"We have good customer support."
"I like the solution's simplicity compared to Citrix's on-prem solutions."
"The tool secures our critical applications, especially the mobile money application, which is often targeted by attacks. The solution provides rapid protection and has proven reliable against various threats."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall blocks attacks from application layers and provides protection."
"The product is easy to configure."
"The machine learning feature reduces the false positives."
"The platform's stability is good."
"The machine learning on FortiWeb WAF is valuable."
"We use it to secure VMs and applications. It protects against DDoS attacks. It's very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtration, web filter, application filter, and IPS."
"The product could be improved by making it easier to use and easier to implement."
"The configuration for its web application firewall is complicated."
"An area for improvement in Citrix Web App and API Protection is for it to give real-time notifications and alerts. It would be practical if the solution warns you if there's an attack or if the load or traffic volume increases or decreases. An additional feature I'd like to see in Citrix Web App and API Protection is a prediction or artificial intelligence on what is happening, for example, attacks."
"The user interface could be more friendly. Some wizards and other documentation for administrators, as well as some use cases, helps us to understand the solution."
"Citrix Web App and API Protection could improve in the area of licensing"
"The reporting is not so good. They don't have an application to connect the logs."
"I am not an expert in this solution, but simplicity and user-friendly interfaces are crucial for me. I would appreciate advice from Citrix, particularly in the form of an interactive guide for API protection. It would be helpful if they could provide specific points and recommendations for cybersecurity, indicating areas that need attention or improvement. I find such interactive guidance valuable."
"The setup was not simple."
"The product lacks features offered by enterprise-level firewall tools."
"WAF needs more signatures on FortiWeb and updates the database continuously to protect against new attacks."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall needs to improve its performance."
"The product is complicated to set up."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's signature database updates could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the support. The response time could be faster. Plus, they ask for a lot of information. It is not easy to get support."
"It would be good if the solution integrated with other solutions, like SAP."
"The documentation is poor."
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Citrix Web App and API Protection is ranked 20th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 11 reviews while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 13 reviews. Citrix Web App and API Protection is rated 8.0, while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citrix Web App and API Protection writes "Has a good graphic user interface for beginners, but lacks real-time notifications, alerts, and artificial intelligence". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) writes "Protects internal applications and prevents target attacks ". Citrix Web App and API Protection is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, Azure Front Door, AWS WAF and Akamai App and API Protector, whereas FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF and Azure Front Door. See our Citrix Web App and API Protection vs. FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) report.
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