We performed a comparison between Cloudflare and Fortinet FortiWeb based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Many websites require an SSL certificate because they sell stuff and want SSL. Cloudflare comes with an SSL certificate built in. It's automatic. You sign yourself up for Cloudflare, and an SSL certificate automatically protects your website. You don't necessarily need a certificate if you have a connection between your website and your host, the server, Cloudflare, and the host."
"I like Cloudflare's application gateway and DDoS protection."
"Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications."
"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is the GUI. You are able to control the solution very well through the interface. There is a lot of functionality that is embedded in the service."
"Generally, I am satisfied with this product."
"The simplicity of the overall dashboard makes it a great product for a user like me who has less understanding of the internet than a developer or other more technical people. It gives me peace of mind. I also love the easy customization of the Page Rules."
"It's very user-friendly."
"Cloudflare is a security SaaS provider that provides security and protects us from any application layer attack."
"I have recently been looking at the SSL certificate features and the learning mode of the appliance. This appliance learns from the pattern of SSL attacks."
"The most valuable feature is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"The GUI is user-friendly."
"One main feature we are very happy about is file security and upload functionality."
"It's stable and works efficiently against OWASP Top 10 attacks."
"FortiWeb provides the level of security we need at an excellent price point. It's easy to deploy and operationally efficient."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Fail-Open."
"The WAF profiles has been effective at mitigating web-based threats."
"The timing aspect can lead to it being considered overpriced. This is a particular concern we have with Cloudflare, as they may struggle with accurately detecting the client."
"Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to buy Cloudflare in my country."
"The solution could work at being less expensive. It costs a lot to use it."
"The solution could use more analytics on the backend to give us more insights into everything. More reports would be helpful."
"We're facing challenges due to an upgrade in the machine learning model. The problem arises from some users abusing the APIs, resulting in an influx of suspicious traffic. Cloudflare's learning model mistakenly identifies this traffic as human. Consequently, it assigns it a higher trust score, akin to legitimate human traffic, causing complications in our architecture. Previously, such traffic would have been categorized as suspicious, enabling us to apply appropriate blocking rules. However, we encounter difficulties distinguishing between genuine and suspicious traffic with the new categorization. Despite these challenges, overall, Cloudflare remains the preferred solution compared to Azure, AWS CloudFront, and Google Cloud Armor."
"Support response time could be improved."
"Cloudflare could offer a better view or maybe dashboards of the main resources used in the client."
"It should have easier documentation for the configuration. It's very technical and people who aren't technical should also be able to do the configuration."
"FortiWeb needs to have support for the newest technology being used in web applications."
"The reporting could be optimized."
"FortiGate could be improved on the security end because we've had some incidents with the customer. Otherwise, there is no problem."
"The GUI could be better. It's limited."
"I would like to see the Application Delivery Control (ADC) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) combined in one device."
"Fortinet FortiWeb is not scalable. You'll need more budget to change the hardware."
"The false positives are annoying."
"In terms of performance, it needs to be more robust."
Cloudflare is ranked 1st in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 56 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Cloudflare is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cloudflare writes "It's easy to set up because you point the DNS to it, and it's working in under 15 minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWeb writes "Cost-effective, easy to configure, and works very well as a single solution for multiple environments". Cloudflare is most compared with Akamai, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS, AWS Shield and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Fortinet FortiDDoS. See our Cloudflare vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
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