We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiADC and Rapid7 AppSpider based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."Because ADC is the intermediary between the servers and the end-user application, it gives thorough information about the traffic, what the problem is."
"It's a good product because it supports all the features that ADC solutions in the market can support, like F5 solutions, for example, such as the LTM of F5."
"I like the solution's load balance with DNS intelligence."
"I am impressed with the product's load-balancing feature."
"Ease of use in deploying and having it up and running requires minimal knowledge."
"The product has flexible and interesting licensing options."
"The GSLB, the DR side, is the best part. Because we had our main side in one city, we created another, and we had a complete MPLS over the internet. We used the GSLB and data loss for our business applications."
"The main feature that we use is GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing). GSLB makes the customer's network more reliable by scaling applications across multiple datacenters. GSLB as a disaster recovery solution can direct traffic based on site availability."
"The entire solution is interactive and has a point-and-click user experience, which makes it easy to find items or drill down on information. You don't need specialized skills to use the product."
"The setup is usually straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which is compliant with international standards."
"It scans all the components developed within a web application."
"Rapid7 AppSpider is good at managing different applications. It uses applets and generates reports to cover the PCA/GDPR compliance requirements."
"What I like most about AppSpider is that it's easy to use and its automated scan gives me all the details I need to know when it comes to vulnerabilities and their solutions."
"The initial deployment is very straightforward and simple. The product is stable if configured properly."
"I would say that it is stable, as I am not aware of any major issues."
"There is a mismatch between the number of features they are offering and the device capacity on how much it can handle."
"Issues with SSL and encrypted traffic."
"The solution should improve finding false positives and false negatives. There are a lot of false positives."
"FortiADC is complex to configure so the interface should be improved."
"Technical support and documentation could both be improved."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"Setup could be easier. The company's homework is to redesign those menus to configure with the smallest number of steps."
"Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN."
"The tech support is responsive but issues remain unresolved."
"The dashboard and interface are crucial and they need some improvement."
"The performance of the solution could improve. When I compare the speed it is slower than others on the market. There are some tricks we use to help speed up the solution."
"The solution is too slow. It could take a full day to scan. Competitors are much faster."
"This price of this solution is a little bit expensive."
"One of the challenges I have with AppSpider is that it gives you a lot of false positives, especially when compared to other solutions."
"AppSpider could improve in the area of integration. They need to add more integration opportunities."
"The enterprise interface is too simple. It should be more customizable."
Fortinet FortiADC is ranked 8th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 19 reviews while Rapid7 AppSpider is ranked 25th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 13 reviews. Fortinet FortiADC is rated 7.8, while Rapid7 AppSpider is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiADC writes "High-level load balancing and routing protocols but scalability is limited to 200 gigabits". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 AppSpider writes "Useful vulnerability reporting data, flexible, and simple implementation". Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiWeb, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster and HAProxy, whereas Rapid7 AppSpider is most compared with Rapid7 InsightAppSec, OWASP Zap, Acunetix, Invicti and Qualys Web Application Scanning.
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