Fortinet FortiDDoS vs Radware DDoS comparison

Fortinet and Radware are both solutions in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category. Fortinet is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.0, while Radware is ranked #2 with an average rating of 9.4. Fortinet holds a 2.4% mindshare in DDOS, compared to Radware’s 8.2% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Radware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 30, 2025

Fortinet FortiDDoS and Radware DDoS are products in the cybersecurity sector, competing in DDoS prevention. Radware DDoS is often favored for its comprehensive feature set, while Fortinet FortiDDoS is noted for cost-effectiveness in pricing and support.

Features: Fortinet FortiDDoS provides robust traffic profiling, automatic threshold determination, and minimal configuration needs. Radware DDoS includes adaptive behavioral-based detection, comprehensive network visibility, and advanced analytics.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet FortiDDoS could enhance its advanced analytics features, improve its customization flexibility, and expand its network visibility tools. Radware DDoS might benefit from reducing deployment time, simplifying its configuration process, and lowering the upfront costs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortinet FortiDDoS is quick to deploy with intuitive provisioning and is supported by reliable customer service. Radware DDoS offers extensive configuration options, which can extend deployment time but ensure flexible customization. Its proactive support and detailed guidance in customer service are highly regarded.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiDDoS is generally more affordable with lower initial setup costs, appealing to budget-conscious buyers by offering a high ROI relative to price. Radware DDoS, despite higher upfront costs, delivers considerable ROI due to its extensive capabilities and enhanced performance, targeting clients prioritizing rich-feature security investments.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

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Cloudflare

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 16.7%, down from 18.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiDDoS is 2.4%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Radware DDoS is 8.2%, up from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cloudflare	16.7%
Radware DDoS	8.2%
Fortinet FortiDDoS	2.4%
Other	72.7%

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Featured Reviews

Herb Angle

Owner at Hga consulting

Has helped manage client domains with streamlined access control and threat visibility

I don't know what areas could be improved with Cloudflare WAF; Cloudflare is constantly improving and adding features to their feature set. They're doing a good job, and as far as DNS and support for any domains that I create or my clients create, it's mandatory for me to make sure that they have Cloudflare as their DNS provider. The Cloudflare load balancing capability hasn't really helped in enhancing my website's uptime and resiliency because we don't really get that much traffic; it's mostly remote users, and web hosting is done by a web hosting service. It doesn't pay to try to host your own website.

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Marcos AntonioOliveira

IT Analyst at Evapco, Inc.

Reliable protection and smooth setup enhance company security

Currently, I have two firewalls, with one located in Sorocaba, model 90D, and the other in São Paulo, model 30D. They are connected by VPN. I use the firewalls for VPN and final protection for my company, and my equipment is maintained by an internet company called Multiprox The equipment works…

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Nishant Kandpal

Information Security Manager at Dalmia Bharat Ltd

Behavioral analytics and AI automation enhance security and performance

It provides protection for network applications and infrastructure level, and the best part is the behavioral-based detection that Radware provides us, along with real-time signature creation. We also have some applications where we have botnets running, and it provides protection against them. Web DDoS targets the application layer, which is layer seven of the OSI model. For that, we focus on the Web DDoS technique for bot-based attacks because we have many applications where bots are running. We also face many random URL attacks every day, and it protects against malicious or suspicious random URL attacks. It ensures both security and performance. It achieves this by learning behavior patterns and providing protection without blocking normal traffic. These are some of the features I am particularly satisfied with in this product.

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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 most valuable feature is its usability."

"I rate its stability a ten out of ten."

"The tool is user-friendly."

"It is a stable solution. I rate the stability a ten out of ten...I rate the scalability a ten out of ten."

"The solution offers the flexibility to control configuration rules."

"When using services like Heroku, Cloudflare is very useful for CNAME flattening. I also use it for their end-to-end SSL with TLS authentication on nginx for securing servers."

"Even when there is a high load on our servers, Cloudflare is able to cache the data and serve it to users, ensuring they can still access the website."

"New and innovative way to protect the client's data."

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"The protection resources and the support are valuable features of the solution."

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

"The equipment works very well, and I have not encountered any issues with it."

"It is a user-friendly product in terms of monitoring and updating policies."

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

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

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

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

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"The best feature of Radware DDoS Protection Service is the automation. Previously, manual intervention was necessary, and for incoming attacks, we had to inform the respective security and operations teams, whereas now, it is an automated process that blocks attacks based on policies by default."

"It's very good at protecting users from DDoS attacks. It's the leader in this domain."

"Radware DefensePro's most valuable feature lies in its ability to mitigate non-traffic attacks."

"Radware DDoS's behavior-based detection technology is the best thing I have, as I do not need to worry about any new forms of attack that are not pre-configured for filtering because it can create its own signatures based on the quota values I set for each protocol."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to create signatures on-demand."

"The dashboard is the best part, and there is also the ease of operations."

"SSL-based mitigation from DDoS attacks is good from their side. They are capable of preventing SSL-based attacks with certifications and everything loaded onto them."

"The reporting is very good and provides us with a comprehensive description of where attacks are emanating from."

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Cons

"The pricing could be improved."

"Areas like how assessment, discovery, and payload are dealt with and how it all comes into your organization can be considered when trying to make suggestions to Cloudflare for improvements."

"The solution could be more user-friendly."

"Cloudflare could offer a better view or maybe dashboards of the main resources used in the client."

"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."

"Eventually, things go sideways and require fixes when it would have been easier to prevent the issue initially."

"Cloudflare doesn't have a reverse lookup. We can only do a DNS lookup to get the IP address from the hostname. It doesn't work if you want to look up the hostname from an IPA address."

"Although I think it's quite good, it doesn't provide me with all the features I would expect to have if I were using Imperva."

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

"I would like to see analytics, big data."

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

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

"The web interface could be much better."

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

"Alerts and reporting features must be improved."

"The product’s pricing needs improvement."

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"I had some trouble in the registration account prior to deployment, but it was fixed. They were not very fast or responsive, however. It took about one week to resolve the issue."

"Their Cyber Security Controller portal, including its GUI and dashboard, could be more intuitive so CXOs can easily understand them."

"They need to increase the limit of devices that we can manage."

"Radware DefensePro requires a continuous learning process. Using this technology, we can improve our network. Based on the different attack mechanisms, we use Radware DefensePro to provide security for our clients' networks very effectively."

"It currently takes about 15 to 20 minutes for the process to complete, which should be minimized."

"There should be some extra layer of security and a method of advanced rate limiting. We can limit the number of IPs or URLs per session and per country. There should be improved bot management integration that mitigates bot-based DDoS attacks completely."

"There's room for improvement in the clarity of the feedback provided by the command service in the CLI."

"There needs to be more reporting."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cloudflare's pricing is not much higher and is good for middle-level organizations."

"The price is reasonable."

"That is one of the great features. I was able to access the majority of the features and services for free."

"I give the price a five out of ten."

"The tool is a premium product, so it is very expensive."

"I believe their performance has improved, but I'd like to refrain from discussing the pricing aspect related to the cloud. The pricing, in my opinion, could be simplified, and I think they should consider reevaluating the pricing for support, as it can be quite high. At times, this cost can make it challenging to choose CARFAGuard or opt for the support."

"There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."

"The solution has many features but there are ones that you need to pay for. Sometimes you have to find out which is available for free and which you have to pay for."

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"It's quite pricey."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

"The product’s pricing needs improvement."

"It is sort of middle-of-the-road for this type of solution."

"The pricing is okay, and I do not have any concerns about the price."

"I didn't check pricing of other providers in depth but verified with two, and found Radware to be significantly cheaper compared to F5."

"Radware's Cloud DDoS Protection Service stands out for its competitive pricing, making it a strong contender in our decision."

"The product's pricing is a good value."

"The Radware DefensePro was bundled together with our security platform."

"When compared with other solutions, my end user is satisfied with the costs and believes that Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service is worth the price paid."

"Radware DefensePro is expensive when considering the issue we have and its limitations."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Non Profit

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	25

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

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

Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GR...

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Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?

Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service...

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What do you like most about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.

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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...

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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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What do you like most about Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?

The most important part is that Radware DDoS integrates seamlessly and provides anomaly identification, real-time not...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?

For Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, the pricing model can vary based on a number of factors such as the scale of the b...

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What needs improvement with Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?

The time it takes to upload a site to the cloud is critical when under attack. If a site is down, a quick response to...

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS

Fortinet DDoS, FortiDDos

Radware DDoS Protection Service, Radware DefensePro, Radware DefenseFlow

Overview

Cloudflare enhances web performance and security with features like CDN caching and DDoS mitigation while providing easy DNS management and intuitive setup through its user-friendly dashboard.

Cloudflare is recognized for its comprehensive web security and performance solutions. Speed improvements are achieved through caching mechanisms and DDoS protection, combining ease of DNS management with flexible page rules. The robust analytics and threat insight tools provide valuable data, assisted by a user-friendly dashboard allowing quick setup and configuration. An API offers dynamic DNS settings ensuring low latency and high performance across the globe.

What are Cloudflare's key features?

CDN Caching: Enhances website speed through content delivery network caching.
Web Application Firewall: Protects websites from online threats.
DDoS Mitigation: Shields against distributed denial-of-service attacks.
DNS Management: Offers easy-to-use and flexible domain management.
SSL Certificates: Ensures secure connections between users and servers.
Analytics: Provides insights with robust analytics tools.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Enhanced Security: Strengthening web security with DDoS and firewall protection.
Speed Improvement: Faster content delivery with CDN caching.
Operational Simplicity: Simplifies website optimization through a user-friendly interface.
Scalable Solutions: Scales with global reach, lowering latency for improved performance.
Cost Efficiency: Offers layers of valuable functionality with pricing options.

Cloudflare finds utility across industries for DNS management and defense mechanisms. Its content delivery network assures fast content distribution and fortified security. Businesses integrate features like web application firewalls, load balancing, end-to-end SSL, and zero trust to protect websites from cyber threats while ensuring resilience and reliable performance.

Cloudflare

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.

Fortinet

Radware DDoS provides robust multi-layer protection against distributed denial of service attacks, featuring real-time monitoring and anomaly detection. Its scalable cloud-based and on-site deployment options ensure effective safeguarding of critical infrastructure.

Offering comprehensive defense, Radware DDoS includes features like data scrubbing, signature updates, and SSL-based mitigation. Integrated platforms and a user-friendly interface streamline its deployment. With advanced reporting, analytics, and behavioral analysis powered by machine learning, users experience fewer false positives. Despite these strengths, users highlight the need for improved scalability, seamless deployment, and enhanced machine learning capabilities. Better documentation, pricing, and customer service remain areas of improvement.

What features does Radware DDoS offer?

Data Scrubbing: Filters malicious data from incoming traffic.
Signature Updates: Keeps threat signatures current.
SSL-Based Mitigation: Protects against SSL attacks.
Auto Mitigation: Quickly responds to detected threats.
Multi-Layer Protection: Defends across several attack vectors.

What benefits should users expect?

Scalable Protection: Adaptable to increasing demands.
Proactive Notifications: Alerts in real-time to threats.
Live Attack Insights: Provides real-time analytics.
Enhanced Security: Shields diverse sectors.
Reduced False Positives: Enabled by machine learning.

In industries like banking, telecom, and government, organizations employ Radware DDoS to protect networks from DDoS attacks. It ensures server, web service, and mail security while enabling traffic monitoring and unauthorized access blocking. Its cloud-based options serve entities seeking infrastructure security and network traffic analysis.

Radware

Sample Customers

Trusted by over 9,000,000 Internet Applications and APIs, including Nasdaq, Zendesk, Crunchbase, Steve Madden, OkCupid, Cisco, Quizlet, Discord and more.

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

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