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We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb 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.
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Pros
"It offers some feedback and suggestions that guide our system development while helping our vendors to update their applications and fix any issues or bugs.""FortiWeb offers machine learning in the latest product. This fixed many problems. There are no false negatives.""The most valuable features are support and security.""The ability to configure multiple policies for different requirements is a strong feature of Fortinet FortiWeb.""The most important feature of this solution is protection from attack.""One main feature we are very happy about is file security and upload functionality.""What we like about Fortinet FortiWeb is it has all the features. We use all of them, so we have to turn on all the options.""The most valuable feature is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."

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"The initial setup was easy since it was possible to get remote support for the product.""The platform's stability is good.""The product is easy to configure.""It is good for web tracking applications.""The machine learning on FortiWeb WAF is valuable.""The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtration, web filter, application filter, and IPS.""The tool's HTTP traffic, website fixing, and blocking are fantastic. It is user-friendly with easy configuration.""The machine learning feature reduces the false positives."

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Cons
"The documentation for the machine learning could be better.""They could improve their support a little bit for faster response time.""The initial setup process could be improved.""For advanced users, it would be really useful to have access and the ability to manipulate packets. If we can access and manipulate the contents of packets, even encrypted packets... that would be powerful. Since we're looking at packets arriving at our network, we would have the private key to access those packets and their information.""The upgrade process could be a bit smoother.""They can introduce a scaled-down version for the SMB market. It would be very competitive in the environment.""The Layer 7 DDoS attacks need improvement, it could be better.""Fortinet FortiWeb is not scalable. You'll need more budget to change the hardware."

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"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's signature database updates could be improved.""FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) needs to update its attack prevention database.""The product is complicated to set up.""FortiWeb Web Application Firewall needs to improve its performance.""The product lacks features offered by enterprise-level firewall tools.""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.""We have encountered issues with webhooks and management of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's on-premise version."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Cheaper than others."
  • "FortiWeb can be purchased in VM mode for a lower price and the same features."
  • "Keep a loose margin between your actual bandwidth and the product sizing when using hardware appliances. Only virtual machines are upgradable to larger sizes."
  • "​It really pays off to buy licences for multiple years​."
  • "​The pricing is reasonable."
  • "The license cost depends on the size of the box or the size of the solution. It can go from €200 Euros to a few hundred thousand Euros a year depending on your size."
  • "The solution gives us the best price to performance ratio."
  • "The costs are standard. We pay around $1,600 yearly."
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  • "FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's pricing is suited for small or medium organizations."
  • "It is a cost-effective product. If you need an extra module in the product, there will be an extra cost in addition to the licensing fee."
  • "FortiWeb WAF is priced well for customers compared to other vendors' solutions."
  • "FortiWeb has a good presence because of its price."
  • "It is a cheap solution."
  • "FortiWeb Web Application Firewall is not expensive."
  • "I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The WAF profiles has been effective at mitigating web-based threats.
    Top Answer:The pricing is in the middle. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten. It feels like a justified cost for the features, but it might get more expensive in the future. Also, keep in mind that Check… more »
    Top Answer:I'd like more customization. I'm not sure if everyone would agree, as it might add complexity. But for advanced users, it would be really useful to have access and the ability to manipulate packets… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtration, web filter, application filter, and IPS.
    Top Answer:I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
    Top Answer:It would be good if the solution integrated with other solutions, like SAP.
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiWeb is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects your web applications and APIs from attacks targeting known as well as unknown vulnerabilities. As the surface of your web applications evolves with each change of existing features and deployment of new features, your APIs are left exposed. Fortinet FortiWeb provides the board protection capabilities required to protect web applications without sacrificing performance or manageability.

    Fortinet FortiWeb is an automatic, advanced multi-layer solution that provides secure protection by discerning irregular behavior and distinguishing between malicious and benign anomalies. In addition, the approach delivers powerful bot mitigation capacities which authorize harmless bots to connect while blocking malicious bot activity securely. Regardless of where an application is hosted, Fortinet FortiWeb will safeguard business applications by providing deployment options, such as virtual machines, hardware appliances, and containers that can be deployed in the data center, cloud environments, or in the cloud-native SaaS solution.

    Fortinet FortiWeb Features and Benefits

    APIs and web applications have become integral to the rising demand for business-critical applications. Now more than ever, businesses are in need of an automatic firewall that will provide them with security, without sacrificing performance or reliability. Fortinet FortiWeb offers a variety of features and benefits, including:

    • Security fabric integration: FortiWeb integrates with other Fortinet solutions to provide advanced protection from persistent threats.

    • Proven web application and API protection: FortiWeb safeguards applications from all DDOS attacks, malicious bot attacks, and OWASP Top-10 threats.

    • Advanced visual analytics: FortiWeb offers a unique visual reporting tool that other WAF solutions don’t by providing a detailed analysis of attack elements and sources.

    • Hardware-based acceleration: With fast and secure traffic encryption and decryption, FortiWeb provides best-in-class WAF protection.

    • ML-based threat detection: FortiWeb delivers multi-layer machine learning defense protection to defend against zero-day attacks and reduce false positives.

    • False positive mitigation tools: Reduce daily management of policies through advanced tools to guarantee only unwanted traffic is blocked.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Fortinet FortiWeb offers an industry-leading Web Application Firewall, and users are satisfied with it for a number of reasons, including the ability to control everything from the dashboard and the PCI-compliant reports it offers.

    Carlos P., director of business and digital transformation at SERNIVEL3, notes, "You have the ability to control everything from one single dashboard."

    A director at a tech service company, says, "Banks have to be compliant with PCI and other things, and FortiWeb is absolutely amazing in terms of providing these reports. Otherwise, they will have to spend a lot of time on them."

    FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF) protects business-critical web applications from attacks that target known and unknown vulnerabilities. Advanced ML-powered features improve security and reduce administrative overhead. Capabilities include anomaly detection, API discovery and protection, bot mitigation, and advanced threat analytics to identify the most critical threats across all protected applications.

    Sample Customers
    Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG
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    Midsize Enterprise22%
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    Buyer's Guide
    FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) vs. Fortinet FortiWeb
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    Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 13 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWeb writes "Cost-effective, easy to configure, and works very well as a single solution for multiple environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) writes "Protects internal applications and prevents target attacks ". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall, whereas FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF and Azure Front Door. See our FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.

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