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Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF vs Pega Platform comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet Managed Rules for ...
Ranking in Business Rules Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pega Platform
Ranking in Business Rules Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (3rd), Process Automation (4th), Rapid Application Development Software (6th), Low-Code Development Platforms (4th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (5th), AI Software Development (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Business Rules Management category, the mindshare of Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF is 2.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pega Platform is 26.5%, down from 27.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Rules Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pega Platform26.5%
Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF2.0%
Other71.5%
Business Rules Management
 

Featured Reviews

Vivek Patoliya - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Indic
Automation has strengthened bot control and web traffic security across our cloud workloads
One of the best features of Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF is the automation of rule updates, which significantly reduces the need for manual intervention. The managed rule sets provide effective coverage for common OWASP Top 10 threats, SQL injection attempts, and malicious bot activity, helping strengthen baseline application security. Bot control and traffic filtering capabilities have been particularly useful in ensuring that incoming traffic is legitimate, improving visibility into request behavior and reducing unwanted or suspicious activity. The ability to quickly apply policies such as geo‑blocking and IP reputation checks through AWS WAF integration also saves time and simplifies daily operations. Overall, these features help balance strong security with lower operational overhead.
reviewer4848291 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Head of Digital, Process Automation at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Pega is a low-code platform that enables organizations to build, automate, and optimize business processes and customer experiences through AI-powered decisioning and workflow automation.
Here are the key areas where Pega Platform could be improved: 1. User Interface (UI) & User Experience (UX) Customization Limitations: The UI layer is tightly coupled with the platform, limiting flexibility for custom front-end development. Constellation Architecture: While it improves consistency, it restricts advanced UI customizations compared to older section-based designs. Learning Curve: Non-technical users find the UI unintuitive despite the low-code promise. 2. Integration & Extensibility Limited Out-of-the-Box Integrations: Users report challenges integrating with non-relational databases and legacy systems. Robotics Integration: Pega RPA (formerly OpenSpan) is not seamlessly integrated with BPM, creating silos in automation. 3. AI & Decisioning AI Capabilities Need Maturity: Users expect more advanced, native AI features without relying on external tools. CDH & Decision Hub: While powerful, these components require deep expertise to configure effectively. 4. Cost & Licensing High Licensing Costs: Pega is often seen as expensive, especially for small and mid-sized enterprises. Lack of Flexible Pricing Models: Calls for subscription-based or usage-based pricing to improve accessibility. 5. Performance & Scalability Scalability Concerns: Some users report performance degradation with large user bases or complex workflows. Upgrade Complexity: Platform upgrades can be time-consuming and disruptive if not planned well. 6. Documentation & Community Support Insufficient Learning Resources: Especially for advanced features, documentation is limited and community support is not as strong as competitors. Talent Availability: Finding skilled Pega professionals remains a challenge in many regions. 7. Low-Code/No-Code Experience Not Fully No-Code: Despite branding, some tasks still require technical intervention, and the drag-and-drop interface can be restrictive 2. Conflict Management: Simultaneous development by multiple users can lead to rule conflicts.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best features Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF offers include regularly updated rules which incorporate the latest threat intelligence, logs, alerts, and the ability to block malicious requests that we have found on this WAF."
"Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF offers the best features by protecting my servers and blocking unauthorized access while also giving me the flexibility to only enable allowed access."
"Overall, Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF is a strong solution providing effective protection against common web threats while benefiting from FortiGuard threat intelligence and reduced operational effort through automatic rule updates."
"Overall, Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF help us strengthen security, reduce operational overhead, and improve deployment speed, making our WAF management more efficient and scalable."
"Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF has positively impacted my organization by improving application security by blocking threats automatically, reducing manual effort, and ensuring consistent protection with real-time updates."
"Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF provides positive feedback by protecting web applications and API protection while blocking advanced threats."
"After implementing Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF, I observed measurable improvements, with around 70 to 90% of common web attack traffic blocked, a 60% reduction in application-level security alerts and incidents, and a substantial decrease in the time spent on WAF management from hours per week to near zero."
"Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF has positively impacted my organization mainly by controlling the use of bots, as hackers and even ethical hackers feed data using them, helping us ensure that the traffic we are receiving is genuine and allowing us to analyze request times for each packet for great insight while automation saves time, lets me set geolocation rules, and track source IP behavior, which is very helpful for my organization."
"It's an end-to-end solution and a digital transformation tool."
"With Pega, you can quickly understand the customer and therefore be able to present the right, most personalized offer to them."
"The technical support of Pega BPM is very good."
"Pega Platform is so dynamic and can take on any business demand, challenges, and solve issues."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its quick setup, as nowhere else can you create a good-looking application this quickly, and from an end-user perspective you can build a really good user experience with the user interface they offer."
"Easy to implement and it's built for change, so that any rapid changes in process can be configured easily."
"The best part of Pega, for me, is that they let you reuse a lot of the aspects in the product."
"This solution is one of the best tools on the market right now."
 

Cons

"Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF is strong overall, but there are a few areas where improvements could make it even more effective."
"To improve Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF, they need to work on automating SQL queries as there is still manual work involved in managing the rules."
"Overall, Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF is a solid solution, but it could be improved with more granular customization of managed rules, better visibility into why specific requests are blocked, more detailed reporting and analytics, and tighter integration with SIEM and SOAR platforms for incident response, which would add value."
"Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF are very effective, but areas for improvement include better visibility into rule logic, deeper API schema validation, and advanced bot management features."
"User interface and ease of management are areas where improvement is needed."
"Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF can be improved by offering more customization options, better visibility into rule behavior, and easier tuning to reduce false positives."
"I chose eight out of ten for my rating because there are some competitor software or applications that offer more advanced rules and policies."
"My core concern regarding the product lies in the reporting functions, where I face limitations, particularly tenant-wise."
"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate their support as an eight. I say eight because they have global support, so sometimes it takes time."
"Pega's technical support could be better."
"In the Middle East and Africa region, Pega was not very strong from the user experience standpoint."
"The usability of the solution for developers is sometimes difficult to work with because instead of fixing the existing bugs in the previous version, there is always a rush to push out a new version leaving the bugs in the old versions unresolved."
"I've spent some hands-on time with the platform, and you can do those things, and it is all low code, but is it as easy as they make it sound? No."
"High licensing costs: Pega is often seen as expensive, especially for small and mid-sized enterprises."
"There is a scarcity of resources who have worked with this solution before."
"Pega is claiming they're into low code but as per Gartner Magic Quadrant, Pega is not there now."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price could be lower."
"The licensing model for Pega BPM needs to be improved."
"In terms of the pricing for Pega BPM, other solutions may be cheaper, but it doesn't matter if Pega BPM has a higher price tag because what's important is that it's the best solution, and that is what people look for. If I would rate the pricing for the solution, I'd give it three out of five. You have to pay extra for additional features in Pega BPM."
"It's a user-based license where, as you scale the numbers of users, the price increases."
"The price of PegaRULES is more expensive than other solutions on the market."
"Its pricing is on the higher side, but they have come up with different plans and different small products that can be used by smaller organizations that don't have that much money to spend. They have different pricing packages depending on the number of users or depending upon the number of cases created in the production or live environment."
"The price of this solution, including installation and configuration, is comparable to competing vendors."
"They're very cagey in giving out prices, and it is very difficult to find out the real price any organization is going to get. It is almost never their list price, if you can find it, and there are a lot of factors that go into the whole pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
27%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Logistics Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF?
The pricing was reasonable considering the automatic updates, FortiGuard threat intelligence, and reduced operational effort.
What needs improvement with Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF?
Overall, Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF is a solid solution, but it could be improved with more granular customization of managed rules, better visibility into why specific requests are blocked...
What is your primary use case for Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF?
My main use case for Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF is to protect our internal intranet sites and to publish some load as we are using it there. Regarding my main use case, ease of adoption, ru...
Is Pega BPM easy to work with and can beginners utilize this software?
You do need some preparation to be able to use all functions of Pega BPM. However, all users of this platform are in luck as it comes with good documentation and you can learn pretty much everythin...
Have you encountered any issues while using Pega BPM and were you assisted by the company?
My company has been using this tool for years and the only issue we have had, if you can call it that, was while setting it up. When we were setting it up initially, we had some drawbacks and could...
When you consider the features and benefits of Pega BPM, would you say this product is fairly priced?
Pega BPM can be considered overpriced for some; it all depends on the size of your company and the requirements of your customers. Sure, there are products out there that do the things that Pega B...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Pega BPM, Pegasystems, SmartBPM, PegaRULES
 

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Sample Customers

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The State of Maine, ANZ, Coca-Cola, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), ME, New South Wales, OptumRx, Texas Department of Transportation, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement
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