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We performed a comparison between FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) and SonicWall Web Application Firewall 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
"The product is easy to configure.""The tool secures our critical applications, especially the mobile money application, which is often targeted by attacks. The solution provides rapid protection and has proven reliable against various threats.""We use it to secure VMs and applications. It protects against DDoS attacks. It's very user-friendly.""The platform's stability is good.""It is good for web tracking applications.""The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtration, web filter, application filter, and IPS.""The fact that I can log into the platform and see everybody, see logs, authentication failure, and see everything on one platform, is the most valuable feature.""The machine learning feature reduces the false positives."

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"The solution offers better data protection than competitors.""Capture ATP is a good additional feature in the latest version.""We use SonicWall Web Application Firewall for security and tunneling."

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Cons
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's signature database updates could be improved.""The technical support team is bad.""FortiWeb Web Application Firewall needs to improve its performance.""FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) needs to update its attack prevention database.""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.""We have encountered issues with webhooks and management of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's on-premise version.""There is room for improvement in pricing, and actually, the price is a bit higher because on the same terms I purchased, the support subscription is so high.""The documentation is poor."

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"We should get the logs from the solution, and it should communicate with the local DNS.""The solution needs an access management feature with API integration so we can assign certain levels of access within groups.""We have a lot of unknown errors popping up in the latest version."

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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 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.
    Top Answer:We use SonicWall Web Application Firewall for security and tunneling.
    Top Answer:We should get the logs from the solution, and it should communicate with the local DNS. There is some lag in the solution's technical support response time.
    Top Answer:Our company uses the solution to protect our website that is for internal resources only and does not allow enterprise access.
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    Overview

    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.

    The SonicWall Web Application Firewal l (WAF) solutions enables the defense-in-depth strategy to protect your web applications running in a private, public or hybrid cloud environment. compromise the application, steal data and/or cause a denial-of-service.

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    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise20%
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    Buyer's Guide
    FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) vs. SonicWall Web Application Firewall
    March 2024
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    FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 13 reviews while SonicWall Web Application Firewall is ranked 25th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 3 reviews. FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is rated 8.0, while SonicWall Web Application Firewall is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) writes "Protects internal applications and prevents target attacks ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Web Application Firewall writes "A stable and durable solution that can be used for security and tunneling". FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF and Azure Front Door, whereas SonicWall Web Application Firewall is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) vs. SonicWall Web Application Firewall report.

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