We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and Imperva 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."It's easy to use and allows us to integrate solutions together."
"The valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability scanner"
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb is the ease of integration and configuration."
"We find that it is quite stable and reliable."
"The most valuable features in Fortinet FortiWeb are sandboxing and threat prevention."
"Technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."
"Other than the additional security with exploit protection, we have simpler certificate handling, as we can keep internal servers using internal certificates continuously distributed and updated by Active Directory Group Policy, while the public certificates become updated only in a single place, FortiWeb itself."
"Compared to other web application firewalls in the market, Imperva does things in the most accurate way."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall is a highly stable solution and is very mature."
"The solution integrates seamlessly with other tools and has a good alert mechanism."
"There are a number of features that are valuable such as the account takeover and various antivirus features."
"There are many features. There is ease of deployment. You can deploy the Imperva Web Application Firewall in two to three minutes. After that, you have to set the policies. For setting policies, you have toggle buttons. You can turn something on or off."
"The solution is stable."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall is stable."
"The features I have found most valuable with Imperva Web Application Firewall are account takeover protection, advanced bot protection, and API security."
"They can introduce a scaled-down version for the SMB market. It would be very competitive in the environment."
"The initial setup in our data center was somewhat complex."
"A user interface or dashboard for troubleshooting is needed."
"Lacks functionalities that are available in other solutions."
"They could improve their support a little bit for faster response time."
"HA Architecture needs improvement. I would improve it by working on AP HA."
"I know that we have run into some issues with an SSL certificate and how it functions. Sometimes this breaks connectivity or just limits certain websites that are whitelisted."
"FortiWeb does not exist in a cloud-based form. Its only available for deployment as a virtual appliance on AWS and Azure IaaS platforms. Because of the trend to WAF environments, it would be good to have it as a SaaS. Also, FortiWeb would be more competitive if it combined WAF and DDoS protection."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall can improve by providing better features, such as improved prevention of zero-day attacks. Additionally, it should include a VR meta-analysis."
"I would like to improve the tool's turnaround time in terms of support."
"In the past, I have bugs on the WAF. I've contacted Imperva about them. Future releases should be less buggy."
"I would like the solution to improve its support response time."
"Their portal is very limited and needs improvement."
"One potential improvement for Imperva is enhancing its alert system."
"I don't really use it and therefore can't speak to areas of improvement."
"I'd like the option to pick your bot protection."
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Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while Imperva Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 47 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while Imperva Web Application Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Imperva Web Application Firewall writes "Offers simulation for studying infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure protection". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, whereas Imperva Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Azure Front Door and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. See our Fortinet FortiWeb vs. Imperva Web Application Firewall report.
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