We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and Rapid7 Metasploit based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), F5, Microsoft and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."The support is quite good."
"Fortinet FortiWeb is priced well."
"The most important feature of this solution is protection from attack."
"We find that it is quite stable and reliable."
"The GUI makes it easy to scale in terms of learning and utilization."
"This product is very user-friendly."
"Built-in security templates, AV integrated, strong threat intelligence."
"The solution has a good sandbox feature."
"I use Rapid7 Metasploit for payload generation and Post-Exploitation."
"All of the features are great."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is a useful product."
"It's not possible to do penetration testing without being very proficient in Metasploit."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"The Search Engineering feature is good."
"The reporting on the solution is good."
"Sometimes, even if you follow the documentation, it doesn't work as expected."
"Lacks a VM demo to enable testing prior to purchase."
"The solution is rather complicated. If you know what to do, it's not bad, but it's complicated for a first time user to configure the solution. What I'd like to improve are the custom signatures."
"We would like the interface to be easier to use and more user-friendly. The interface needs to be enhanced."
"The dashboard evaluating the performance of each application connected to the web app's firewall is quite helpful, but the tool is only available in application performance management. So I think if Fortinet could better integrate that particular feature, it would add a lot of value to the product."
"The initial setup is complex."
"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."
"Centralized management of multiple devices, and GUI improvement, could reduce the learning curve."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."
"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."
"I would like to see more capabilities, more functions, and more features. More types of attack vectors."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"Advanced Infrastructure should be implemented in the next release for better orchestration."
Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 13th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. 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 Rapid7 Metasploit writes "Helps find vulnerabilities in a system to determine whether the system needs to be upgraded". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Acunetix, Rapid7 InsightVM and Nucleus.
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