We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Fortinet FortiWeb based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Fortinet FortiOS has a slight edge in this comparison. Between the two products, it has a better ROI.
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The GUI is good."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"It's easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ease of use and user-friendly interface."
"The pricing is excellent."
"FortiOS's best features are its function as an internet gateway and how easy it is to manage."
"FortiOS allows us to set up alarms for blocked websites and SSL verifications. When someone tries to access a blocked site, the solution sends a notification to the IT manager's mailbox."
"It's simple to use in terms of inbound and outbound traffic management."
"The technical support on offer has always been quite good."
"The information security features are the most valuable."
"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."
"Both the internal firewall management and the cloud can be managed by a single console."
"The most valuable features are support and security."
"This product is very user-friendly."
"The solution is easy to configure and deploy."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is the attack signature and machine learning."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"It could more scalable for the lower end users."
"The signature discs, compared to Palo Alto, aren't as good. It takes more time to get the signature updates."
"You can enable and disable certain modules in it. However, with disabling, nobody can really tell us if that module is disabled."
"The GUI could be improved to make it more usable, easier to administer, and easier to configure."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"The solution is good, but they have poor marketing in Nigeria. They need to market their product better."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the pricing could be lower. The price is very steep."
"Lacks flexibility for different scenario configurations."
"The product's scalability could be better."
"The automation piece can be improved. Although they say it can be automated very well, there is still manual work. Its usability should be improved in terms of automation because we want to build an infrastructure with code, but you can't do that easily with this solution. If they can give us APIs in the firewalls that we can tap into, it would be perfect."
"Fortinet FortiWeb is not scalable. You'll need more budget to change the hardware."
"It can be better with web application firewalls."
"I would like to see more improvements with respect to threat intelligence."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Fortinet FortiWeb could improve data integration."
"Fortinet FortiWeb needs to improve the way it's configured. Common services like publishing exchange should be done in one click only."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWeb writes "Cost-effective, easy to configure, and works very well as a single solution for multiple environments". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Darktrace, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and NGINX App Protect.
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