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."The most valuable features are support and security."
"The product has a very user-friendly dashboard."
"The support is quite good."
"It can scale well."
"It's stable and works efficiently against OWASP Top 10 attacks."
"The most valuable feature in this solution is the ability to disseminate between the user entering some wrong value to the field, and a suspicious actor trying to exploit some known vulnerability."
"It is a stable product."
"Fortinet FortiWeb is priced well."
"Imperva has a complete picture of how the applications are utilizing it. It is handy. DDoS is good. It has an internally managed database. It is very easy to integrate. We have integrated it with SIEM services."
"The solution integrates seamlessly with other tools and has a good alert mechanism."
"Imperva is easy to use and deploy. The UI is excellent."
"Data masking is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The solution is very scalable. It is one of the most important features. You can also expand resources and features as well."
"The tool's profiling feature maps all the web application directories and related components on the profile directory. It has improved the security of my client's website applications."
"The most valuable feature of Imperva, in addition to its strong knowledge base, is its effective protection for web applications."
"If you are using the appliance as opposed to the virtual deployment, it can stand as the network layer-two and provide real transparency."
"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."
"I had some small problems when I was upgrading firmware. After the upgrade, some of my certificates were deleted."
"We would like to know more about the integration with the hardware or security products, such as Gemalto, because we need to move to that point."
"The solution could offer more integration opportunities."
"The support side of things can be improved."
"We have had problems with deployments where we've had to contact technical support to resolve them."
"They can introduce a scaled-down version for the SMB market. It would be very competitive in the environment."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall is very expensive."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall could improve the console by making it easier to use."
"The Imperva Web Application Firewall automations are good, but there is still room for improvement with them."
"The process to upgrade from one version to another can be a lot simpler than it is currently."
"Imperva Web Application Firewall could improve the API integration. It was complex for us. Additionally, The onboarding could be better."
"It would be useful if the solution used more intelligence in attack protection. For example, firewalls are to be dependent on the configuration, but if they could have some data science around it the solution would be even better. The profiling of the traffic, and making decisions surrounding that should be intelligence-based, instead of being based on the configuration of the firewall itself."
"Some of the features should be included in the next release is a file integrating monitoring tool. This feature should be improved."
"One potential improvement for Imperva is enhancing its alert system."
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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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