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We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb is the ease of integration and configuration.""The ease of configuration is valuable. We have Azure WAF, we have OCI WAF, and we also have Cloud Armor for GCP, but their configuration isn't very easy. It's pretty simple in FortiWeb, and we can enable or configure whatever we want.""I have recently been looking at the SSL certificate features and the learning mode of the appliance. This appliance learns from the pattern of SSL attacks.""Provides good vulnerability scanning, IPS, and geolocalization.""The solution has a good sandbox feature.""FortiWeb is easy to operate with a reasonably high level of protection. FortiWeb provides multiple deployment options with a physical or virtual (FortiWeb-VM) appliance, and acts either as a reverse/transparent proxy or out-of-band. It is also available on AWS and Azure.""The GUI is user-friendly and it's easy to understand how to manage it.""The valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability scanner"

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"Tenable provides the end analysis results covering all the published vulnerabilities and information on the market.""It collects the vulnerabilities on the hostnames and sends them to the Tenable.io cloud. Tenable has its own cloud where Tenable.io is running, but there are many connectors to other cloud solutions. Tenable can do vulnerability scanning for other cloud managers such as Azure, Amazon, and so on.""The initial setup is straightforward.""It is fully automated.""Our customers adopt this solution because of the replication testing and the vulnerability assessment it can do. It is a multi-faceted product.""The solution is stable.""Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use.""The most valuable feature is the reporting, which provides a good level of detail with respect to vulnerabilities."

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"The F5 solution has more features than Fortinet FortiWeb, such as multiple load balancing.""HA Architecture needs improvement. I would improve it by working on AP HA.""The GUI could be better. It's limited.""Fortinet FortiWeb needs to improve the way it's configured. Common services like publishing exchange should be done in one click only.""The upgrade process could be a bit smoother.""It is not entirely user-friendly.""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.""We would like the interface to be easier to use and more user-friendly. The interface needs to be enhanced."

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"The dashboard could be more user-friendly.""It would be great if there were a dashboard that is more user-friendly.""The reporting has a very limited customization capability.""It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable.""They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap.""Tenable.io Web Application Scanning could improve by offering faster fuzzing.""The solution's dashboards could be improved and made more user-friendly.""The platform's technical support services could be better."

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  • "Cheaper than others."
  • "FortiWeb can be purchased in VM mode for a lower price and the same features."
  • "Keep a loose margin between your actual bandwidth and the product sizing when using hardware appliances. Only virtual machines are upgradable to larger sizes."
  • "​It really pays off to buy licences for multiple years​."
  • "​The pricing is reasonable."
  • "The license cost depends on the size of the box or the size of the solution. It can go from €200 Euros to a few hundred thousand Euros a year depending on your size."
  • "The solution gives us the best price to performance ratio."
  • "The costs are standard. We pay around $1,600 yearly."
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  • "The pricing is okay."
  • "It follows the same licensing scheme as Tenable.io and Tenable. sc."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable compared to the competitors. The license cost is based on the number of users and the annual usage."
  • "Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is expensive for small businesses."
  • "The application is extremely affordable. There are no additional costs involved with licensing. We switched to Tenable.io Web Application Scanning from other solutions due to pricing."
  • "I rate the product's pricing a four out of ten."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The WAF profiles has been effective at mitigating web-based threats.
    Top Answer:The pricing is in the middle. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten. It feels like a justified cost for the features, but it might get more expensive in the future. Also, keep in mind that Check… more »
    Top Answer:I'd like more customization. I'm not sure if everyone would agree, as it might add complexity. But for advanced users, it would be really useful to have access and the ability to manipulate packets… more »
    Top Answer:The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment.
    Top Answer:The platform's technical support services could be better.
    Top Answer:Implementing Tenable.io Web Application Scanning has been beneficial in identifying numerous vulnerabilities within application code. I rate its scanning capabilities in terms of user-friendliness an… more »
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiWeb is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects your web applications and APIs from attacks targeting known as well as unknown vulnerabilities. As the surface of your web applications evolves with each change of existing features and deployment of new features, your APIs are left exposed. Fortinet FortiWeb provides the board protection capabilities required to protect web applications without sacrificing performance or manageability.

    Fortinet FortiWeb is an automatic, advanced multi-layer solution that provides secure protection by discerning irregular behavior and distinguishing between malicious and benign anomalies. In addition, the approach delivers powerful bot mitigation capacities which authorize harmless bots to connect while blocking malicious bot activity securely. Regardless of where an application is hosted, Fortinet FortiWeb will safeguard business applications by providing deployment options, such as virtual machines, hardware appliances, and containers that can be deployed in the data center, cloud environments, or in the cloud-native SaaS solution.

    Fortinet FortiWeb Features and Benefits

    APIs and web applications have become integral to the rising demand for business-critical applications. Now more than ever, businesses are in need of an automatic firewall that will provide them with security, without sacrificing performance or reliability. Fortinet FortiWeb offers a variety of features and benefits, including:

    • Security fabric integration: FortiWeb integrates with other Fortinet solutions to provide advanced protection from persistent threats.

    • Proven web application and API protection: FortiWeb safeguards applications from all DDOS attacks, malicious bot attacks, and OWASP Top-10 threats.

    • Advanced visual analytics: FortiWeb offers a unique visual reporting tool that other WAF solutions don’t by providing a detailed analysis of attack elements and sources.

    • Hardware-based acceleration: With fast and secure traffic encryption and decryption, FortiWeb provides best-in-class WAF protection.

    • ML-based threat detection: FortiWeb delivers multi-layer machine learning defense protection to defend against zero-day attacks and reduce false positives.

    • False positive mitigation tools: Reduce daily management of policies through advanced tools to guarantee only unwanted traffic is blocked.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Fortinet FortiWeb offers an industry-leading Web Application Firewall, and users are satisfied with it for a number of reasons, including the ability to control everything from the dashboard and the PCI-compliant reports it offers.

    Carlos P., director of business and digital transformation at SERNIVEL3, notes, "You have the ability to control everything from one single dashboard."

    A director at a tech service company, says, "Banks have to be compliant with PCI and other things, and FortiWeb is absolutely amazing in terms of providing these reports. Otherwise, they will have to spend a lot of time on them."

    Tenable.io Web Application Scanning safely, accurately and automatically scans your web applications, providing deep visibility into vulnerabilities and valuable context to prioritize remediation.

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    Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG
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    Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is ranked 24th in Application Security Tools with 14 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning 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 Tenable.io Web Application Scanning writes "Highly Recommended Solution with Latest Scanning Methods". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall, whereas Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is most compared with Acunetix, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Fortify on Demand, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and SonarQube.

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