We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced WAF and FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) 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 feature is that it is secure."
"This solution inspects your traffic and based on that, automatically create distinct qualities for you, so you can add this to the policy already created. That's what I like most."
"The solution uses AI to protect against botnet attacks."
"I definitely recommend this solution because of the time you save on analysis."
"It is easy to obtain dashboard compliance because security policy views are included."
"The most valuable features of F5 Advanced WAF are the security features and the protection."
"The most valuable features of the F5 Advanced WAF are the enhanced ASM and the performance. Additionally, the usability and effectiveness are very good."
"There are a lot of good features."
"We use it to secure VMs and applications. It protects against DDoS attacks. It's very user-friendly."
"The initial setup was easy since it was possible to get remote support for the product."
"The tool secures our critical applications, especially the mobile money application, which is often targeted by attacks. The solution provides rapid protection and has proven reliable against various threats."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtration, web filter, application filter, and IPS."
"The tool's HTTP traffic, website fixing, and blocking are fantastic. It is user-friendly with easy configuration."
"The machine learning feature reduces the false positives."
"The machine learning on FortiWeb WAF is valuable."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall blocks attacks from application layers and provides protection."
"People who want to work with the device have to be pro in Linux"
"One thing that can be improved, is to increase the quantity over predefine policy."
"I think the deployment templates can be better."
"I would say their graphical interface, the GUI. I don't like the GUI as much as before."
"The pricing could be more flexible."
"The solution could improve by having an independent capture module. It has a built feature that you can deploy the capture on your published website. However, it's not very user-friendly. When you compare this feature to Google Capture or other enterprise captures, they are very simple. It needs a good connection to the F5 Advanced WAF sandbox. When you implement this feature in the data center, you may suffer some complications with connecting to the F5 Advanced WAF sandbox. This should be improved in the future."
"The administrator's user interface and some of the settings can sometimes be very complicated to understand."
"It's sometimes difficult to customize APIs with F5 Advanced WAF."
"The documentation is poor."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's signature database updates could be improved."
"WAF needs more signatures on FortiWeb and updates the database continuously to protect against new attacks."
"It would be good if the solution integrated with other solutions, like SAP."
"The product is complicated to set up."
"We have encountered issues with webhooks and management of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's on-premise version."
"I don't see any issues with the tool apart from the pricing aspect of the product. The price of the product is an area where improvements are required."
"The technical support team is bad."
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F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 15 reviews. F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6, while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) writes "Protects internal applications and prevents target attacks ". F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is most compared with Azure Front Door. See our F5 Advanced WAF vs. FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) report.
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