We performed a comparison between AWS WAF 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 FortiWeb is the winner in this comparison. According to reviews, it is a more comprehensive solution than AWS WAF. Reviewers are happier with the pricing of AWS WAF, however.
"We do not have to maintain the solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to integrate central sets. It protects from intrusion attacks such as scripting and SQL injections."
"One common use case is using detection protection for enhancing security models in AWS. Another use case is implementing log analysis and response recovery procedures for email services."
"As a basic WAF, it's better than nothing. So if you need something simple out of the box with default features, AWS WAF is good."
"AWS WAF is very easy to use and configure on AWS."
"AWS WAF helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection that happen within the retail industry."
"The customized billing is the most valuable feature."
"Stable and scalable web application firewall. Setting it up is straightforward."
"It is easy to install and to maintain."
"Built-in security templates, AV integrated, strong threat intelligence."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb is the reports and the AI-based features."
"The reason I recommend this product is because it guarantees that your network will be safe if it is set up properly and you fully utilize most of the functions."
"The GUI is user-friendly and it's easy to understand how to manage it."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is easy to configure and deploy."
"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."
"AWS WAF would be better if it uses AI or machine learning to detect a potential attack or a potential IP that creates an attack even before it happens. I want AWS WAF to capture the IP and automatically write the rule to automate the entire process."
"Technical support for AWS WAF needs improvement."
"We need more support as we go global."
"The solution should identify why it blocks particular websites."
"I believe there is a need to move towards real-time analysis with the help of AI and intelligent systems in the future. This would reduce the reliance on manual work and enhance the functionality of detection protection. By incorporating AI-driven data analysis and data science techniques, we can improve the solution's user-friendliness, security compatibility, and accuracy."
"The user experience, the interface, is lacking. Sometimes it's hard to find certain areas that it has alerted on."
"The area of reporting in the product needs to have a proper format."
"The product could be improved by expanding the weightage units of rules."
"The documentation for the machine learning could be better."
"The dashboards are not that configurable. Application-specific dashboards can be improved. If we have 50 applications, there should be something to see what's happening with these 50 applications. There could be a graph or a consolidated alert page where all alerts are inbuilt. They have other products that I can use, but this feature should be built into FortiWeb."
"A user interface or dashboard for troubleshooting is needed."
"The solution could offer more integration opportunities."
"FortiGate could be improved on the security end because we've had some incidents with the customer. Otherwise, there is no problem."
"I had some small problems when I was upgrading firmware. After the upgrade, some of my certificates were deleted."
"FortiWeb needs to have support for the newest technology being used in web applications."
"Centralized configuration using FortiManager – like what exists for NGFW FortiGate appliances - would improve the configuration."
AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". 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". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, Azure Web Application Firewall, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our AWS WAF vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
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