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."Good dashboard and reporting."
"There is no need to worry about updating signatures because WAF will automatically update the signatures for you."
"Customers find the load balancer feature as the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is artificial intelligence and to get extra internal access."
"F5 Advanced WAF secures our connectivity and combines both the main functions of WAF (balancing and web application security)."
"With F5 Advanced WAF, it was protection for online publications and for our customers that caused us to choose the platform."
"In terms of F5 Advanced WAF's most valuable features, I would definitely say its stability. F5 is one the most stable products. Either as the load balancer or the web application firewall, it is very stable."
"I like all of the features, but the main one is the attack signatures."
"The product is easy to configure."
"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 machine learning feature reduces the false positives."
"The fact that I can log into the platform and see everybody, see logs, authentication failure, and see everything on one platform, is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was easy since it was possible to get remote support for the product."
"We use it to secure VMs and applications. It protects against DDoS attacks. It's very user-friendly."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall blocks attacks from application layers and provides protection."
"Most customers encounter stability issues with the product's Big-IP logs."
"The BNS module needs improvement."
"This solution can be made more user-friendly."
"They should work on the virtualization of NGINX."
"The delay times on firmware patches and software updates could be better and improved."
"We get false positives sometimes."
"I would say their graphical interface, the GUI. I don't like the GUI as much as before."
"Compatibility with multiple cloud environments needs improvement. Both stability and scalability need to be improved."
"The product is complicated to set up."
"The product lacks features offered by enterprise-level firewall tools."
"There is room for improvement in the support. The response time could be faster. Plus, they ask for a lot of information. It is not easy to get support."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall needs to improve its performance."
"WAF needs more signatures on FortiWeb and updates the database continuously to protect against new attacks."
"There is room for improvement in pricing, and actually, the price is a bit higher because on the same terms I purchased, the support subscription is so high."
"We have encountered issues with webhooks and management of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's on-premise version."
"The documentation is poor."
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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 13 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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