We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and Imperva DDoS 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."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."
"We were able to protect our web servers from outside attacks."
"The solution has a very simple deployment."
"The most important feature of this solution is protection from attack."
"The most valuable features in Fortinet FortiWeb are sandboxing and threat prevention."
"All the features that FortiGate contains are very suitable for our business. We work with other products in Fortinet, FortiWeb, FortiSandbox, FortiMail, and FortiCache. We use all UTM features like self-encryption, encryption, all UTM features."
"The most valuable feature is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."
"One main feature we are very happy about is file security and upload functionality."
"On the activity log, I can see the exact details, the visit, and the threat."
"Imperva DDoS is fairly stable, and its availability is quite high."
"Its unique interface for managing security performance and ease of use are the most valuable features of this solution."
"This product is a reliable defense from malicious attacks on a network environment."
"There are quite a few useful Imperva Incapsula features. For example, one of them is the reports. The graphics are very good and it's easy to configure. The whole process is very fast and reliable too. They have good tech support as well."
"The dashboard is good and user-friendly."
"Technical support provides good, quick responses."
"Scalability is pretty easy on the base platform. You just add another, and you're ready to go."
"Fortinet FortiWeb needs to improve the way it's configured. Common services like publishing exchange should be done in one click only."
"The false positives are annoying."
"No solution is 100% secure and the security could always be worked on."
"The solution could have more customization."
"The upgrade process could be a bit smoother."
"They could improve their support a little bit for faster response time."
"The support side of things can be improved."
"The documentation for the machine learning could be better."
"Imperva always needs to adjust to new versions of cyber attacks, it needs to be faster, improve the resiliency of the software of the solution."
"Analytics in the area of risk need to be improved to supply more information to the users for creating better environments."
"Imperva now offers add-ons to add functionality, but I would like to see these included in the product, even if it would cost more."
"Certificate management could be improved."
"There’s nothing that’s missing in terms of features."
"The salespeople tend to exaggerate its capabilities, which can cost you money if you don't verify the information."
"I am not sure if this application has a policy where you can create your custom policy and run it as our firewall. We should have some ability to also create some custom policy, then run it as a firewall."
"It needs to be improved every time there are new attacks."
Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while Imperva DDoS is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8. 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 DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall, whereas Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and Imperva SecureSphere Database Security. See our Fortinet FortiWeb vs. Imperva DDoS report.
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