We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and Rapid7 AppSpider based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), F5, Microsoft and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."The most valuable feature is the attack signature and machine learning."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Fail-Open."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb is the ease of integration and configuration."
"The WAF profiles has been effective at mitigating web-based threats."
"FortiWeb's ease of deployment is what we liked the most about it. Implementing FortiWeb was extremely fast and easy, which was a significant advantage. It comes with several preconfigured rule sets and templates."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."
"It offers some feedback and suggestions that guide our system development while helping our vendors to update their applications and fix any issues or bugs."
"I like the ability the product has to detect vulnerabilities quickly, when it has been released in our environment, then displaying them to us."
"The setup is usually straightforward."
"AppSpider's most valuable feature is reporting - everything is stored in the local database so it can be sent to other machines."
"The most valuable feature of Rapid7 AppSpider is the vulnerability reporting data. Additionally, the data is reported in a convenient way rather than seeing them as a PDF. We are able to generate all the reports exactly what we want in a flexible way."
"What I like most about AppSpider is that it's easy to use and its automated scan gives me all the details I need to know when it comes to vulnerabilities and their solutions."
"Rapid7 AppSpider is good at managing different applications. It uses applets and generates reports to cover the PCA/GDPR compliance requirements."
"I would say that it is stable, as I am not aware of any major issues."
"The initial deployment is very straightforward and simple. The product is stable if configured properly."
"We have had problems with deployments where we've had to contact technical support to resolve them."
"HA Architecture needs improvement. I would improve it by working on AP HA."
"Integration and learning about attacks. I would improve these areas by making FortiWeb integrate with other network technologies and feedback from multiple platforms."
"A user interface or dashboard for troubleshooting is needed."
"Centralized management of multiple devices, and GUI improvement, could reduce the learning curve."
"They can introduce a scaled-down version for the SMB market. It would be very competitive in the environment."
"The F5 solution has more features than Fortinet FortiWeb, such as multiple load balancing."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"The enterprise interface is too simple. It should be more customizable."
"Integration could be better."
"Implementing Rapid7 AppSpider requires scanning and self-identification mechanisms. You can add different types of authentication to each scan."
"The performance of the solution could improve. When I compare the speed it is slower than others on the market. There are some tricks we use to help speed up the solution."
"The dashboard and interface are crucial and they need some improvement."
"This price of this solution is a little bit expensive."
"One of the challenges I have with AppSpider is that it gives you a lot of false positives, especially when compared to other solutions."
"It needs better integration with mobile applications."
Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while Rapid7 AppSpider is ranked 25th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 13 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while Rapid7 AppSpider is rated 7.8. 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 Rapid7 AppSpider writes "Useful vulnerability reporting data, flexible, and simple implementation". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall, whereas Rapid7 AppSpider is most compared with Rapid7 InsightAppSec, OWASP Zap, Acunetix, Invicti and Qualys Web Application Scanning.
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