We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and NGINX App Protect 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."Fortinet FortiWeb is priced well."
"The deployment was very easy."
"The support is quite good."
"High-performance and detection engines, provide a high rate of exposure of web attacks."
"The most valuable feature in this solution is the ability to disseminate between the user entering some wrong value to the field, and a suspicious actor trying to exploit some known vulnerability."
"Built-in security templates, AV integrated, strong threat intelligence."
"What we like about Fortinet FortiWeb is it has all the features. We use all of them, so we have to turn on all the options."
"FortiGate is a stable product."
"The initial setup was simple and took three to four days."
"NGINX App Protect has complete control over the HTTP session."
"It is a very good tool for load balancing."
"The most valuable feature is that I can establish different services from the firewall."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is the reverse proxy."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the OWASP certification. Additionally, the tool's ability to enforce strong passwords and OTP within minutes is impressive. With its analytics and recommendations, it is a very good solution."
"We were looking for a product that is capable of complete automation and a container based solution. It's working."
"F5 and some other firewalls are easier to customize. FortiWeb could be more flexible and customizable. The documentation could also be improved because many of the advanced features aren't fully documented."
"New releases and old releases have some bugs, some features do not work as good as we want but every new release the Fortinet team fixes up problems."
"The interface could have the interdependent elements arranged sequentially and wizards that go through most common deployment actions."
"I would like to see more improvements with respect to threat intelligence."
"It may be better if it were easier to create roles."
"Integration and learning about attacks. I would improve these areas by making FortiWeb integrate with other network technologies and feedback from multiple platforms."
"Most of the deployment is done by our development team because they have some parameters that match the configuration. However, when we initially did the deployment we used a consultant company."
"I know that we have run into some issues with an SSL certificate and how it functions. Sometimes this breaks connectivity or just limits certain websites that are whitelisted."
"The configuration needs to be more flexible because it is difficult to do things that are outside of the ordinary."
"Currently, the policies have to be handled manually, and you have to create from scratch, which can be a bit time-consuming, in a large environment."
"The product's user interface is an area with shortcomings as it can be quite confusing for users, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Areas for improvement would be if NGINX could scan for vulnerabilities and learn and update the signatures of DoS attacks."
"The dashboard could provide a more comprehensive view of the status of the connections."
"NGINX App Protect would be improved with integration with Shape and F5 WAF, which would make it easy for users to manage all their web application security with a single solution."
"Right now, the tool doesn't provide an option revolving around update feeds, specifically the signature update option in the UI."
"As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment."
Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while NGINX App Protect is ranked 15th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 20 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2. 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 NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas NGINX App Protect is most compared with AWS WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and Noname Security. See our Fortinet FortiWeb vs. NGINX App Protect report.
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