We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and Symantec Web Application Firewall 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 of Fortinet FortiWeb is the ease of integration and configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb is the reports and the AI-based features."
"If I need something from tech support, I can get it answered within the hour."
"Both the internal firewall management and the cloud can be managed by a single console."
"The anti-defacement feature is very useful because it looks for web changes over time to protect pages."
"The GUI is user-friendly and it's easy to understand how to manage it."
"The solution has a good sandbox feature."
"The ability to configure multiple policies for different requirements is a strong feature of Fortinet FortiWeb."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The setup was straightforward."
"The solution has an up-to-date data repository to deal with external threats."
"They could improve their support a little bit for faster response time."
"No solution is 100% secure and the security could always be worked on."
"The reporting could be optimized."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle different use cases."
"Lacks a VM demo to enable testing prior to purchase."
"Centralized configuration using FortiManager – like what exists for NGFW FortiGate appliances - would improve the configuration."
"It costs too much."
"FortiWeb needs to have support for the newest technology being used in web applications."
"I'm not convinced that it's necessary the best solution going forward in the future."
"Sometimes scanning slows down the endpoints."
"It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java."
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Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while Symantec Web Application Firewall is ranked 38th in Web Application Firewall (WAF). Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while Symantec Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Symantec Web Application Firewall writes "An excellent up-to-date data repository handling external threats successfully". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall, whereas Symantec Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM).
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