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."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."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"The anti-bot protection is the solution's most valuable feature. Safe-guard or credential staffing are also useful features."
"We can monitor IP locations, but we have constraints from each country. It has a replication feature. Licenses can be shared, taking turns with each license."
"Good technology for mitigating different application attacks, e.g. DDoS, DNS, and layer seven attacks."
"It can scale."
"F5's user-friendly interface and seamless integration stand out as the most valuable features for us."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is easy to configure."
"We use it to secure VMs and applications. It protects against DDoS attacks. It's very user-friendly."
"The machine learning feature reduces the false positives."
"The tool's HTTP traffic, website fixing, and blocking are fantastic. It is user-friendly with easy configuration."
"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 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."
"FortiWeb identified potential DDoS attacks and suspicious domain activity, showcasing the value of its machine-learning capabilities."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"For me, an area for improvement in F5 Advanced WAF is the reporting as it isn't so clear. The vendor needs to work on the reporting capability of the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of F5 Advanced WAF is threat intelligence to protect your web application, particularly having that capability out-of-the-box, and not needing to pay extra for it, similar to what's offered in FortiWeb, for example, any request that originates from a malicious IP will be blocked automatically by FortiWeb. F5 Advanced WAF should have the intelligence for blocking malicious IPs, or automatically blocking threats included in the license, instead of making it an add-on feature that users have to pay for apart from the standard licensing fees."
"I would say their graphical interface, the GUI. I don't like the GUI as much as before."
"People who want to work with the device have to be pro in Linux"
"The BNS module needs improvement."
"The accuracy of the automatic learning feature needs improvement."
"The overall price of F5 Advanced WAF could improve."
"The Sandbox integration feature could be improved."
"F5 Advanced WAF could improve resource usage, it is CPU intensive. Additionally, adding automated remediation would be a benefit. For example, an easy button alerts us of the events that are occurring, and what we want to do at the time. An automated approach where somebody could be alerted very quickly. Instead of going and reconfiguring everything, an automated approach is what I'm looking at."
"The technical support team is bad."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) needs to update its attack prevention database."
"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."
"It would be good if the solution integrated with other solutions, like SAP."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall needs to improve its performance."
"I don't see any issues with the tool apart from the pricing aspect of the product. The price of the product is an area where improvements are required."
"We have encountered issues with webhooks and management of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's on-premise version."
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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 15 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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