We performed a comparison between Citrix Web App and API Protection and Fortinet FortiWeb 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."I prefer this solution because of its user-friendly interface. I find it simple and close to what I am currently using, which is Citrix Fortiva Access for Multi-Factor Authentication. I appreciate the familiar user interface and troubleshooting tools it offers."
"Citrix is good for application protection."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The work balancing applications are the most valuable feature."
"The advantage of Citrix Web App and API Protection is just its graphic user interface for beginners. The solution is nothing special, but we have to use it for the corporation. Another advantage of Citrix Web App and API Protection is that we have our copy to test things and get the know-how of it."
"The web application firewall which protects our services on the internet, and then of course services like our ability to provide high availability for the services we are offering are the most valuable features."
"Citrix Web App API Protection allows you to enable a blocking mode"
"The stability is good. If there is a problem, the load will be shifted to other sites automatically, which has been a good experience for us."
"It is a good product. We have just blocked everything coming from some geographical locations or certain countries, and it has been working very efficiently when I look at logs, events, and incidents generated from the system. It is generating very good analytic reports about it. This is the most valuable thing about this solution. It has load balancing and almost everything that a web application firewall needs. It is very flexible and easy to learn and configure. It can be easily learned and configured by using the information available on different channels such as YouTube."
"The valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability scanner"
"The most valuable feature is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."
"You have the ability to control everything from one single dashboard."
"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."
"Both the internal firewall management and the cloud can be managed by a single console."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It can scale well."
"The user interface could be more friendly. Some wizards and other documentation for administrators, as well as some use cases, helps us to understand the solution."
"The solution's pricing is a big concern and should be improved."
"The setup was not simple."
"Security could be improved because then I can get rid of my Cisco firewalls. If they improve the security then I could run my security, my proxy, my firewalling and my SDN solution on one device instead of having to have multiple devices."
"The reporting is not so good. They don't have an application to connect the logs."
"I am not an expert in this solution, but simplicity and user-friendly interfaces are crucial for me. I would appreciate advice from Citrix, particularly in the form of an interactive guide for API protection. It would be helpful if they could provide specific points and recommendations for cybersecurity, indicating areas that need attention or improvement. I find such interactive guidance valuable."
"The configuration for its web application firewall is complicated."
"Their upgrades are not very backward compatible, and sometimes they mess up."
"Their support needs improvement."
"They could improve their support a little bit for faster response time."
"We would like to know more about the integration with the hardware or security products, such as Gemalto, because we need to move to that point."
"The F5 solution has more features than Fortinet FortiWeb, such as multiple load balancing."
"The initial setup process could be improved."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle different use cases."
"I would like to have an antivirus option."
"FortiWeb needs to have support for the newest technology being used in web applications."
More Citrix Web App and API Protection Pricing and Cost Advice →
Citrix Web App and API Protection is ranked 20th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 11 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Citrix Web App and API Protection is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citrix Web App and API Protection writes "Affordable, provides advanced features, and protects applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWeb writes "Cost-effective, easy to configure, and works very well as a single solution for multiple environments". Citrix Web App and API Protection is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Azure Front Door, AWS WAF, Akamai App and API Protector and Imperva DDoS, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall. See our Citrix Web App and API Protection vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
See our list of best Web Application Firewall (WAF) vendors.
We monitor all Web Application Firewall (WAF) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.