We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Fortinet FortiWeb based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It makes the publishing of applications to the Internet safer."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) improves the resilience and quality of the application itself, the speed and the user experience for the application. The data that the users need from the application is actually acquired faster. So, it provides faster data acquisition."
"The load balancing function, the monitors that you can create, and iRules programmability are most valuable."
"The solution could improve the ease of use, the management could be simplified. Other solutions are easier to use."
"The iRule feature is very useful for inspecting HTTP. Sometimes, we use it for modifying the headers of the HTTP."
"Tech support has been very quick to respond to all of the needs that we've had. If you want ad-hoc support. They also provide professional services that you can purchase as well."
"There is a lot of documentation available."
"Fortinet FortiWeb is priced well."
"Also, if you serve files or you accept files with your server, Fortiweb has built-in antivirus. The Fortinet product family also provides good IP intelligence (botnet C&C, etc.)."
"FortiWeb offers machine learning in the latest product. This fixed many problems. There are no false negatives."
"It is a stable product."
"The most important feature of this solution is protection from attack."
"The most valuable feature is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"The most valuable features are support and security."
"It's stable and works efficiently against OWASP Top 10 attacks."
"There is a need for a more modular version to concentrate on the current monolithic structure of both the virtual and hardware versions."
"Its GUI could be a bit better. Other than that, it's already pretty good. We don't use it in a high-performance environment. So, we don't really care so much about too many features."
"The price for F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is very high. This aspect could be improved."
"I would like them to have more flexible models."
"A more intuitive interface would be helpful."
"The synchronization does works fairly well. However, if I were to make changes, I would make it easier to start the sync process."
"Lacking in free training to help users understand the product more, so they would know how to correctly use it. Like other vendors and their products, becoming more proactive is an area for improvement."
"The deployment can take some time because you can do a lot of configuring to meet the needs of the use cases for clients."
"A better load balancer is needed when multiple servers are used for the same website."
"The product's scalability could be better."
"FortiGate could be improved on the security end because we've had some incidents with the customer. Otherwise, there is no problem."
"The false positives are annoying."
"The initial setup process could be improved."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle different use cases."
"Integration and learning about attacks. I would improve these areas by making FortiWeb integrate with other network technologies and feedback from multiple platforms."
"The interface could have the interdependent elements arranged sequentially and wizards that go through most common deployment actions."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Reduces maintenance downtime and has a strong user community". 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". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Cloudflare. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
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