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 is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."
"One main feature we are very happy about is file security and upload functionality."
"It can scale well."
"Security Fabric integration. This is really a value-added feature as FortiWeb can interact with the rest of the client’s Fortinet pack to provide an intelligent security layer like (FortiSIEM for central log management and correlation, FortiGate, FortiSandbox for malware analysis, etc.)."
"We find that it is quite stable and reliable."
"If I need something from tech support, I can get it answered within the hour."
"The valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability scanner"
"It's the extra security that is the most valuable feature. You have insight into your traffic. There are some great insights into what utilities hackers are trying to exploit. It blocks a lot of stuff from the internet."
"The solution has an up-to-date data repository to deal with external threats."
"The setup was straightforward."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"FortiGate could be improved on the security end because we've had some incidents with the customer. Otherwise, there is no problem."
"The dashboard evaluating the performance of each application connected to the web app's firewall is quite helpful, but the tool is only available in application performance management. So I think if Fortinet could better integrate that particular feature, it would add a lot of value to the product."
"If the price was lower, it would be a bit more attractive, as an option, to the customers."
"I would like to see more improvements with respect to threat intelligence."
"The reporting could be optimized."
"We want to see more detailed logging, such as audit logging, as this would significantly enhance the solution's reporting. We currently get some information from logs, but more would be better."
"Centralized configuration using FortiManager – like what exists for NGFW FortiGate appliances - would improve the configuration."
"They can introduce a scaled-down version for the SMB market. It would be very competitive in the environment."
"It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java."
"Sometimes scanning slows down the endpoints."
"I'm not convinced that it's necessary the best solution going forward in the future."
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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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