We performed a comparison between A10 Thunder TPS and Fortinet FortiDDoS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."They give us the ability to configure many features for DDoS. There are many items that we can use."
"Thunder TPS has automated mitigation and fully managed support in case the device cannot handle the attack. They have engineers available to respond."
"The GUI is very use-friendly. You can configure it through CLI or GUI, they give you an option to choose. It's a good solution in terms of the appliance itself. It's very light compared to other brands that offer DDoS solutions."
"The solution has reduced the amount of manual intervention required during an attack. We have the inline solution and when it comes to the customers that we have on it, it has saved us some troubleshooting time."
"The most valuable feature of A10 Thunder TPS is load balancing."
"The solution's support is one of the coolest things about the product. I"
"The response time to an attack is instant. We've used some outsourced solutions in the past, out in the cloud, that weren't so quick. But it's all within our control now. We control how fast it mitigates."
"We selected the solution because of its programmable automated defense using RESTful API. We didn't want to connect to the box. We wanted to be able to do some automation. We wanted to have our own portal because we wanted to connect our customers to our own UI using the A10 API. It has been good and exactly what we need."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud DDoS scrubbing capability."
"This solution can protect Layer 3, Layer 4 and Layer 7 attacks of applications for us."
"The solution is very user-friendly and very easy to use."
"The solution already has security profiles and it can protect from DDoS attacks and other kinds of attacks."
"It allows me to see all the traffic on my network."
"I find the interface easy to use."
"The product allows the users to adjust the thresholds."
"The product's initial setup phase was really easy."
"I would like for them to develop an advanced reporting feature."
"The solution is a little expensive."
"If there's one aspect of A10 that needs improvement it would be the training. All of their training is done online, at least in what we've been exposed to. I would like to have a classroom environment for training... It would give [people] a chance to provision it."
"I rate Thunder TPS seven out of 10 for scalability."
"Its documentation could be better."
"We have had some issues with implementation. So, it is the only area that needs improvement."
"The upgrade process for the boxes is not efficient. We have to go through the A10 aGalaxy where we have issues, like timeouts. They told me it was fixed in the latest version, but I tried to do it on the Portal and it is not working all the time."
"They have a cloud scrubbing feature that redirects the traffic if the on-prem appliance can't accommodate a large amount of traffic but it's not available where we are."
"There aren't really any aspects of the solution we are unhappy with. It's been a positive experience overall."
"All the thresholds that need to be configured should be included in the default so that user will not forget or misconfigure."
"The product’s pricing needs improvement."
"The only thing they need to do is to automate it. Today, you must create tools that do not require the use of an expert or anyone with special skills."
"The web interface could be much better."
"The solution can be a little more user-friendly and it can be more affordable."
"I would like to see analytics, big data."
"Alerts and reporting features must be improved."
A10 Thunder TPS is ranked 15th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 12 reviews while Fortinet FortiDDoS is ranked 16th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 12 reviews. A10 Thunder TPS is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiDDoS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of A10 Thunder TPS writes "A highly stable solution that can be used for load balancing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiDDoS writes "Offers good technical support but has poor scalability". A10 Thunder TPS is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Cloudflare, Radware DefensePro, Corero and Imperva DDoS, whereas Fortinet FortiDDoS is most compared with Arbor DDoS, VMware NSX, Radware DefensePro, Fortinet FortiWeb and Edgio Global CDN. See our A10 Thunder TPS vs. Fortinet FortiDDoS report.
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