We performed a comparison between AWS 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."The most valuable aspect is that it protects our code. It's a bit difficult to overwrite code in our application. It also protects against threats."
"The product’s availability, ease of configuration, and documentation are valuable."
"The ability to take multiple data sets and match those data sets together is the solution's most valuable feature. The data lake that comes with it is very useful because that allows us to match data sets with different configurations that we wouldn't normally be able to match."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability because it automatically scales up or scales down as per our requirements."
"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is its highly configurable rules system."
"We do not have to maintain the solution."
"It is Amazon. Everything is scalable. It is beyond what we need."
"The access instruction feature is the most valuable. This is what we use the most."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall blocks attacks from application layers and provides protection."
"It is good for web tracking applications."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtration, web filter, application filter, and IPS."
"The machine learning on FortiWeb WAF is valuable."
"The tool's HTTP traffic, website fixing, and blocking are fantastic. It is user-friendly with easy configuration."
"The product is easy to configure."
"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."
"The machine learning feature reduces the false positives."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"The product should improve the DDoS-related features."
"They should work to define more threats, add more security, and make it more compliant with more security companies."
"AWS WAF could improve by making the overall management easier. Many people that have started working with AWS WAF do not have an easy time. They should make it easy to use."
"An improvement area would be that it's more of a manual effort when you have to enable rules. That's one of the downsides. If that can be done in an automated way, it would be great. That's a lagging feature currently."
"The setup is complicated."
"While the complexity of the installation can vary from one service to another, overall, I would say that it and the configuration and navigation are somewhat complex."
"In a future release of this solution, I would like to see additional management features to make things simpler."
"WAF needs more signatures on FortiWeb and updates the database continuously to protect against new attacks."
"It would be good if the solution integrated with other solutions, like SAP."
"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."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) needs to update its attack prevention database."
"We have encountered issues with webhooks and management of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's on-premise version."
"The product lacks features offered by enterprise-level firewall tools."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall needs to improve its performance."
"The technical support team is bad."
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AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is ranked 18th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 13 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) writes "Protects internal applications and prevents target attacks ". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Imperva Web Application Firewall, F5 Advanced WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, whereas FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF and Azure Front Door. See our AWS WAF vs. FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) report.
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