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."The work balancing applications are the most valuable feature."
"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."
"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."
"I like the solution's simplicity compared to Citrix's on-prem solutions."
"When our primary link goes down I can still get to my Cisco devices and the NetScaler devices on-prem because of the SDN solution. If the internet connection at one of the branches goes down, we can still route them, they still get internet based on the SDN solution through one of the other sites. They can carry on working."
"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."
"Citrix Web App API Protection allows you to enable a blocking mode"
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"The product has a very user-friendly dashboard."
"What we like about Fortinet FortiWeb is it has all the features. We use all of them, so we have to turn on all the options."
"High-performance and detection engines, provide a high rate of exposure of web attacks."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb is the reports and the AI-based features."
"The support services, performance, and pricing are all valuable features. The performance is excellent."
"FortiWeb provides the level of security we need at an excellent price point. It's easy to deploy and operationally efficient."
"Both the internal firewall management and the cloud can be managed by a single console."
"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."
"An area for improvement in Citrix Web App and API Protection is for it to give real-time notifications and alerts. It would be practical if the solution warns you if there's an attack or if the load or traffic volume increases or decreases. An additional feature I'd like to see in Citrix Web App and API Protection is a prediction or artificial intelligence on what is happening, for example, attacks."
"Citrix Web App and API Protection could improve in the area of licensing"
"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."
"Their upgrades are not very backward compatible, and sometimes they mess up."
"The solution's pricing is a big concern and should be improved."
"The configuration for its web application firewall is complicated."
"The product could be improved by making it easier to use and easier to implement."
"Describing security rules should be improved. It's tricky to define new feature tools when you want to describe an attack pattern and want to block it."
"I would like to have an antivirus option."
"I would like to see the Application Delivery Control (ADC) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) combined in one device."
"FortiWeb does not exist in a cloud-based form. Its only available for deployment as a virtual appliance on AWS and Azure IaaS platforms. Because of the trend to WAF environments, it would be good to have it as a SaaS. Also, FortiWeb would be more competitive if it combined WAF and DDoS protection."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration with solutions other than the Fortinet family."
"Lacks a VM demo to enable testing prior to purchase."
"It can be better with web application firewalls."
"It costs too much."
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Citrix Web App and API Protection is ranked 20th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 10 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 "Has a good graphic user interface for beginners, but lacks real-time notifications, alerts, and artificial intelligence". 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.
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