We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWeb and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway 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 GUI makes it easy to scale in terms of learning and utilization."
"High-performance and detection engines, provide a high rate of exposure of web attacks."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The ease of configuration is valuable. We have Azure WAF, we have OCI WAF, and we also have Cloud Armor for GCP, but their configuration isn't very easy. It's pretty simple in FortiWeb, and we can enable or configure whatever we want."
"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.)."
"The support is quite good."
"It helps us prevent attacks on servers."
"The solution has a good sandbox feature."
"I find Application Gateway’s WAF module valuable because it helps prevent layer 7 attacks."
"Using policies to link and manage these URL-based routing configurations is also valuable."
"The pricing is quite good."
"The security feature in all the layers of the application is the most valuable."
"Azure Application Gateway's most valuable feature is ease of use. The configuration is straightforward. It isn't difficult to adjust the size of your instances in the settings. You can do that with a few clicks, and the configuration file is the same way. You can also set rules and policies with minimal time and effort."
"Some of the key features of this solution are the low-level maintenance required, floating proxy service, and load balancing."
"We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly."
"This is a SaaS product, so it is always up to date."
"I would like to have an antivirus option."
"The Layer 7 DDoS attacks need improvement, it could be better."
"The GUI could be better. It's limited."
"The solution could offer more integration opportunities."
"In terms of performance, it needs to be more robust."
"The solution could have more customization."
"It costs too much."
"Their support needs improvement."
"The solution should provide more security for certificate-based services so that we can implement more security on that."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved. Right now, it's a bit expensive."
"Scalability can be an issue."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is harder to manage than Imperva. It is not intuitive and stable compared to other products."
"The increased security that we are considering is because of some of the things that the security team has brought to our attention. They have pointed out that we would most likely require a better web application firewall than Azure Application Gateway."
"It is a bit tricky to configure. You've got to have a very specific format to configure it. They should make it a little bit easier to configure. Mapping the certificates into it isn't easy, and it could be better. Currently, you've to write a bit of automation to pull certificates directly to HTTPS."
"The tool is a pain to deal with when it comes to the area of configuration."
"It could be easier to change servicing."
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Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews. Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. 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 Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and NGINX App Protect, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with Azure Front Door, Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, AWS WAF and NGINX App Protect. See our Fortinet FortiWeb vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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