We performed a comparison between F5 Advanced 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."I like the security features, especially against SQL injection."
"Identification, ease of use, and ease of modifying it to most of our needs are valuable."
"My favorite feature of F5 is the ability to play around with the ciphers. I also like the ability to have an immediate display of the support IDs when a real blockage occurs. The protection offered is great."
"Customers find the load balancer feature as the most valuable."
"F5 Advanced WAF has very good stability and scalability. Its initial setup was straightforward."
"The web application firewall itself is most valuable. It provides positive security and negative security. In negative security, it blocks a task such as cross-site scripting, code injection, etc. In positive security, it lets you specify and enforce things, such as the parameters allowed in username and password fields and the number of characters allowed in a field."
"The most valuable feature of F5 Advanced WAF is its ability to have a pool of resources that can distribute your traffic, and that is a plus for me. My company tried to look into a competitor, Imperva, but it was lacking that capability, so F5 Advanced WAF outperforms Imperva."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the WAF protection, Data Safe, and the seven-layer DDoS."
"FortiWeb identified potential DDoS attacks and suspicious domain activity, showcasing the value of its machine-learning capabilities."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtration, web filter, application filter, and IPS."
"We use it to secure VMs and applications. It protects against DDoS attacks. It's very user-friendly."
"The initial setup was easy since it was possible to get remote support for the product."
"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 on FortiWeb WAF is valuable."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall blocks attacks from application layers and provides protection."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The accuracy of the automatic learning feature needs improvement."
"I would not expect traffic details to pass through the web application firewall across the length of the whole application. I think that there is a web application where it can let the application function without traffic going in into the WAF."
"I would like to see additional controls."
"It's sometimes difficult to customize APIs with F5 Advanced WAF."
"The solution is tedious. It takes a lot of discrete settings so one needs to get detailed and granular when they use the solution. It takes you a whole lot of energy and concentration to configure. It needs to be much more straight-forward, like other web solutions."
"The BNS module needs improvement."
"F5 Advanced WAF could improve on its funding for WAF features. There is a need to be more advanced WAF features."
"One thing that can be improved, is to increase the quantity over predefine policy."
"FortiWeb Web Application Firewall's signature database updates could be improved."
"There could be ADC offering as well."
"The documentation is poor."
"The technical support team is bad."
"The product is complicated to set up."
"The price is a little higher than the competitors."
"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 needs to improve its performance."
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F5 Advanced WAF is ranked 2nd in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 55 reviews while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is ranked 16th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 16 reviews. F5 Advanced WAF is rated 8.6, while FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of F5 Advanced WAF writes "Flexible configuration, reliable, and highly professional support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) writes "Protects internal applications and prevents target attacks ". F5 Advanced WAF is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) is most compared with Azure Front Door. See our F5 Advanced WAF vs. FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) report.
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