We performed a comparison between AWS WAF and Fortinet FortiWeb based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Fortinet FortiWeb is the winner in this comparison. According to reviews, it is a more comprehensive solution than AWS WAF. Reviewers are happier with the pricing of AWS WAF, however.
"The most valuable feature is the security, making sure that files are protected, preventing unauthorized users from accessing the system."
"We do not have to maintain the solution."
"The solution is stable."
"AWS WAF has a lot of integrated features and services. For example, there are security services that can be integrated very well for our customers."
"The product's initial setup phase was very simple."
"If hackers try to insert bugs, the tool blocks it."
"The simple configuration and the scalability have been most valuable. We are able to scale across all of our different AWS instances."
"We can host any DB or application on the solution."
"The product has a very user-friendly dashboard."
"High-performance and detection engines, provide a high rate of exposure of web attacks."
"Banks have to be compliant with PCI and other things, and FortiWeb is absolutely amazing in terms of providing these reports. Otherwise, they will have to spend a lot of time on them."
"Fortinet FortiWeb is priced well."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Fail-Open."
"FortiGate is a stable product."
"The most valuable feature is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"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."
"The solution could be more reliable."
"It will be helpful if the product recommends rules that we can implement."
"In a future release of this solution, I would like to see additional management features to make things simpler."
"On the UI side, I would like it if they could bring back the geolocation view on the corner."
"The area of reporting in the product needs to have a proper format."
"The solution should identify why it blocks particular websites."
"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."
"When we look at the incident reports in the dashboard, they are available for a maximum duration of 24 hours. They should provide more time for the analysis and increase the duration of the availability of these reports. Currently, it gives the options for 5 minutes, 1 hour, and 24 hours. It would be excellent if there are more options for a longer time period. It may be configurable, but I don't know how to do it."
"FortiWeb needs to have support for the newest technology being used in web applications."
"Most of the deployment is done by our development team because they have some parameters that match the configuration. However, when we initially did the deployment we used a consultant company."
"The product’s stability could be improved."
"If the price was lower, it would be a bit more attractive, as an option, to the customers."
"The support side of things can be improved."
"A better load balancer is needed when multiple servers are used for the same website."
"Another area for improvement is logging. When troubleshooting, the logs sometimes take a while to update. We've had people report that some things aren't logged if they're successful. It's a bit hit-and-miss. For example, sometimes people access one of our services, and it's successful, but we don't see that in the logs."
AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiWeb 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 Fortinet FortiWeb writes "Cost-effective, easy to configure, and works very well as a single solution for multiple environments". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, Azure Web Application Firewall, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our AWS WAF vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
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