We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall 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."If an attack is coming continuously, you can ask the device to block it temporarily for two to three minutes. F5 has not provided us with an option to block certain IPs for some time. Barracuda can help you block someone if the source is from a different IP. You can apply the rule to the device and block it for whatsoever time you want. The solution will unblock the IP after the prescribed time as well."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Some of the most valuable features are the ease of deployment, the Barracuda support, the easy-to-use console, and the granularity of the reports."
"The stability of the solution is good. I don't think we've experienced bugs, crashes, or glitches."
"We only need one subscription to be protected against both active DDoS and offline DDoS attacks."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to set up."
"You don't need help from Barracuda to help with the deployment. The deployment is easy."
"The product has fantastic support services."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Fail-Open."
"It can scale well."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"It is a good product. We have just blocked everything coming from some geographical locations or certain countries, and it has been working very efficiently when I look at logs, events, and incidents generated from the system. It is generating very good analytic reports about it. This is the most valuable thing about this solution. It has load balancing and almost everything that a web application firewall needs. It is very flexible and easy to learn and configure. It can be easily learned and configured by using the information available on different channels such as YouTube."
"One of the big advantages of using Fortinet FortiWeb is all the Fortinet family solutions use the same user interface and logic. This makes it easy to use, configure, manage, and understand if you have used one of their solutions before or are wanting to implement other Fortinet solutions in the future. Additionally, all Fortinet solutions can be managed with one application called FortiManager."
"FortiGate is a stable product."
"It helps us prevent attacks on servers."
"It offers some feedback and suggestions that guide our system development while helping our vendors to update their applications and fix any issues or bugs."
"The reporting aspect of the solution needs improvement. I don't find that it's very good. They could do some work on it to make it much better. It's not that the reporting isn't secure. It's just that I would prefer to store my reports for an extended period of time. Right now, that's not possible and I'd prefer it if that could change. I also would say that the reports themselves are expensive."
"Barracuda Web Application Firewall's load balancing feature could be improved."
"While the UI is good, it can get a little bit complicated."
"The policy updates could be improved."
"They could improve their performance, support, and their upgrades. Their updates used to be good. Their improvements were right on the money but nowadays, the updates are minor."
"As most people are aware, the implementation is not easy."
"It would be better if their updates would be released annually."
"I would suggest that someone implementing this product is knowledgeable in the IT field, and with the network needs. It is complex."
"Lacks a VM demo to enable testing prior to purchase."
"Fortinet FortiWeb could improve in reference architecture for different deployment scenarios."
"A better load balancer is needed when multiple servers are used for the same website."
"Centralized configuration using FortiManager – like what exists for NGFW FortiGate appliances - would improve the configuration."
"The dashboards are not that configurable. Application-specific dashboards can be improved. If we have 50 applications, there should be something to see what's happening with these 50 applications. There could be a graph or a consolidated alert page where all alerts are inbuilt. They have other products that I can use, but this feature should be built into FortiWeb."
"I had some small problems when I was upgrading firmware. After the upgrade, some of my certificates were deleted."
"The product’s stability could be improved."
"It can be better with web application firewalls."
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall is ranked 14th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Barracuda Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda Web Application Firewall writes "Provides strong issue discovery capabilities; enhance the security parameters of web applications and suitable for medium to large enterprises". 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". Barracuda Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster and Radware Alteon, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway. See our Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
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