We performed a comparison between Azure 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."Azure WAF is extremely stable."
"It's quite a stable product and works well with Microsoft products."
"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to publish our applications behind the firewall."
"The solution has good dashboards."
"The integration it has with GitHub is great."
"It has been a stable product in my experience."
"We have found the most valuable features to be the web application, minimal skills required for management, control through policies, and automation."
"The initial setup is easy and straightforward...Azure Web Application Firewall is a scalable product."
"If I need something from tech support, I can get it answered within the hour."
"The customers are very happy with this solution because of two things. First, the IPS integration with a web application is very tightly done on Fortinet. Second, the ease of use is there. The management interface or the GUI interface is very easy to use, configure, and manage. These are the two main valuable features. It supports integration with other Fortinet products. It also integrates very well with the firewall and sandboxing technology. They already have enough integration with different technologies. They have got a complete tech intelligence view of the whole product."
"FortiWeb is easy to operate with a reasonably high level of protection. FortiWeb provides multiple deployment options with a physical or virtual (FortiWeb-VM) appliance, and acts either as a reverse/transparent proxy or out-of-band. It is also available on AWS and Azure."
"FortiWeb's ease of deployment is what we liked the most about it. Implementing FortiWeb was extremely fast and easy, which was a significant advantage. It comes with several preconfigured rule sets and templates."
"The most valuable feature is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."
"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."
"Both the internal firewall management and the cloud can be managed by a single console."
"One main feature we are very happy about is file security and upload functionality."
"The support for proxy forwarding could improve."
"From a reporting perspective, they could do more there."
"Azure WAF should not be deployed in the middle of the traffic."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"The management can be improved."
"Deployment should be simplified so that a non-techie can handle it."
"In Brazil, we have some problems with the phone service that affect our connection with the cloud. However, it isn't common."
"There is a need to be able to configure the solution more."
"The upgrade process could be a bit smoother."
"HA Architecture needs improvement. I would improve it by working on AP HA."
"I would like to see the Application Delivery Control (ADC) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) combined in one device."
"Lacks a VM demo to enable testing prior to purchase."
"The initial setup in our data center was somewhat complex."
"We want to see more detailed logging, such as audit logging, as this would significantly enhance the solution's reporting. We currently get some information from logs, but more would be better."
"Sometimes, even if you follow the documentation, it doesn't work as expected."
"We would like the interface to be easier to use and more user-friendly. The interface needs to be enhanced."
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Azure Web Application Firewall is ranked 12th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 9 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Azure Web Application Firewall is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Azure Web Application Firewall writes "It's a good option if you want a solution that's ready to go and easy for your team to learn". 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". Azure Web Application Firewall is most compared with AWS WAF, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, F5 Advanced WAF and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Azure Web Application Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
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