AWS Shield vs. FortiDDoS

AWS Shield

FortiDDoS

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
AWS Shield	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. It provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency.	$0 per month
FortiDDoS	Score 6.0 out of 10	N/A	FortiDDoS is a DDoS prevention product available as a hardware appliance or a hybrid on-premise/cloud software solution. Scope of Protection The FortiDDoS product offered by Fortinet differentiates itself from other products in the industry by providing comprehensive protection at multiple layers of the OSI model. It offers integrated protection at layer 3 (network layer), layer 4 (transport layer), and layer 7 (application layer) to defend against a wide range of…	N/A

Pricing

AWS Shield

FortiDDoS

Editions & Modules

AWS Shield Standard: $0
AWS Shield Advanced: $3,000.00
per month (annual commitment) AWS Shield Advanced Data Transfer Usage fees apply

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
AWS Shield	FortiDDoS
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

AWS Shield Advanced charges are in addition to the standard fees for Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and AWS Global Accelerator.

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Community Pulse
	AWS Shield	FortiDDoS

Best Alternatives
	AWS Shield	FortiDDoS
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User Ratings
	AWS Shield	FortiDDoS
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	AWS Shield	FortiDDoS
Likelihood to Recommend	Amazon AWS No answers on this topic	Fortinet It is suitable for use in the transaction service environment on the Internet, such as Web Service, Mobile App, Cloud Micro Service, blockchain trading platform, VDI for Work at Home. Not suitable for use in the company's internal decentralized trading system. Incentivized Melvin Ji Vice President & Product Manager Read full review
Pros	Amazon AWS No answers on this topic	Fortinet FortiDDos solves the loss of business money caused by previous attacks that we have faced. Our company's business is mainly to provide Internet APP manufacturers with their client-side cash transaction services. Can react quickly when it is subjected to a malicious attack. Can quickly assist us in the follow-up response processing. It can be integrated with our existing NOC management platform. Has played complete monitoring and management capabilities. Incentivized Melvin Ji Vice President & Product Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Amazon AWS No answers on this topic	Fortinet Provide our business area grows 60% year by year Incentivized Melvin Ji Vice President & Product Manager Read full review
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