Cloudflare vs. FortiDDoS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Cloudflare, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, provides DDoS and bot mitigation security for business domains, as well as a content delivery network (CDN) and web application firewall (WAF).
$20
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
CloudflareFortiDDoS
Editions & Modules
Pro
$20
per month
Business
$200
per month
Free
Free
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudflareFortiDDoS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
CloudflareFortiDDoS
Considered Both Products
Cloudflare
Chose Cloudflare
Cloudflare has many features that keep this solution in the top of security protection.
FortiDDoS

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Top Pros
Top Cons

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Best Alternatives
CloudflareFortiDDoS
Small Businesses

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Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
BIG-IP
BIG-IP
Score 8.8 out of 10
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
BIG-IP
BIG-IP
Score 8.8 out of 10
BIG-IP
BIG-IP
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
CloudflareFortiDDoS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(156 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(125 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.7
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CloudflareFortiDDoS
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloudflare
It is easy to set up, and within 10 minutes it is up and running. You can add many domains in one dashboard. So no need for a separate Cloudflare account. I can access all my domain DNS, and customize/add it further. For example by adding the Google Webmaster DNS key or my email provider.
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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.
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Pros
Cloudflare
  • Registrar and DNS services are impeccable, with registrations done at cost and without ADs. DNS services setting standards for speed of resolution.
  • DDOS protection. With their content distribution network to back them they have the bandwidth and tools to be both proactive and reactive to bad actors.
  • WAF - Their Web Application Firewall helps mitigate common site vulnerabilities and has active zero-day protection running for breaking exploits
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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.
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Cons
Cloudflare
  • In some cases, using Cloudflare can actually lead to slower website speeds if the network is congested or if the website's traffic is particularly heavy.
  • Some website owners may find that the level of customization offered by Cloudflare is limited, especially in comparison to other solutions.
  • While Cloudflare is easy to set up and manage, it may be too complex for users who are not familiar with web technologies.
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Fortinet
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Likelihood to Renew
Cloudflare
lower cost
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Fortinet
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Usability
Cloudflare
Everything is extremely concise and all settings apply immediately and take effect globally. There is no reason to explicitly plan/think in terms of individual regions as one would have to traditional cloud offerings (AWS, OCI, Azure). All Cloudflare products integrate seamless as part of a single pipeline that executes from request to response.
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Fortinet
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Reliability and Availability
Cloudflare
In 6+ years of relying on Cloudflare, I think we experienced one or two brief outages that were Cloudflare's fault.
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Fortinet
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Performance
Cloudflare
Their Argo for the global network is the core feature we love.
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Fortinet
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Support Rating
Cloudflare
We really like to talk to a person on the phone or using chat. But the system is very slow and sending to much email to get the issue solve. Something we don't like to spend time writing on the community forum our issue because we don't want to share detail information of our POC.
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Fortinet
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Implementation Rating
Cloudflare
Very well executed implementation where our team was able to handle the implementation with guidance.
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Fortinet
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Alternatives Considered
Cloudflare
Firebase can be a good starter for basic projects but as I scaled up, I found it lacking the maturity Cloudflare has. Naturaly, I opted for Cloudflare for bigger projects. I still use Firebase, but for small scale hobby projects only.
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Fortinet
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Scalability
Cloudflare
They are built for scale and have the capacity to handle all the traffic we could ever expect to get.
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Fortinet
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Return on Investment
Cloudflare
  • A lot of requests are cached and so egress costs from downstream providers are mitigated.
  • DDoS protection has also managed to keep our site up and our cloud computing bill down.
  • Setting up a proxy with a worker made putting various Google Cloud Functions running behind a single URL very easy and performant. Plus they offer API Shield on top of this.
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Fortinet
  • Provide our business area grows 60% year by year
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