FortiWeb vs. FortiOS

FortiWeb

5 Reviews and Ratings

FortiOS

3 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
FortiWeb	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	FortiWeb is Fortinet's web application security system (or web application firewall, WAF) featuring advanced vulnerability management and threat detection and prevention, available in deployment as an appliance or virtual appliance, also as a hosted or a cloud-based virtual solution.	N/A
FortiOS	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	Fortinet’s operating system, FortiOS, is the foundation of the Fortinet Security Fabric, an OS designed to consolidate many technologies and use cases into a simplified, single policy and management framework.	N/A

Pricing

FortiWeb

FortiOS

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
FortiWeb	FortiOS
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	FortiWeb	FortiOS
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Easy to use Pro Use api
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Upgrade path Minus Not stable

Best Alternatives
	FortiWeb	FortiOS
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Medium-sized Companies	Cloudflare Score 8.8 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Enterprises	F5 Advanced WAF Score 9.2 out of 10	Cisco NX-OS Score 9.5 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	FortiWeb	FortiOS
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	FortiWeb	FortiOS
Likelihood to Recommend	Fortinet Regarding my experience, I prefer to deploy FortiWeb in a reverse proxy to have the full features and protection. The other mode will be useful for special cases as will it will not have the full range of features and protection. Like offline Sniffing, it will be used in special cases. Incentivized Mohamed Taha Cyber Security Division Manager Read full review	Fortinet FortiOS is a great platform for deploying multiple FortiNet products and solutions in your environment that are operated under a single management console such as FortiManager. Automation and Orchestration become a reality with its simple API and FortiOS's ability to work with 3rd party API capabilities. FortiOS makes it simple to operate Fortinet's next-generation firewall features such as intrusion detection, SD-WAN, and Identity then consolidates them under a common management interface. Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review
Pros	Fortinet API protection Bot mitigation Web application protection Application delivery Incentivized Mohamed Taha Cyber Security Division Manager Read full review	Fortinet Automation Orchestration Common security fabric Easy to use API Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review
Cons	Fortinet Built-in vulnerability scanner should be better in next release Predefined security policies for other web application not listed Incentivized Mohamed Taha Cyber Security Division Manager Read full review	Fortinet Upgrades are difficult to stage Upgrade path is complex Too many releases Latest release is usually not stable across all platforms Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Fortinet Most of them have the same features but not for FREE. The second point was the total cost of ownership for 3 and 5 years. Fortinet supported us with the best prices for 3 years and 5 years as well with advanced hardware replacement against the others. Incentivized Mohamed Taha Cyber Security Division Manager Read full review	Fortinet FortiOS was easy to learn and came with our Firewall purchase, therefore it was the logical choice. It became evident early on that the FortiOS and security fabric would make our migration quicker and easier from our current legacy platforms. Utilizing tools such as FortiConverter allowed for virtually error-free migrations. Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review
Return on Investment	Fortinet ROI for last three years was 60% Incentivized Mohamed Taha Cyber Security Division Manager Read full review	Fortinet Fast learning curve made adoption quick User interface was easy to learn Migration from legacy platforms was smooth, with little downtime or mistakes Features and capabilities were easily mastered because of its intuitive UI Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review
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