FortiWeb vs. NGINX Plus
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FortiWeb | Score6.2 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 |
NGINX Plus | Score8.6 out of 10 | N/A | NGINX Plus is presented as a cloud‑native, easy-to-use reverse proxy, load balancer, and API gateway, from F5. | $849 per month billed annually |
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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| Would buy again | ||
No answers on this topic | 100% Would buy again 6 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
No answers on this topic | 100% Delivers good value for the price 6 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 83% Happy with the feature set 5 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
No answers on this topic | 80% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 4 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Implementation went as expected 5 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | NGINX Score9.1 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | ![]() F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF Score9.4 out of 10 | Oracle WebLogic Server Score7.3 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ![]() F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF Score9.4 out of 10 | NGINX Score9.1 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 9.1 |
| Usability | - | 7.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.1 |
| Online Training | - | 9.1 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 9.1 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | 9.1 |
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