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At a Glance
AWS WAF
AWS WAF
Star Rating
(71)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (34.4% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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FortiGate-VM
FortiGate-VM
Star Rating
(32)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (56.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about FortiGate-VM
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AWS WAF vs FortiGate-VM

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found FortiGate-VM easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with FortiGate-VM overall.

  • Reviewers felt that FortiGate-VM meets the needs of their business better than AWS WAF.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that FortiGate-VM is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of FortiGate-VM over AWS WAF.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS WAF
No pricing available
FortiGate-VM
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS WAF
No trial information available
FortiGate-VM
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
48
9.0
27
Ease of Use
8.2
48
8.7
27
Ease of Setup
8.2
33
8.8
23
Ease of Admin
8.3
32
9.0
23
Quality of Support
8.8
44
8.9
25
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
32
9.4
22
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
48
9.1
27
Features by Category
Web Application Firewall (WAF)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
8.6
25
Not enough data
Analysis
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
Controls
9.2
19
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.8
19
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
18
Not enough data
8.3
17
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
9
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
17
Administration
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
8.5
17
Agentic AI - Firewall Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
17
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
9.2
17
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
8.8
17
Not enough data
9.0
17
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
11
Artificial Intelligence - Firewall
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS WAF
AWS WAF
FortiGate-VM
FortiGate-VM
AWS WAF and FortiGate-VM share no categories
Unique Categories
AWS WAF
AWS WAF is categorized as Web Application Firewall (WAF)
FortiGate-VM
FortiGate-VM is categorized as Firewall Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS WAF
AWS WAF
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
32.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
32.8%
FortiGate-VM
FortiGate-VM
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
26.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
56.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
16.7%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS WAF
AWS WAF
Information Technology and Services
23.4%
Computer Software
9.4%
Computer & Network Security
9.4%
Retail
6.3%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Other
45.3%
FortiGate-VM
FortiGate-VM
Information Technology and Services
23.3%
Telecommunications
16.7%
Computer & Network Security
13.3%
Financial Services
10.0%
Computer Software
6.7%
Other
30.0%
Most Helpful Reviews
AWS WAF
AWS WAF
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Hiran T.
HT
Hiran T.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

AWS WAF protects web applications from common web exploities. The user can create a policy and take control over the block and filters. AWS WAF can easily be integrated and managed by the Amazon firewall manager and can be easily implemented in the Amazon...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Consumer Goods

While setup is easy, doing non trivial things with it still requires too much work, and often feels brittle. I'm directly comparing this against cloudflare.

FortiGate-VM
FortiGate-VM
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Pavan N.
PN
Pavan N.
Verified User in Computer Software

fortigate is friendly user, and rules can be easily implemented and we had a very good customer support, i have used it for 2 years and there are n no of features like cloud, firewall anti virus, vpn etc t integrates with multivendor environments, including...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Financial Services

Cant back up the FortiGate VM like any other VM in azure

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AWS WAF
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FortiGate-VM
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Discussions
AWS WAF
AWS WAF Discussions
What is AWS WAF used for?
1 comment
Prashant G.
PG
Web application firewalls are used for protection of web applications from owasp top 10 vulnerabilities basis on different CVEs. AWS WAF is nothing but...Read more
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AWS WAF has no more discussions with answers
FortiGate-VM
FortiGate-VM Discussions
What is FortiGate-VM used for?
2 comments
Avinash P.
AP
FortiGate-VM is Fortinet's virtual appliance version of the FortiGate firewall, designed for deployment in virtualized environments. It serves as a...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
FortiGate-VM has no more discussions with answers