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Side-by-side comparison of FortiAP, Snort
Product	FortiAP by Fortinet View product	Snort by Snort View product
Overview
What it is	FortiAP offers Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 models, WLAN management and wireless intrusion detection/prevention. Use it for Secure enterprise Wi-Fi. See Wireless Security alternatives.	See what Snort offers: active inline blocking. It is built for zero-day exploit detection, supports on-premises deployment and competes with other Network Security tools.
Product type	Secure wireless access point platform	Open-Source Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS)
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Education, Public Sector, Telecommunications
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical access points with FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiLAN Cloud or FortiPortal management; Physical access points with FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiLAN Cloud or FortiPortal management	Open Source; On-premises Software; Open Source Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud VM
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)
Key features
What it offers	Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 models WLAN management Wireless intrusion detection/prevention Segmentation Guest access Secure onboarding Secure enterprise Wi-Fi Guest networks	Real-time packet sniffing and logging Protocol analysis and content searching Cisco Talos rule updates Snort 3 multi-threaded engine Active inline blocking Network intrusion prevention (IPS) Perimeter packet inspection Zero-day exploit detection
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	FortiAP indoor and outdoor access pointsFortiGate wireless controllerFortiLAN CloudFortiManager	Enterprise NetworksGateway RoutersCloud VPCsIndustrial Networks
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	GPLv2 LicenseCommon CriteriaNIST SP 800-94PCI-DSS Requirement 11.4
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiLAN CloudFortiPortalFortiAuthenticatorFortiNAC	Cisco TalosWiresharkSuricataSplunkElasticsearchPulledPorkZeek
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomEducationPublic SectorTelecommunications
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Snort
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Open Source Project
Company size	10,000+	N/A (open-source project)
Founded	2000	1998

FortiAP

by Fortinet

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Snort

by Snort

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Overview

What it is

FortiAP

FortiAP offers Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 models, WLAN management and wireless intrusion detection/prevention. Use it for Secure enterprise Wi-Fi. See Wireless Security alternatives.

Snort

See what Snort offers: active inline blocking. It is built for zero-day exploit detection, supports on-premises deployment and competes with other Network Security tools.

Product type

FortiAP

Secure wireless access point platform

Snort

Open-Source Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS)

Best for

FortiAP

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Snort

Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Education, Public Sector, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiAP

Contact Vendor

Snort

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiAP

Snort

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiAP

Cloud

Snort

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

FortiAP

Physical access points with FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiLAN Cloud or FortiPortal management; Physical access points with FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiLAN Cloud or FortiPortal management

Snort

Open Source; On-premises Software; Open Source Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud VM

Data residency

FortiAP

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Snort

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

Key features

What it offers

FortiAP

Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 models
WLAN management
Wireless intrusion detection/prevention
Segmentation
Guest access
Secure onboarding
Secure enterprise Wi-Fi
Guest networks

Snort

Real-time packet sniffing and logging
Protocol analysis and content searching
Cisco Talos rule updates
Snort 3 multi-threaded engine
Active inline blocking
Network intrusion prevention (IPS)
Perimeter packet inspection
Zero-day exploit detection

Platform & access

API access

FortiAP

Snort

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiAP

Snort

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiAP

Snort

Multi-tenant

FortiAP

Snort

Mobile app

FortiAP

Snort

Supported platforms

FortiAP

FortiAP indoor and outdoor access pointsFortiGate wireless controllerFortiLAN CloudFortiManager

Snort

Enterprise NetworksGateway RoutersCloud VPCsIndustrial Networks

Compliance

FortiAP

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Snort

GPLv2 LicenseCommon CriteriaNIST SP 800-94PCI-DSS Requirement 11.4

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiAP

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiLAN CloudFortiPortalFortiAuthenticatorFortiNAC

Snort

Cisco TalosWiresharkSuricataSplunkElasticsearchPulledPorkZeek

Industries

FortiAP

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Snort

Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomEducationPublic SectorTelecommunications

Regions

FortiAP

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Snort

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiAP

Fortinet

Snort

Headquarters

FortiAP

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Snort

Open Source Project

Company size

FortiAP

10,000+

Snort

N/A (open-source project)

Founded

FortiAP

2000

Snort

1998