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Product	FortiAP by Fortinet View product	Suricata by Suricata 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.	Evaluating Suricata? See how this Network Security tool handles active inline IPS mode and native protocol decoding, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Secure wireless access point platform	High-Performance Network Threat Detection & IPS/IDS Engine
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Defense, Education, Telecommunications, Finance
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; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor
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	Multi-threaded high-throughput engine Native protocol decoding (HTTP/TLS/DNS/SMB) Automated file extraction Structured Eve JSON logging Active inline IPS mode Network intrusion prevention (IPS) Protocol traffic logging Malware network beacon 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 FirewallsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.4NIST SP 800-94Common Criteria
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiLAN CloudFortiPortalFortiAuthenticatorFortiNAC	ElasticsearchSplunkLogstashZeekSnort rulesCisco TalosEmerging Threats
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomDefenseEducationTelecommunications+1 more
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Suricata
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Global / Open Source
Company size	10,000+	1-10
Founded	2000	2009

FortiAP

by Fortinet

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Suricata

by Suricata

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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.

Suricata

Evaluating Suricata? See how this Network Security tool handles active inline IPS mode and native protocol decoding, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

FortiAP

Secure wireless access point platform

Suricata

High-Performance Network Threat Detection & IPS/IDS Engine

Best for

FortiAP

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

Suricata

Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Defense, Education, Telecommunications, Finance

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiAP

Contact Vendor

Suricata

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiAP

Suricata

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiAP

Cloud

Suricata

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

Suricata

Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor

Data residency

FortiAP

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

Suricata

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

Suricata

Multi-threaded high-throughput engine
Native protocol decoding (HTTP/TLS/DNS/SMB)
Automated file extraction
Structured Eve JSON logging
Active inline IPS mode
Network intrusion prevention (IPS)
Protocol traffic logging
Malware network beacon detection

Platform & access

API access

FortiAP

Suricata

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiAP

Suricata

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiAP

Suricata

Multi-tenant

FortiAP

Suricata

Mobile app

FortiAP

Suricata

Supported platforms

FortiAP

FortiAP indoor and outdoor access pointsFortiGate wireless controllerFortiLAN CloudFortiManager

Suricata

Enterprise NetworksGateway FirewallsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps

Compliance

FortiAP

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

Suricata

GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.4NIST SP 800-94Common Criteria

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiAP

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiLAN CloudFortiPortalFortiAuthenticatorFortiNAC

Suricata

ElasticsearchSplunkLogstashZeekSnort rulesCisco TalosEmerging Threats

Industries

FortiAP

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Suricata

Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomDefenseEducationTelecommunications+1 more

Regions

FortiAP

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Suricata

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiAP

Fortinet

Suricata

Headquarters

FortiAP

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Suricata

Global / Open Source

Company size

FortiAP

10,000+

Suricata

1-10

Founded

FortiAP

2000

Suricata

2009