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Product	Fortinet FortiTester by Fortinet View product	Prelude by Prelude View product
Overview
What it is	Fortinet FortiTester helps teams with firewall validation. Explore features like firewall testing, appliance deployment and the closest Network Security competitors.	Prelude covers continuous production-safe adversary testing and MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping for adversary emulation. Compare top Threat Detection tools.
Product type	Network and security performance testing platform	Autonomous Adversary Simulation & Continuous Security Validation
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Defense, Enterprise IT, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical appliance and virtual deployment options; Physical appliance and virtual deployment options	Cloud SaaS; Open Source Agent; Cloud SaaS; Open-Source Endpoint Agent
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	United States; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Traffic generation Performance testing Security-policy validation Firewall testing Application testing Throughput measurement Benchmarking Test automation	Continuous production-safe adversary testing MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping Defensive control efficacy validation Open-source lightweight probe agents Continuous security control validation EDR detection engineering testing Adversary emulation MITRE ATT&CK defensive gap identification
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure	Enterprise EndpointsCloud Virtual MachinesDeveloper Workstations
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRNIST CSFMITRE ATT&CK Aligned
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabric	CrowdStrikeSentinelOneMicrosoft DefenderSplunkDatadogGitHub
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareDefenseEnterprise ITRetail
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Prelude
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	10,000+	51-200
Founded	2000	2020

Fortinet FortiTester

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Prelude

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Overview

What it is

Fortinet FortiTester

Fortinet FortiTester helps teams with firewall validation. Explore features like firewall testing, appliance deployment and the closest Network Security competitors.

Prelude

Prelude covers continuous production-safe adversary testing and MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping for adversary emulation. Compare top Threat Detection tools.

Product type

Fortinet FortiTester

Network and security performance testing platform

Prelude

Autonomous Adversary Simulation & Continuous Security Validation

Best for

Fortinet FortiTester

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

Prelude

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Defense, Enterprise IT, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiTester

Contact Vendor

Prelude

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiTester

Prelude

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiTester

Cloud

Prelude

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiTester

Physical appliance and virtual deployment options; Physical appliance and virtual deployment options

Prelude

Cloud SaaS; Open Source Agent; Cloud SaaS; Open-Source Endpoint Agent

Data residency

Fortinet FortiTester

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

Prelude

United States; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

Fortinet FortiTester

Traffic generation
Performance testing
Security-policy validation
Firewall testing
Application testing
Throughput measurement
Benchmarking
Test automation

Prelude

Continuous production-safe adversary testing
MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping
Defensive control efficacy validation
Open-source lightweight probe agents
Continuous security control validation
EDR detection engineering testing
Adversary emulation
MITRE ATT&CK defensive gap identification

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiTester

Prelude

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiTester

Prelude

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiTester

Prelude

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiTester

Prelude

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiTester

Prelude

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiTester

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure

Prelude

Enterprise EndpointsCloud Virtual MachinesDeveloper Workstations

Compliance

Fortinet FortiTester

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

Prelude

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRNIST CSFMITRE ATT&CK Aligned

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiTester

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabric

Prelude

CrowdStrikeSentinelOneMicrosoft DefenderSplunkDatadogGitHub

Industries

Fortinet FortiTester

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Prelude

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareDefenseEnterprise ITRetail

Regions

Fortinet FortiTester

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Prelude

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiTester

Fortinet

Prelude

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiTester

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Prelude

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Fortinet FortiTester

10,000+

Prelude

51-200

Founded

Fortinet FortiTester

2000

Prelude

2020