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Product	Fortinet FortiTester by Fortinet View product	VECTR by Vectr 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.	VECTR helps teams with purple team adversary validation. Explore features like automated BAS integration, self-hosted deployment and the closest BAS competitors.
Product type	Network and security performance testing platform	Adversary Simulation Management & Purple Team Validation Framework
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cybersecurity, Red Teams, Blue Teams, Purple Teaming, SOC Teams, Defense
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	Physical appliance and virtual deployment options; Physical appliance and virtual deployment options	Open Source; Self-hosted; Self-hosted Docker Container; Open Source Software Engine
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	Traffic generation Performance testing Security-policy validation Firewall testing Application testing Throughput measurement Benchmarking Test automation	Collaborative purple teaming workspace MITRE ATT&CK coverage heatmaps Detection maturity scoring Red/blue team outcome tracking Automated BAS integration Purple team adversary validation Detection engineering gap analysis MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping
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 SOCsRed Team Testing LabsDetection Engineering Environments
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	Open Source LicenseMITRE ATT&CK AlignedNIST CSF Reference
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabric	Atomic Red TeamCobalt StrikeMITRE ATT&CKJiraSplunkElasticsearch
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	CybersecurityRed TeamsBlue TeamsPurple TeamingSOC TeamsDefense
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Vectr
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	United States
Company size	10,000+	51-200
Founded	2000	2015

Fortinet FortiTester

by Fortinet

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VECTR

by Vectr

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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.

VECTR

VECTR helps teams with purple team adversary validation. Explore features like automated BAS integration, self-hosted deployment and the closest BAS competitors.

Product type

Fortinet FortiTester

Network and security performance testing platform

VECTR

Adversary Simulation Management & Purple Team Validation Framework

Best for

Fortinet FortiTester

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

VECTR

Cybersecurity, Red Teams, Blue Teams, Purple Teaming, SOC Teams, Defense

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiTester

Contact Vendor

VECTR

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiTester

VECTR

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiTester

Cloud

VECTR

On-Premise

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiTester

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

VECTR

Open Source; Self-hosted; Self-hosted Docker Container; Open Source Software Engine

Data residency

Fortinet FortiTester

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

VECTR

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

Key features

What it offers

Fortinet FortiTester

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

VECTR

Collaborative purple teaming workspace
MITRE ATT&CK coverage heatmaps
Detection maturity scoring
Red/blue team outcome tracking
Automated BAS integration
Purple team adversary validation
Detection engineering gap analysis
MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiTester

VECTR

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiTester

VECTR

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiTester

VECTR

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiTester

VECTR

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiTester

VECTR

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiTester

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure

VECTR

Enterprise SOCsRed Team Testing LabsDetection Engineering Environments

Compliance

Fortinet FortiTester

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

VECTR

Open Source LicenseMITRE ATT&CK AlignedNIST CSF Reference

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiTester

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabric

VECTR

Atomic Red TeamCobalt StrikeMITRE ATT&CKJiraSplunkElasticsearch

Industries

Fortinet FortiTester

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

VECTR

CybersecurityRed TeamsBlue TeamsPurple TeamingSOC TeamsDefense

Regions

Fortinet FortiTester

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

VECTR

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiTester

Fortinet

VECTR

Vectr

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiTester

Sunnyvale, California, USA

VECTR

United States

Company size

Fortinet FortiTester

10,000+

VECTR

51-200

Founded

Fortinet FortiTester

2000

VECTR

2015