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Put two or three cybersecurity products side by side and see how they differ on deployment, pricing, features, integrations and compliance.
| Product | FortiProxy by Fortinet View product | Symantec Web Protection by Broadcom View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | FortiProxy is a secure web gateway and web security proxy used for DLP. Highlights include URL filtering and web filtering. Compare it with other Web Security tools. | Symantec Web Protection offers secure web gateway proxy and high-speed SSL/TLS inspection. Use it for corporate web filtering. See Web Security alternatives. |
| Product type | Secure web gateway and web security proxy | Secure Web Gateway & Web Isolation Platform |
| Best for | Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers | Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Enterprise, Education |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: no | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | Cloud | SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native options | Cloud SaaS / Hardware Appliance / Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance (ProxySG); Hybrid |
| Data residency | Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region | Global cloud edge locations; On-premises appliances |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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 ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud | Enterprise EndpointsNetwork EdgeCloud SASE Edge |
| Compliance | Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment | GDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSISO/IEC 27001CIPASOC 2 |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSandboxFortiAuthenticatorFortiGuard | Symantec DLPMicrosoft Entra IDActive DirectoryOktaCisco SD-WANSplunk |
| Industries | EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more | Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailEnterpriseEducation |
| Regions | GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region | GlobalMulti-region edge |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Fortinet | Broadcom |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, USA | Palo Alto, California, USA |
| Company size | 10,000+ | 10,001+ |
| Founded | 2000 | 1961 |
Overview
What it is
FortiProxy
FortiProxy is a secure web gateway and web security proxy used for DLP. Highlights include URL filtering and web filtering. Compare it with other Web Security tools.Symantec Web Protection
Symantec Web Protection offers secure web gateway proxy and high-speed SSL/TLS inspection. Use it for corporate web filtering. See Web Security alternatives.Product type
FortiProxy
Secure web gateway and web security proxySymantec Web Protection
Secure Web Gateway & Web Isolation PlatformBest for
FortiProxy
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providersSymantec Web Protection
Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Enterprise, EducationPricing
Pricing model
FortiProxy
Contact VendorSymantec Web Protection
Contact VendorFree trial
FortiProxy
Free trial: noSymantec Web Protection
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
FortiProxy
Cloud
Symantec Web Protection
SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details
FortiProxy
Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native optionsSymantec Web Protection
Cloud SaaS / Hardware Appliance / Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance (ProxySG); HybridData residency
FortiProxy
Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/regionSymantec Web Protection
Global cloud edge locations; On-premises appliancesKey features
What it offers
FortiProxy
- URL filtering
- Web filtering
- SSL inspection
- Application control
- Antivirus
- DLP
- OCR inspection
- Inline CASB
Symantec Web Protection
- Secure web gateway proxy
- High-speed SSL/TLS inspection
- Remote browser isolation
- Integrated Symantec DLP
- URL category filtering
- Global Intelligence sync
- Corporate web filtering
- Encrypted SSL inspection
Platform & access
API access
FortiProxy
API access: yesSymantec Web Protection
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
FortiProxy
SSO: yesSymantec Web Protection
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
FortiProxy
RBAC: yesSymantec Web Protection
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
FortiProxy
Multi-tenant: yesSymantec Web Protection
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
FortiProxy
Mobile app: noSymantec Web Protection
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
FortiProxy
Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
Symantec Web Protection
Enterprise EndpointsNetwork EdgeCloud SASE Edge
Compliance
FortiProxy
Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Symantec Web Protection
GDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSISO/IEC 27001CIPASOC 2
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
FortiProxy
FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSandboxFortiAuthenticatorFortiGuard
Symantec Web Protection
Symantec DLPMicrosoft Entra IDActive DirectoryOktaCisco SD-WANSplunk
Industries
FortiProxy
EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Symantec Web Protection
Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailEnterpriseEducation
Regions
FortiProxy
GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Symantec Web Protection
GlobalMulti-region edge
Vendor
Company
FortiProxy
FortinetSymantec Web Protection
BroadcomHeadquarters
FortiProxy
Sunnyvale, California, USASymantec Web Protection
Palo Alto, California, USACompany size
FortiProxy
10,000+Symantec Web Protection
10,001+Founded
FortiProxy
2000Symantec Web Protection
1961