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Product	Imperva Cloud WAF by Imperva View product	FortiWeb by Fortinet View product
Overview
What it is	Looking for WAF software? Imperva Cloud WAF by Imperva provides virtual patching and custom rules engine for PCI-DSS web compliance. Compare features and alternatives.	Get the facts on FortiWeb: WAF, API protection and bot management. Built for API security. Compare it with other Application Security options before you decide.
Product type	Web Application Firewall & Exploit Shield	Web application firewall and API security platform
Best for	Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Enterprise IT, Banking, Retail, Education	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	On-premises Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/Hyper-V); Cloud SaaS	Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options
Data residency	Customer data sovereignty; On-premises and cloud options	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region
Key features
What it offers	Dynamic application profiling OWASP Top 10 defense Virtual patching Bidirectional traffic inspection Custom rules engine High-throughput processing Web application exploit prevention Zero-day virtual patching	WAF API protection Bot management Threat detection SSL inspection Application-layer controls Machine-learning-assisted detection Vulnerability mitigation
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	Web ApplicationsEnterprise IntranetsCloud Web Servers	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2ISO 27001Common CriteriaHIPAA	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	SplunkMicro Focus ArcSightIBM QRadarMicrosoft Sentinel	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSandboxFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiWeb CloudFortiGuard
Industries	Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareEnterprise ITBankingRetail+1 more	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Regions	Global enterprise deployments	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Vendor
Company	Imperva	Fortinet
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, USA	Sunnyvale, California, USA
Company size	2,000+	10,000+
Founded	2002	2000

Imperva Cloud WAF

by Imperva

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FortiWeb

by Fortinet

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Overview

What it is

Imperva Cloud WAF

Looking for WAF software? Imperva Cloud WAF by Imperva provides virtual patching and custom rules engine for PCI-DSS web compliance. Compare features and alternatives.

FortiWeb

Get the facts on FortiWeb: WAF, API protection and bot management. Built for API security. Compare it with other Application Security options before you decide.

Product type

Imperva Cloud WAF

Web Application Firewall & Exploit Shield

FortiWeb

Web application firewall and API security platform

Best for

Imperva Cloud WAF

Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Enterprise IT, Banking, Retail, Education

FortiWeb

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Imperva Cloud WAF

Contact Vendor

FortiWeb

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Imperva Cloud WAF

FortiWeb

Deployment

Deployment options

Imperva Cloud WAF

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

FortiWeb

Cloud

Deployment details

Imperva Cloud WAF

On-premises Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/Hyper-V); Cloud SaaS

FortiWeb

Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options

Data residency

Imperva Cloud WAF

Customer data sovereignty; On-premises and cloud options

FortiWeb

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

Key features

What it offers

Imperva Cloud WAF

Dynamic application profiling
OWASP Top 10 defense
Virtual patching
Bidirectional traffic inspection
Custom rules engine
High-throughput processing
Web application exploit prevention
Zero-day virtual patching

FortiWeb

WAF
API protection
Bot management
Threat detection
SSL inspection
Application-layer controls
Machine-learning-assisted detection
Vulnerability mitigation

Platform & access

API access

Imperva Cloud WAF

FortiWeb

Single sign-on (SSO)

Imperva Cloud WAF

FortiWeb

Role-based access (RBAC)

Imperva Cloud WAF

FortiWeb

Multi-tenant

Imperva Cloud WAF

FortiWeb

Mobile app

Imperva Cloud WAF

FortiWeb

Supported platforms

Imperva Cloud WAF

Web ApplicationsEnterprise IntranetsCloud Web Servers

FortiWeb

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more

Compliance

Imperva Cloud WAF

PCI-DSSSOC 2ISO 27001Common CriteriaHIPAA

FortiWeb

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

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Imperva Cloud WAF

SplunkMicro Focus ArcSightIBM QRadarMicrosoft Sentinel

FortiWeb

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSandboxFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiWeb CloudFortiGuard

Industries

Imperva Cloud WAF

Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareEnterprise ITBankingRetail+1 more

FortiWeb

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Regions

Imperva Cloud WAF

Global enterprise deployments

FortiWeb

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Vendor

Company

Imperva Cloud WAF

Imperva

FortiWeb

Fortinet

Headquarters

Imperva Cloud WAF

San Mateo, California, USA

FortiWeb

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Company size

Imperva Cloud WAF

2,000+

FortiWeb

10,000+

Founded

Imperva Cloud WAF

2002

FortiWeb

2000