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| Product | Symantec Web Protection by Broadcom View product | FortiProxy by Fortinet View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Symantec Web Protection offers secure web gateway proxy and high-speed SSL/TLS inspection. Use it for corporate web filtering. See Web Security alternatives. | 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. |
| Product type | Secure Web Gateway & Web Isolation Platform | Secure web gateway and web security proxy |
| Best for | Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Enterprise, 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 | SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise | Cloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud SaaS / Hardware Appliance / Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance (ProxySG); Hybrid | Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native options |
| Data residency | Global cloud edge locations; On-premises appliances | Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region |
| 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 | Enterprise EndpointsNetwork EdgeCloud SASE Edge | Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud |
| Compliance | GDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSISO/IEC 27001CIPASOC 2 | Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Symantec DLPMicrosoft Entra IDActive DirectoryOktaCisco SD-WANSplunk | FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSandboxFortiAuthenticatorFortiGuard |
| Industries | Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailEnterpriseEducation | EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more |
| Regions | GlobalMulti-region edge | GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Broadcom | Fortinet |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, USA | Sunnyvale, California, USA |
| Company size | 10,001+ | 10,000+ |
| Founded | 1961 | 2000 |
Overview
What it is
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.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.Product type
Symantec Web Protection
Secure Web Gateway & Web Isolation PlatformFortiProxy
Secure web gateway and web security proxyBest for
Symantec Web Protection
Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Enterprise, EducationFortiProxy
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providersPricing
Pricing model
Symantec Web Protection
Contact VendorFortiProxy
Contact VendorFree trial
Symantec Web Protection
Free trial: yesFortiProxy
Free trial: noDeployment
Deployment options
Symantec Web Protection
SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
FortiProxy
Cloud
Deployment details
Symantec Web Protection
Cloud SaaS / Hardware Appliance / Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance (ProxySG); HybridFortiProxy
Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud-native optionsData residency
Symantec Web Protection
Global cloud edge locations; On-premises appliancesFortiProxy
Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/regionKey features
What it offers
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
FortiProxy
- URL filtering
- Web filtering
- SSL inspection
- Application control
- Antivirus
- DLP
- OCR inspection
- Inline CASB
Platform & access
API access
Symantec Web Protection
API access: yesFortiProxy
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Symantec Web Protection
SSO: yesFortiProxy
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Symantec Web Protection
RBAC: yesFortiProxy
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Symantec Web Protection
Multi-tenant: yesFortiProxy
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Symantec Web Protection
Mobile app: noFortiProxy
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Symantec Web Protection
Enterprise EndpointsNetwork EdgeCloud SASE Edge
FortiProxy
Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
Compliance
Symantec Web Protection
GDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSISO/IEC 27001CIPASOC 2
FortiProxy
Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Symantec Web Protection
Symantec DLPMicrosoft Entra IDActive DirectoryOktaCisco SD-WANSplunk
FortiProxy
FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSandboxFortiAuthenticatorFortiGuard
Industries
Symantec Web Protection
Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailEnterpriseEducation
FortiProxy
EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Regions
Symantec Web Protection
GlobalMulti-region edge
FortiProxy
GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Vendor
Company
Symantec Web Protection
BroadcomFortiProxy
FortinetHeadquarters
Symantec Web Protection
Palo Alto, California, USAFortiProxy
Sunnyvale, California, USACompany size
Symantec Web Protection
10,001+FortiProxy
10,000+Founded
Symantec Web Protection
1961FortiProxy
2000