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Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF vs. Barracuda Web Application Firewall

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricFortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF

by Fortinet

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda

Overall rating4.34.3
Review count4614
Ease of use8.98.8
Ease of setup9.18.6
Quality of support8.98.6
Meets requirements9.09.0
NPS43.18181846.153846
Small Business51.1%14.3%
Mid-Market28.9%64.3%
Enterprise20.0%21.4%
Total page views375170
Total LLM citations137605

Fortinet Managed Rules for AWS WAF

Fortinet’s WAF rulesets are additional security signatures that can be used to enhance the protections included in the base AWS WAF product. They are updated on a regular basis to include the latest threat intelligence from the award-winning FortiGuard Labs. The Complete OWASP Top 10 Ruleset provides a comprehensive package for web application protection offered by Fortinet to help address the OWASP Top 10 web application threats.

Pros

  • Security
  • Ease of Use
  • Implementation Ease
  • Detection
  • Easy Integrations
  • Configuration Ease

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) is purpose-built to protect your web, mobile, and API applications from today’s most advanced threats. It helps prevent data breaches and ensures business continuity by blocking OWASP Top 10 attacks, L4–L7 DDoS, zero-day exploits, and more. With Advanced Bot Protection powered by cloud-based machine learning, Barracuda WAF detects and stops malicious bots responsible for web scraping, credential stuffing, and account takeover attempts—before they can do damage.

Pros

  • Cybersecurity
  • SSL Encryption
  • Management Efficiency
  • Configuration Ease
  • Setup Ease
  • Features