# Fortinet FortiWeb alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 233 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Fortinet FortiWeb holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/fortinet-fortiweb/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare WAF: 141
- Imperva Cloud WAF: 12
- Akamai App & API Protector: 9
- Sucuri WAF: 4
- Akamai App & API Protector + Bot Manager: 2
- Cloudflare Business Plan: 2

## Web application firewalls

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet FortiWeb.

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 65 of those 84
- Sucuri WAF: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Azure WAF: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare Business Plan: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet FortiWeb (Fortinet FortiWeb is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 44 of those 79
- Sucuri WAF: first choice in 2 of those 79
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Akamai App & API Protector: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Barracuda WAF: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Cloudflare Business Plan: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Imperva Cloud WAF: first choice in 1 of those 79
- ModSecurity: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet FortiWeb (Fortinet FortiWeb is #5 of 9 at 0%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 32 of those 70
- Imperva Cloud WAF: first choice in 11 of those 70
- Akamai App & API Protector: first choice in 8 of those 70
- Akamai App & API Protector + Bot Manager: first choice in 2 of those 70
- AWS WAF + Bot Control: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Cisco Advanced WAF and Bot Protection: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Cloudflare Enterprise WAF plus Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Cloudflare Externa: first choice in 1 of those 70

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