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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 243 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/fortinet-fortiweb/alternatives/

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

- Cloudflare WAF: 142
- Akamai App & API Protector: 13
- Imperva Cloud WAF: 9
- Sucuri WAF: 6
- AWS WAF: 5
- ModSecurity: 4

## Web application firewalls

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

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 68 of those 84
- Sucuri WAF: first choice in 6 of those 84
- AWS WAF: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Akamai App & API Protector: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Barracuda WAF: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare Application Security: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare's Pro/Business plans: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Imperva Cloud WAF: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet FortiWeb (Fortinet FortiWeb is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 42 of those 80
- ModSecurity: first choice in 4 of those 80
- AWS WAF: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Barracuda Web Application Firewall: first choice in 2 of those 80
- OWASP Core Rule Set: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Barracuda WAF: first choice in 1 of those 80
- BunkerWeb: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet FortiWeb (Fortinet FortiWeb is #7 of 9 at 0%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 32 of those 79
- Akamai App & API Protector: first choice in 12 of those 79
- Imperva Cloud WAF: first choice in 8 of those 79
- F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Fastly Next-Gen WAF: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Imperva Web Application Firewall: first choice in 2 of those 79
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 79

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