We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Compliance solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The best parts of Forescout Platform are its orchestration features, discovery capabilities, classification buckets, and flexibility in creating policies."
"The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform it's highly customizable and flexible."
"The initial setup is easy, taking no more than two or three weeks."
"Emergency response, risk assessment information to get a view of the of the vulnerability."
"Forescout Platform is stable, it is great."
"Provides a good overview of all devices on a network."
"Forescout Platform provides multiple features. They have a very effective device fingerprinting in their cloud. You do not need to add any devices manually, such as in Mac devices. Other solutions you have to add IoT devices and OT devices manually. This is one of the major areas that Forescout Platform is excelling in."
"Being able to actively identify the client without a certificate allows you to control every device on your network regardless of the make, model, and software running. This allows for end-to-end security."
"Fortinet FortiClient's scalability is very good because it has no limitations."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is dual authentication and the VPN is secure."
"We find the VPN features valuable."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's easy to install and connect and has OTP on email IDs and two-factor authentication."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiClient are ease of use and simple configuration."
"I find it very easy to configure and also very stable."
"For our clients with remote sites and deployed firewalls, the filtering and authentication features are very helpful."
"Overall Fortinet FortiClient has good functionality."
"Forescout Platform sometimes returns false positives, so there's some fine-tuning to be done there."
"The system controls could be better."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"Definitely, having more third-party integration would be an improvement."
"It's scalable, but not without a big investment. It doesn't do so well at the branch. At the home office, it does okay and not so well at the branch."
"If older network devices are used there can be some compatibility issues while using the Forescout Platform. Additionally, if the switches that are deployed in your infrastructure are not captured properly to the endpoints there might be some difficulties with Forescout Platform trying to monitor the network traffic. Traffic management is an area the vendor should work on."
"The biggest disadvantage is the pricing."
"The solution's customer support is bad and should be improved."
"Fortinet needs to cover more areas where threats can come from."
"It would be nice to see more in hand features in terms of the DLP, so that the solution can be integrated with the DLP, as well as more reporting features on the end point."
"The solution could add data to the endpoint."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"While we like patch management, it would be nice if it could handle patch management for other solutions, like Microsoft."
"In the next release, I would like to see an additional layer of security added."
"Its stability can be improved. It is not as reliable as I would like it to be. There are times when things don't work quite right. Our biggest pain point is not related to Fortinet FortiClient and the whole scheme of things. It is related to one of the additional services called FortiGuard. They are the arm that does all of the updates to definitions, keeps all the signatures updated, and responds to new threats and whatnot. What we have found is that they react quickly, but sometimes their solutions aren't compatible with all of the components of the Fortinet security suite, specifically around FortiSandbox."
"The features for application control and device control must be improved."
Forescout Platform is ranked 4th in Endpoint Compliance with 69 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 1st in Endpoint Compliance with 86 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Armis, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our Forescout Platform vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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