We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Perimeter 81 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"It has a very easy-to-use interface. It has ease of management, and all the modules are there. SKUs are also easily identifiable. Whatever is required in the firewall is already there in it. It's very advanced, and analytics reporting is very good. They also have cloud reporting. You get all the services that are available for your device in the cloud. You just have to subscribe. It's very easy. There's a lot of demand for this solution because it's an all-in-one solution. The throughput is very high."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass, single point of management."
"The initial setup is easy. Our clients use the FortiClient EMS, which is the central console for installing FortiClient. It is easy and very user friendly."
"The technical support from Fortinet and local vendors is good."
"Compared to other similar solutions, it is faster in connecting."
"It works well and the performance is good."
"It is very easy and useful. A normal user with basic information can easily connect to any environment."
"Having a centralized console is a valuable feature. The Fortinet fabric is also very valuable where all different pieces talk together to secure our network and track the North, South, East, and West movement of files and data through our network."
"It has provided a seamless gateway to much-needed platforms."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"Our operators can work from home without any problems."
"Scaling Perimeter 81 was easy to do."
"Providing access and security allows our company employees to work from home and remotely."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"The solution provides us with an easy way to configure and join the VPN with Perimeter 81."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Everybody else is doing AI, machine learning, self-healing, next-generation features. It needs more next-generation features. Everybody else is doing AI, machine learning, self-healing, next-generation features. It needs more next-generation features."
"The solution requires skillful users."
"While we like patch management, it would be nice if it could handle patch management for other solutions, like Microsoft."
"The filtering process could be improved."
"The price could also use improvement."
"It would be extremely useful to have an automatic updating feature."
"We've got one client where it was blocking the smartphones, and there's a way to set it up on Fortigate that's supposed to do that. However, it didn't work with them since they had a 2FA multi-factor."
"I would like to see an improvement in the web filter, because I think it can be more user-friendly."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"In order to have to bypass the login using the website, a good feature for Perimeter 81 to have is a login instance in the Perimeter 81 application. I'm using a Mac and we don't have that functionality."
"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."
"A Google Chrome extension would be handy instead of logging into the app."
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"There is a very small amount of downtime."
"Offering in-app explanations detailing what each feature does, its benefits and potential use cases can help users better understand and utilize the tool to its full potential."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 85 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 8th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 22 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". 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, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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