We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Symantec Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's fast and safe."
"It’s easy to use."
"We like its centralized administration, integration with Active Directory, deployment, and stability of the connection."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass, single point of management."
"The technical support from Fortinet and local vendors is good."
"What I find valuable in FortiClient is its patch management capabilities, allowing remote updates efficiently."
"The integration of the vulnerability scan, mobile detection, and VPN client."
"Installation was easy."
"Its response time is the most valuable. It is very quick."
"The solution can scale."
"The solution detects malware very well."
"We use the Symantec Global Intelligence Network (GIN), and it's an excellent feature as Symantec is a leader in security solutions. The product has all the security features we require as an organization, including intelligent features such as notification alerts and predicting future attacks. The threat intelligence and detection are excellent, and the solution provides great visuals and logs so that we can analyze any attacks on our servers. GIN is a powerful tool in terms of detection capability across endpoints, email, and web traffic, as it can scan them with its advanced threat intelligence. The product can detect threats, report them to us, and quarantine them."
"I like the intrusion prevention and Sonar features."
"Endpoint Protection is the next generation. It covers antivirus, spamware, ransomware..."
"It is very easy to managing everything in relation to the implementation and processing. The initial setup is very easy."
"The most amazing qualities of Symantec Endpoint Protection is that it provides a total solution to all virus problems."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"Detections could be improved."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"One area for improvement in FortiClient is the speed of connectivity."
"As far as I can tell, the solution only has one single function, so they could expand its functionality."
"I would like to see endpoint detection and response included."
"The connectivity could be improved."
"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."
"The features of Fortinet FortiClient could be improved."
"The tool is expensive."
"FortiClient is not great in Linux."
"There is room for improvement in the zero-day threat detection system."
"It would be perfect if it is capable of detecting or checking ransomware."
"Symantec Endpoint Security can improve management because it is difficult to do. It is not a straightforward tool to use. Additionally, the dashboards and reports could be better. It is difficult to understand what exactly is your current status."
"They should work on making the virus definition file lighter."
"We were having a problem in Version 14, where the client machines used to go into the health state and once it restarted, and never came back again."
"Sometimes tech support is a bit slow to find a solution."
"They need to develop a multi-language interface."
"Every time an OS comes out, I have to upgrade the Symantec product. They don't know how to patch it. If they would produce a patch instead of uninstalling or installing over the current version and rebooting I'd be a lot happier with the product."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 85 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. 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 Symantec Endpoint Security writes "The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Symantec Endpoint Security report.
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