We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Fortinet Forticlient based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Overall, users give Check Point Remote Access VPN higher ratings than Fortinet Forticlient because it offers more security, has good support available, and has proven to create a good 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."
"The clients of the customers have a facility to access the enterprise network."
"The team has full visibility of the users that connect allowing them to keep control of who is in the network and what data they are allowing to come in and out."
"Technical support has been excellent."
"Check Point has been perfect for protecting us from any type of attack or data theft during remote management."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN enables us to access on-premise applications while working from remote locations."
"I like the fact that Remote Access allows the administrator to control and manage things. It makes things smoother, and it has been an excellent experience."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The initial set up is not complex."
"The service is centralized."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Fortinet FortiClient can be used with FortiManager to observe all actions that are happening."
"The product is user-friendly."
"The solution is easy to configure and manage."
"The EMS server gives us good control and central management."
"There is a lot of documentation available online."
"Overall Fortinet FortiClient has good functionality."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The ability to allow split-tunneling while still following our corporate policy needs to be on the table."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"They could add more features, like the security to block off the doors, or create another hatch, something like this. They could make the features safer, add malware to make my mail and the Kryon system safer and to protect data at an earlier stage."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's enterprise support could be improved."
"There were some issues with automation and instability."
"The Linux version may have an app (similar to Windows) instead of a shell script."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20. If you don't get on your phone right away and check on your authentications, it will kick you out."
"The Compliance software blade is available only for the Windows operating systems family, so no macOS security checks are implemented and performed."
"The product's performance and pricing could be better."
"The licensing feature of the product requires improvement since whenever the license expires, the tool logs out its users automatically, irrespective of whether they are on the network or not, which can be problematic for me."
"It would be extremely useful to have an automatic updating feature."
"Sometimes there are issues when we are trying to connect."
"We'd like to be able to properly encrypt the data more effectively."
"Technical support needs to determine priority level based on the cases rather than the support package bundle."
"The solution has some issues with stability on the user side."
"The quality and response time of the support team must be improved."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 6th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 61 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 86 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Symantec VIP Access Manager, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Citrix Gateway. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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