We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Fortinet Forticlient based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The main difference between the two products is that Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client users say connectivity should be faster. While Fortinet Forticlient users don’t have any issues with connectivity, they do mention that the solution’s authentication tools could be improved. While the two products share similar ratings in some categories, Cisco AnyConnect comes out slightly ahead because of the good technical support they receive.
"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."
"I'd rate Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client at nine out of ten for scalability."
"You can use it from anywhere."
"I like the ability to share the connections or simply to be able to pass the credentials for a connection to other colleagues without bothering too much about the connection being tracked or about security, because each and every user will require a secret password, so I don't really care about sending the details. It's very secure."
"The tool is user-friendly, robust and easy to use in any environment."
"This solution gives you double security because it uses both hard and soft tokens."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the consistency, I have not had any issues with the performance."
"The ability to add multiple two-factor authentication options for the user to choose from when they log in has helped increase the security of our network, especially with so many people working remotely."
"The most valuable feature is the connection feature."
"When the user gets authenticated, I can assign a different VPN or network to each user."
"Fortinet FortiClient is easy to use, and the single-access managed login is pretty good."
"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."
"The VPN connection is the feature that I like the most."
"The integration of VPN services with endpoint security is valuable."
"EMS central reporting with fabric connectivity to FortiGate and FortiAnalyser is great and has seamless integration which makes managing 3000 devices a breeze."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is dual authentication and the VPN is secure."
"It's easy to use, easy to deploy, and I have more visibility over my network that shows which users are connected to the firewalls, which users are connected to the network, and what they're accessing."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The notifications need to be improved. If the VPN is disconnected for a long period of time, they should push out notifications. We need to manually check if the VPN is connected or not. Sometimes it automatically disconnects, but the user doesn't get notifications, and we need to troubleshoot or open the client to manually reconnect. Auto-reconnection would be an improvement."
"We don't have the correct visibility to see the quantity of licenses we are consuming or not consuming."
"All I care about is being connected and I know that we've run into versioning issues in the past."
"If you're just turning on your laptop, it should connect automatically without keying in the credentials."
"Sometimes if we're always having some network issues, or maybe the client is having some network issues, we might get disconnected."
"The GUI needs to be upgraded."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by making a feature to set it apart from other competitors."
"The solution could improve the setup, it is complex."
"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."
"I heard that Fortinet is going to enhance the firmware to have mobile versions. One is like Linux long-term support SCS and one with new features, but there is no support here. We spoke with the vendor multiple times, and they said that they will release these features soon."
"The only thing that is lacking in this product is the support. Their support can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiClient could improve the compatibility with mobile applications that are allowed and sometimes they do not respond. However, Microsoft Windows applications are very good."
"The pricing could use improvement."
"The initial setup was probably more complex. The configuration was somewhat unclear."
"We would like Fortinet to add the function or the possibility to use all FortiClient features for free."
"The solution should have faster turnaround when it comes to new technology."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 86 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Ivanti Connect Secure, 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 Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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