We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Authentication Systems solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Valuable features include the robust SSO features, when you have more complicated authentication within an organization. We can mix AD, Radius, Portal, SSO Portals (Google, etc.), and build our own environment. It is very flexible."
"I work a lot with Fortinet products and I call the support often. They are very quick to respond and the support is very good."
"Fulfilled our requirement at a good price."
"The current version is stable...Scalability-wise, it is a fine solution"
"I appreciate its ability to provide multi-factor authentication, but it's primarily focused on this function."
"Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is an easy-to-use solution."
"Enables easy integration, allowing for 2FA with our VPN."
"We have a perpetual license for 2FA."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"Other than it provides us with remote access, so it's fairly easy to install, fairly easy to set up, and provides us the ability to get into our corporate environment."
"It is easy to use."
"In this version 9.1, lots of changes are done for the dashboard, User Store etc."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"It's a good tool. It's pretty straightforward."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"We've had some issues with integration."
"It would be helpful to receive a code by yourself for authentication instead of it registered to a phone."
"Integration with some other enterprise applications could be improved."
"The GUI is on the older side but I'm sure that it will be upgraded soon. It works, but it looks a little dated."
"Improvements in the product could start from the dashboard, overall customization, and configuration."
"Other features that would improve the product are a single sign-on where people can use their Gmail ID to log-in, etc."
"I don't have any issues with this solution, but it may need a better, more user-friendly interface or better design of the platform."
"Integration with FortiGate could be more fluid."
"Maybe Symantec could consider providing a step-by-step guide for first-time users."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
"If they had dashboards or a report for managers or executives, then it would allow them to see the status and have it make sense to them."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
"It gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor."
"In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 3rd in Authentication Systems with 52 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 13th in Authentication Systems with 15 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Cisco Duo and Microsoft Entra ID, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey and Q-Bot. See our Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs. Symantec VIP Access Manager report.
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