We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and SonicWall Netextender 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."
"The EMS server gives us good control and central management."
"The solution is stable, we have not had any issues in the time we have been using it."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass, single point of management."
"The VPN has proven to be quite useful."
"Fortinet FortiClient is easy to use, and the single-access managed login is pretty good."
"The ability to reroute traffic from the user, connecting you to the internet rather than passing through our network area, is very useful."
"The initial setup is very good."
"It is a fantastic product. Its overall security is valuable. We are very impressed with the web filtering and the application firewall it provides."
"The product has two-factor authentication."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"My company opted for this solution because it can individually perform. Basically, we don't require load balancers and all those additional feature sets or additional devices that might be required. The solution can handle the certificate, DNS queries, and all that stuff individually."
"I found nothing of value in this solution."
"Employees can have access to the network from home."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The most valuable feature for the Netextender is the ease with which we can integrate it with SAML."
"It allows us to work remotely."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"We would like Fortinet to add the function or the possibility to use all FortiClient features for free."
"The product's performance and pricing could be better."
"The solution could be more secure. I would like to see more safety features."
"I would like to see endpoint detection and response included."
"It would be nice to see more in hand features in terms of the DLP, so that the solution can be integrated with the DLP, as well as more reporting features on the end point."
"Technical support is awful. Their online response time is not prompt. They should not respond after four or five days. Their support guys are not competent enough. Small issues are taking time."
"The only thing that is lacking in this product is the support. Their support can be improved."
"The product does not work well."
"The Netextender application itself doesn't really look pretty, however, we can still use it. We don't care what it looks like. That said, if they did a cosmetic update, that would be fine."
"The UI could be a little better."
"The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth."
"Right now, you have to load each license on to an appliance. You can't pool across multiple appliances. So, you end up having to do a lot of administrative work to recover if an internet provider goes down, and you cannot leverage it as easily into a DR solution."
"There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender."
"SonicWall can be difficult for some people, but I don't find it difficult. Some companies provide a VPN client for free, but you have to pay for NetExtender."
"They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 86 reviews while SonicWall Netextender is ranked 14th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 11 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while SonicWall Netextender is rated 6.0. 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 SonicWall Netextender writes "An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas SonicWall Netextender is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, SonicWall Mobile Connect, SonicWall Connect Tunnel, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. SonicWall Netextender report.
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