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."Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The ability to reroute traffic from the user, connecting you to the internet rather than passing through our network area, is very useful."
"I use the tool to connect server to an ISP Data Center."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is very powerful."
"It is a stable solution."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"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."
"When the user gets authenticated, I can assign a different VPN or network to each user."
"Endpoint Protection is the next generation. It covers antivirus, spamware, ransomware..."
"I have found the solution to be very scalable, we have 700 employees using the solution in our organization."
"It seems to be user-friendly. Our users seem to like it for the most part."
"The performance of Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is very good. It does not slow down the computer like other solutions."
"The firewall, malware, and anti-virus protection have earned its keep in times past by catching the unexpected."
"Symantec is very user-friendly, the interface and functions are very simple for everyone to understand. Additionally, it's a very robust system."
"I find it is the most reliable solution on the market."
"One of the features is the ability to frequently get virus signature updates."
"The solution is not stable."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"I would like Fortinet to improve FortiClient's compatibility with macOS."
"Compatibility issues between different versions."
"I haven't found that that solution does anything amazing."
"Occasionally, the solution may provide a slow connection. In addition, there may be initialization and authorization issues that one may need to take care of while using the solution."
"Initially, the support was very poor. It is getting better, but they should continue to improve this."
"The user interface on the central server could be improved."
"The documentation could be improved."
"FortiClient's encryption key could be stronger so that it's not broken too easily."
"Need to improved orchestration for broken clients fixes."
"In a few cases, when we enable the IPS/IDS feature, there are performance-related issues on the end devices. If we run quite a few features of Symantec, especially the IPS/IDF, it consumes a lot of processing and memory capacity."
"The detection and response can always be improved."
"The support needs to be better. When we upgrade, we can run into issues, and it's hard to get the help we require."
"We communicate with our local partners and they give us the license key. Then, we have to go to the portal and apply it, but sometimes it doesn't work. We then have to create a new administrative account and migrate all our endpoints. That is the only major issue we have been battling with."
"The solution could be more secure and scalable."
"The agent shouldn't use up so many resources at the endpoint when scanning and protecting."
"The spam filter is something that you can't control, and you can't set the filter to intercept different types of emails."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 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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