We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiToken and Microsoft Entra ID 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."We like the mobile FortiToken."
"I believe FortiToken is the simplest to implement."
"FortiToken is available in a soft or hard token factor, so there's some flexibility in that. Beyond that, I would say it is a stable solution that has worked for us."
"The token-based authentication is good and modern aspect."
"I would rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. The solution is a smart product that anyone can easily access and manage. The solution is a good product for multi-factor authentication and to secure remote authentication in the corporate environment."
"Fortinet FortiToken is used for double factor authentication."
"The solution is pretty solid."
"Fortinet FortiToken provides security and authenticates that the right external people are working with a company's system."
"It's a very intuitive platform. It's easy to create groups and add people."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Entra ID are the login and the conditional access pieces."
"It has been stable, and we haven't had any issues since we started to use it."
"The user management groups are valuable. It is a pretty basic product, but user management, in general, is valuable with the ability to differentiate between business lines and add different policies, group-based management, and dynamic user groups."
"It is very simple. The Active Directory functions are very easy for us. Its integration with anything is very easy. We can easily do third-party multifactor authentication."
"The portal version of the Azure active directory is pretty robust."
"Being able to use Azure AD means that you can use some of the Azure AD security features like Advanced Password Protection. As well as querying your normal password requirements like lengths and complexity, Azure AD has a feature in which you can put specific words. It can be words to do with your company, words to do with your company location, or words that a lot of your employees would otherwise use. You can disallow them. It's very good at making more obvious passwords, ones they're not allowed to use anymore. That's a good feature."
"It can be used to grant access at a granular level. It provides secure access and many ways to offer security to your user resources. It provides a good level of security for any access on Azure. It gives you options like multi-factor authentication where apart from your password, you can use other factors for authentication, such as a code is sent to your phone or the authenticator app that you can use login."
"You need your mobile just to enroll the tokens, and sometimes, it's difficult to use for someone who is not knowledgeable"
"The solution could introduce a mobile application instead of a physical product."
"The solution comes with two firewalls as a bundle. In that bundle, most of the individual users can be assigned to mobile users. However, in cases of technical difficulties, users may accidentally remove the mobile application. In normal scenarios, we get back to the activation key and assign it again."
"Fortinet support has some room for improvement. It has taken a long time to resolve some issues or find a workaround."
"The solution works well. We have nothing to complain about."
"The app could be improved so that you don't have to actually type in the code. It would be great if you can just do a prompt or push similar to the way Duo does."
"Configuration can be confusing due to the lack of community and context-sensitive help. We've had to rely on technical support, which slows down the setup process."
"The tool could be a little cheaper."
"Transitioning to the cloud is very difficult. They need the training to make it easier."
"The thing that is a bit annoying is the inability to nest groups. Because we run an Azure hybrid model, we have nested groups on-premise which does not translate well. So, we have written some scripts to kind of work around that. This is a feature request that we have put in previously to be able to use a group that is nested in Active Directory on-premise and have it handled the same way in Azure."
"The solution can improve the educational portion because it is an administration cost."
"When we add some user groups, at times they will not be properly configured. Also, sometimes Azure AD is not aware of the group policy, like the control, device functions, and settings, in detail. For example, you cannot configure these settings through mobile devices. It doesn't provide the flexibility to do that. The other challenge is that a third-party application may provide access without authorization."
"The licensing cost is a bit prohibitive."
"Microsoft should work on enhancing its machine-learning algorithm to prevent unnecessary lockouts of users."
"Azure AD does not support legacy authentication protocols, such as NTLM or Kerberos."
"Everything should be in one package. There are so many different packages. They need to provide guidance because there are so many features and we don't know how to implement them in our organization."
Fortinet FortiToken is ranked 4th in Authentication Systems with 20 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Authentication Systems with 190 reviews. Fortinet FortiToken is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiToken writes "A stable and scalable solution that provides an affordable and perpetual license". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA". Fortinet FortiToken is most compared with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Cisco Duo, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID and Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Okta Workforce Identity and PingID. See our Fortinet FortiToken vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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