We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Compliance solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We think it's simple. We think it's very useful and we really like reports and everything."
"The threat prevention feature provides complete visibility."
"The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are NAC for sharing, Network Access Control, and port sharing of the devices."
"The standout strength of this solution lies in its unique capability to effectively manage unmanaged switches."
"The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform it's highly customizable and flexible."
"Obtaining visibility into the network and connected devices is very simple with this tool. It takes me three minutes to do a base deployment when all the parameters are available."
"The user management has been very easy for the most part."
"Its feature that I have found most valuable is that it is very granular. You can configure granular controls just as you want those policies to be implemented. It gives you that flexibility to go granular in how you want your controls to be implemented. That's something I like about it."
"The solution is easy to configure and manage."
"From my perspective as an end user, it's consistently stable, and I would rate the stability as a nine out of ten."
"The integration capabilities are good."
"Overall Fortinet FortiClient has good functionality."
"The VPN connection is the feature that I like the most."
"The Fortinet FortiClient is simple to use."
"The configuration is the most valuable feature."
"The VPN has proven to be quite useful."
"We experienced some detection issues when checking compliance for the Sophos agent."
"Regarding pricing, there is room for improvement to enhance competitiveness with other vendors and solutions."
"The biggest disadvantage is the pricing."
"The solution needs more definitive pricing. The costs are hard to nail down."
"Search - needs boolean functionality (or pseudo operand now working)."
"Multitenancy should be included in the next version so it could be used as a managed service provider."
"Logging would be one area for improvement. When we're troubleshooting, there are not a lot of clear things on Google that we can look up for ourselves. When we have an issue with it, we have to call the company to get the vendors involved. The logging of Forescout is horrible compared to other things that we've used."
"The system controls could be better."
"The solution's access control could be improved."
"The user interface on the central server could be improved."
"The documentation could be improved."
"An area of improvement could be better integration with the active directory. I did not find it easy to configure."
"It would be interesting if the solution offered a way to try to investigate and create a use case to trace vectors."
"The connectivity could be improved."
"We've had some problems with having to remove the current version and either reinstalling an old version or updating to the new one."
"Fortinet FortiClient could improve the connection because sometimes it drops."
Forescout Platform is ranked 4th in Endpoint Compliance with 69 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 1st in Endpoint Compliance with 86 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Armis, whereas 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. See our Forescout Platform vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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