We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Webroot Business Endpoint Protection 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."The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"This is stable and scalable."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's fast and safe."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass, single point of management."
"This solution is very stable."
"Starting from FortiGate and from the EMS server, you have to begin at the endpoint, and that's the most useful thing about using FortiClient."
"The stability is pretty good."
"The VPN has proven to be quite useful."
"From an application perspective, this solution is stable."
"I rate the initial setup phase a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"They have a lot of features integrated from way back, which shows that the product developers know exactly what they're doing."
"The most valuable features of the solution include the endpoint navigation protection, the protection related to the EMS service, as well as the control and the cloud integration capabilities."
"There aren't any features that really stand out — I just want it to keep malware out of my system. To date, I haven't had any malware in my system."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It took five minutes. I installed the solution myself."
"It is excellent endpoint protection for mobiles that does everything it says it will."
"Their policy management, their cloud-based dashboard and user interface are very easy to navigate."
"Webroot's tech support is pretty good; they've given me some pointers."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"While I cannot think of new features to add, it would be nice if the reports were improved, to have these sent automatically."
"The solution has some issues with stability on the user side."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"It takes too long to install."
"There is room for improvement by increasing the solution's knowledge base."
"The software inventory part is not yet up-to-date. It doesn't have a great interface, which is a disadvantage. I wish we could leverage it, but we don't use it at all because it's not that reliable."
"Cloud services are very expensive for us."
"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly for users to do not have as much of a technical background."
"The reporting is the weakest part of the Webroot console. Frequently, I export to Excel to massage something into it to pass on to others."
"We need to have a stronger defense against CryptoLock and other attackers."
"We need to know more details about how the virus interacted with the computer."
"The solution could improve by providing better ransomware protection."
"Technical support is not the best. It's hard to get a hold of them if we need help. It's something that definitely needs improvement."
"The console spins up relatively slowly, and some of the configuration items are obscure (e.g., reporting back one time per day is a default setting) and need to be tweaked."
"Its detection capability for certain attacks should be improved. It should have better and wider detection for certain malware attacks. It could also have some sort of RMN."
"It needs to improve the problems with the faster connection, and have a huge reduction in false positives."
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Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 reviews while Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is ranked 34th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 30 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is rated 8.2. 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 Webroot Business Endpoint Protection writes "Lightweight and not hard to set up however, does not offer good reporting". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Huntress and HP Wolf Security. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Webroot Business Endpoint Protection report.
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