We performed a comparison between Fortinet Forticlient and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Of the two products, Fortinet Forticlient users find the deployment to be easier than Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. They also find its price to be more reasonable.
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The most valuable features are malware detection, integrates well with other solutions, and ease of use for all users."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance."
"The technical support from Fortinet and local vendors is good."
"I use the tool to connect server to an ISP Data Center."
"Secure and easy connect is the most valuable feature. It is a reliable solution, and it works."
"The setup for FortiClient is really straightforward."
"The configuration is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"I have found the most useful features to be protected against viruses, mail threats, encryption of the devices, and MDM. There are a lot of features."
"It's flexible, and Kaspersky Endpoint Security's performance is good. Also, the pricing is fine."
"There is plenty of features that make the solution work very well."
"Using dashboards, it is very easy to manage."
"The centralized management is a nice features. It gives us the leeway to deal with other things as protection is being carried on in the background. We do not have to keep on watching as long as we have the right updates. It also saves us time."
"The reporting feature is good. Also, the device control is good."
"This solution is stable."
"The policies are easy to make and controlled by the Kaspersky Administrative Security Center, which comes at no additional costs."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"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."
"The support needs improvement."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"The product's performance and pricing could be better."
"The initial setup was probably more complex. The configuration was somewhat unclear."
"When we change our endpoint, we have to connect again, which means having to enter our credentials and permissions."
"I don't think FortiClient is bad, but it's very buggy. We ran into some issues with the EMS, which amounted to more than 10 cases last year."
"I have yet to find the benefits of the latest upgraded version."
"While we like patch management, it would be nice if it could handle patch management for other solutions, like Microsoft."
"We'd like to be able to properly encrypt the data more effectively."
"Fortinet FortiClient could improve the connection because sometimes it drops."
"I would like to see integration to many different systems easier."
"I would like to see enhancements made with respect to the administration."
"The deployment could be better."
"It is not very good for the performance of the system, and especially with older devices, it has a noticeable impact."
"Reaching their support team can be difficult."
"Kaspersky could be improved by better malware protection. They have to take advantage of Malwarebytes and integrate the same engine inside Kaspersky. I use Malwarebytes as well because Kaspersky doesn't always detect malware."
"It slows down the system sometimes, and it has the occasional false positive where it deems something a virus when it isn't."
"The performance is not very good."
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Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 reviews while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is ranked 12th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 111 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is rated 8.0. 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 Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business writes "Easy to setup, stable and good security use cases". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Ivanti Connect Secure and CrowdStrike Falcon, whereas Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Trend Micro Apex One. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business report.
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