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Fortinet FortiMail Cloud vs SendGrid comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiMail Cloud
Ranking in Cloud Email
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (7th)
SendGrid
Ranking in Cloud Email
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is 3.4%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SendGrid is 19.5%, up from 16.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Pravin Mandlik - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides enhanced email security with potential agent compatibility issues
There are definitely features that Fortinet should work on. I'm not the right person to implement those features. For a portable cloud solution, a customer has more affinity towards a solution where endpoint security is already in place. In endpoint security, they are not at the latest quadrant. That is why a customer with existing endpoint security solutions like Trend Micro might prefer a main security solution from that vendor. If we go for FortiMail Cloud and have a separate endpoint security solution, there are two agents that have to sit on a customer endpoint. From that perspective, Fortinet policies add an extra load to the endpoint. Maybe other solutions have an advantage when it comes to Fortinet.
Rastu Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Clean and simple to use with good integration capabilities
There are lots of things that are quite good with SendGrid as compared to other platforms. For example, it is very easy to set up, and it is very clean and simple to use. The email integration is fairly easy, and I can say it is reliable. It also allows you to implement services from other platforms as well. So you can have multiple things in a single place. We're using the API. They provide certain add-ons, like Azure add-ons. You can connect with Azure as well. They have decent support in terms of any issues. They have a nice dashboard as well. It gives almost all information in a single place, and it is scalable.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Fortinet is good at providing security beyond our email solution assets."
"The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the advanced threat protection."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"The most valuable features are filtering and sandboxing."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"Content disarming and analysis are essential features in our email security setup"
"Fortinet's support is really good."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"The API side of things is valuable. It is flexible enough to handle pretty much anything that needs to be done in an automated manner."
"The solution scales well."
"Easy API documentation is the most valuable feature of SendGrid, including its deliverability rate."
"It is easy to set up."
"My integration team likes that it's very easy to integrate and very easy to automate based on activities that happen on our core banking application."
"They have pretty good support in terms of any issues."
"The most valuable feature is the conditions in automation."
 

Cons

"Fortimail Cloud should include more advanced AI features that can analyze every traffic type."
"The customer service and technical support from Fortinet could improve. While they rate between seven and eight, reaching support can sometimes be challenging and time-consuming."
"Fortinet FortiMail Cloud doesn't have AI features, making it an outdated tool for me."
"In endpoint security, they are not at the latest quadrant. That is why a customer with existing endpoint security solutions like Trend Micro might prefer a main security solution from that vendor."
"We can't import files into the Fortinet FortiMail Cloud sensors. That's a drawback, as they need to provide a feature to import files."
"Email sorting is missing from this solution."
"Networking should be simplified."
"I've not been able to use more than two domains in the back end. I like to view logs for the different domains. If I add any other domain I'm not able to get a proper cPanel for that domain. I am talking about the login factors. I'm not able to see logs for different domains in a different Window. Basically, it's an issue in the login process."
"SendGrid has room for improvement in the UI/UX or dashboard usability for users. Another area for improvement in the tool is its conditional logic facilities. The response time of SendGrid technical support needs improvement."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"Maybe they could have a mobile application to give to admins, so they could see some insights related to the data."
"The reporting part needs improvement."
"A long time ago, I may have had an issue, and I had to wait for support, which wasn't that helpful. However, that was a very long time ago. Overall, I've had a good experience."
"The contact limit alerts need to be improved."
"The biggest problem that we have faced is with the authentication during login. For certain people, SendGrid requires MFA, which is good as a security feature, but it doesn't always work in all geographies. We've got people and users who are based in Nigeria, and some of those people had real trouble logging into SendGrid because the MFA wouldn't send codes to people on their numbers. The security mechanism that they use for login doesn't work in all geographies."
"SendGrid is a great solution. I don't have any areas of improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When we're talking about pricing, other products have about the same price. That is normal."
"The pricing depends on various factors, including the type of licenses and subscriptions you have procured"
"The product's price is reasonable."
"You only have to purchase one license for multiple participants."
"I see how manageable and flexible the licenses are."
"A license for our company using FortiMail and FortiCare (filtering and support) was $4000."
"It's on a subscribed basis."
"It should cost around $60,000. We bought it as a bundle, so everything comes together in the license. That is standard."
"The solution is relatively inexpensive."
"I use the essential plan which is $20 a month. After that, we use the pro which is $90 a month, and had all our costs bundled in."
"My company pays for SendGrid monthly, and though I cannot share the amount, my feedback is that the vendor should accept other modes of payment apart from a credit card."
"We are using the Advanced plan,10K. That is about $100 per month but sometimes we do go over the limit of the plan."
"Its cost can vary. It can go as low as $10 or $15 to $1,000 depending on how much you use it."
"The basic plan starts at €90 per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
7%
University
6%
Hospitality Company
6%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?
Content disarming and analysis are essential features in our email security setup
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?
They can improve their CDR content profile and some anti-spam features. They don't have any direct script to run to add personalization, and we have to do it manually one by one. There are many tas...
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Sample Customers

Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
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