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Fortinet FortiMail vs Vade for M365 comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiMail
Ranking in Email Security
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Vade for M365
Ranking in Email Security
34th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Office 365 Protection (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiMail is 2.7%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vade for M365 is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiMail2.7%
Vade for M3650.9%
Other96.4%
Email Security
 

Featured Reviews

Abhimanyu Das - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Kyndryl
Targeted email filtering has reduced spam and phishing and now saves significant investigation time
The best features of Fortinet FortiMail include its techniques and tactics, which are highly effective compared to other solutions such as Microsoft 365. Although Fortinet FortiMail may not be as advanced in some aspects, it is well recognized for its strong performance in handling spam and phishing. It performs thorough mail scanning and also offers a sandboxing feature that enhances protection. Fortinet FortiMail has had a positive impact on my organization by significantly reducing unwanted email activities such as spam and phishing. It provides accurate detection and generates results that often exceed what can be achieved through manual analysis. Since deploying Fortinet FortiMail, I have observed a reduction in investigation time by at least 20 to 30 percent.
Bruno Rolland - PeerSpot reviewer
Commercial Director at DC Communication (DCC)
A stable tool capable of detecting malware while focusing on anti-phishing to protect its users
I don't see ISO 27001 in the solution. While working on the solution, sometimes a customer needs to have a conformity level of SOC 1 or SOC 2 or some other conformity level. I did not see the aforementioned conformity levels added to the solution. Concerning a bank, data can be confidential, and when a bank needs to transfer such data, it has to be specific to a certain level of conformity, which I did not see in the product. Vade needs to incorporate the aforementioned aspects to improve their solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the spam filter."
"The filtering is really effective to protect any mail environment of any company."
"As Fortinet FortiMail is a stable product that runs without big issues, it has a bigger chance of getting chosen by customers over its competitors, even if its price may be a little higher."
"Fortinet FortiMail is very reliable and stable since the databases are very strong."
"It is a very reliable program and it works great."
"The important feature is the application control, which makes administration much easier. It also has an intrusion prevention feature. There's also the wireless functionality, which works well with Huawei devices."
"This is a very stable product and all of our customers are happy that we use it."
"Fortinet FortiMail is an industry-leading, multi-layered messaging security tool based on price and performance."
"It is a stable solution...My company has no worries about the deployment phase of Vade for Office 365."
 

Cons

"The solution lacks to provide more visibility when there is a problem, and it needs to be tracked."
"The solution is user-friendly to a degree but the dashboard needs improvement."
"The dashboard is small, it doesn't have a huge dashboard that you can rely on, you need another application to work with it, which is why they created FortiAnalyzer."
"The product's price is an area with shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Fortinet FortiMail should allow more flexibility with the content rules."
"Such kinds of things, raised from the point from the objective actually, we are using Fortinet FortiMail. We don't find any kinds of challenge or difficulties, but Fortinet FortiMail is more efficient and more effective for us. I don't know for other client, but for us, Fortinet FortiMail is very effective Like, for instance, if it is possible, let's say some kind of high threat is actually encountered if it could be possible to SMBs in our smartphone, or mobile apps, kinds of thing, if Fortinet FortiMail is available to monitor the thing using from our mobile phone from our smartphone. If such kinds of things are truly included, it will be more or good for us."
"In the Latin America market, some spam messages use Portuguese language. Some clearly spam messages would be better identified by the anti-spam if not for the language."
"They should add a lot of threat-intelligence feeds from different sources - not only from one source (FortiGuard)."
"Concerning a bank, data can be confidential, and when a bank needs to transfer such data, it has to be specific to a certain level of conformity, which I did not see in the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to its competitors, Fortinet's products are available at a higher price range."
"In the future I would like it if there's a possibility to lower the price of the bandwidth and UTM. It is quite expensive."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is on an annual basis. I am satisfied with the price."
"This is a good solution and value for the money."
"Fortinet FortiMail is inexpensive."
"The solution is quite pricey compared to other competitors in the market."
"It is an expensive product."
"The tool is very expensive."
"Vade for Office 365 is a solution offered at competitive prices in the market...Payment has to be made for the whole bundle of Vade products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Retailer
19%
Construction Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise14
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiMail?
I think they should improve Fortinet FortiMail on-premises by enhancing its user interface. Additional features they could have in the future would include advanced analytics capabilities. I do thi...
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Also Known As

FortiMail
Vade for Office 365, Vade Secure Office 365
 

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Sample Customers

Magromer Cueros y Pieles S.A.
HTG 360, Weida IT Solutions, KVC Health Systems
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