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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Fortinet FortiSandbox and IRONSCALES compete in the cybersecurity sector, particularly in threat detection and response. While both offer strong security measures, IRONSCALES has an advantage with its advanced phishing detection and automated processes, reducing manual intervention significantly.

Features: Fortinet FortiSandbox is praised for its integration capabilities, real-time threat analysis, and handling of ransomware threats. It provides real-time analysis and integrates seamlessly with other security solutions. IRONSCALES stands out with AI-driven phishing detection, automated incident response, and a global collaborative network that enhances security and reduces the need for manual email reviews.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet FortiSandbox could enhance its integration with more virtual environments, simplify its licensing, and improve endpoint protection and machine learning features. IRONSCALES users suggest improvements in training awareness features, more language options for phishing awareness, and refining community feedback mechanisms to avoid false positives in email detection.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortinet FortiSandbox provides diverse deployment options such as on-premises and hybrid cloud but struggles with support efficiency, often requiring escalation to higher tiers. IRONSCALES benefits from easier public cloud deployments and consistently praised customer service, known for its efficiency and effectiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiSandbox offers competitive pricing but with a complex licensing structure that can entail additional costs. Its ROI is significant in zero-day threat protection. IRONSCALES, while more expensive, justifies the investment with its efficiency in preventing phishing attacks and reducing processing time, offering substantial ROI through improved operational efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSandbox

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Threat Deception Platforms (7th)

IRONSCALES

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

18th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Security (18th), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiSandbox is 10.7%, up from 8.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IRONSCALES is 2.4%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

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Kiarash Heydari

Information security manager at asa com

Light and powerful solution design; useful to have

My impression is that the initial setup process is quite straightforward. If you know what you're using it for, the initial setup can be quite easy and the solution is not that hard to use. When it comes to the steps taken for the implementation, you would select the OS you're using and when the files are sent to the appliance you check, and in the appliance configuration, it must be like the visual governance environment. You must set up the OS you have so that appliance can scan or analyze your file. To maintain this solution, you must always have at least one all-around person tuning this solution.

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Orion Trist

Systems Administrator at Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

Saved us a big deal by catching malicious links and attachments sent directly to our staff and has also been helpful for educating our staff

It has helped immensely because it has gotten rid of malicious links and malicious attachments that have been targeted at our different staff members. It has definitely protected us on more than one occasion. Their integrated approach of combining email security and employee awareness training is excellent because the training is a reminder for staff to continually be on their feet and look out for the ever-changing landscape. It also lets us know who has been trained, who hasn't been trained, and what they're like. It integrates a risk ratio for all our employees. Its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities are very important because I don't want to have to manage 24/7. Having the AI to do a lot of the work for me is invaluable. Its automated detection and response capabilities are excellent. It does a wonderful job. They provide all the stats on what it has done. It gives you information about how much time is saved and all that kind of good information. Its automated detection and response capabilities have massively decreased the time we spend manually reviewing email events. Since May, it has taken care of 170 hours. So, it has saved 88 hours per analyst. It is very good in terms of the customization of the automated detection and response capabilities. It is granular, and you can adjust it however you want. If it is too high, you can turn it down. If it is too low, you can turn it up.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The analysis engine is a very valuable feature."

"The scanner office document as well as PDF are useful. The most valuable thing is that you can emulate different operating systems without having the danger of getting something infected. It emulates several operating systems, and as a result, you either get the file or you don't get the file."

"The most valuable feature was the EDR, endpoint detection and response."

"he solution's GUI is good."

"The product is great. It can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises."

"Integration is one of the solution's most valuable aspects. You can integrate even third-party solutions so that they can send the information or files they quarantine through the FortiSandbox"

"Compared to other solutions, it's easy to configure and implement because of the templates. The timing of scanning files is faster."

"Overall, it works fine. Its interface is also fine."

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"The report function through Gmail is probably the most valuable feature. The next most valuable features are simulation and training."

"The stability is good."

"I would say the most valuable feature is what they call Themis. It's like a virtual analyst that uses the decisions that system admins make to generate a score for whether an email is legitimate, spam, or phishing. It gets better based on the decisions that we make over time. The automation piece is great as well. The integrated approach of email security combined with employee awareness training is excellent."

"The biggest benefit is that we get fewer phishing and spam emails, so using IRONSCALES has made our environment much safer."

"AI-driven phishing detection and incident remediation are valuable. It saves time from having to do manual analysis and investigation, and we also get alerts for phishing emails."

"There is buzz around phishing awareness training. When I make a campaign, all of a sudden people in our organization are talking, thinking, and wondering about it. Therefore, it keeps people on their toes. That is perfect because it does exactly what we want it to do."

"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is easy to set it up, install, and manage the product."

"For what was being offered with IRONSCALES, I feel like we got an incredible deal."

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Cons

"Sometimes, there are issues upgrading the version of the firewall or the SD-LAN box. After we upgrade to the latest version of the software, we still have the same box. I think it's the same for every vendor."

"In future releases, I would like to see more automation capabilities."

"The reporting tools could be improved in Fortinet FortiSandbox."

"In general, maybe they are not updated to cover risks."

"For additional features, maybe a form of execution pain files in a non-virtual environment because it has threats that identify when it is being run in a virtual machine."

"If you were to compare prices between vendors and manufacturers, you would see that the lowest equipment in the Sandbox line is quite expensive for a new customer."

"It can be difficult if you need to use the Command Line Interface (CLI). It's much easier if you only have to deal with the GUI."

"In the next release, I would like to see machine learning and anti-exploitation included."

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"I would like it if IRONSCALES had some sort of reminder mechanism, meaning IRONSCALES knows if a user completed the training or not. As long as it hasn't been completed, it keeps reminding every so often, alerts the manager, etc. Right now, it is all in the hands of the employee, and not all of them continue the process, which is a shame."

"In addition to integrated training, they should also have personalized training that you don't have to do as part of a phishing campaign or a simulation."

"Even though they have been continuously improving it, it is not 100% there. We have had a few incidents where legitimate emails were getting blocked, and we had to manually remove those emails from quarantine. It is 90% effective or accurate because, on rare occasions, some emails from customers were not getting delivered. In one or two instances, their emails got blocked by IRONSCALES, and we had to manually remove the emails from quarantine. I would like them to improve their algorithm to avoid flagging genuine emails as malicious. I would also like to be able to whitelist certain email addresses. I'd love to be able to whitelist a particular customer."

"I would love to see the indication of compromise and how the solution utilizes open source resources. It would be good to see that included in the paid versions. It would be a small addition but add a lot of value for clients."

"There is a feature called Account Takeover, which isn't what I want it to be able to do. I know that they're working on that, but when they first started the Account Takeover feature in incident management, it didn't have much information. It didn't have any usability to it. I already had tools in place that were better."

"The only thing that I could say is that some of the reporting features could be better."

"I think the tool can continue to hone the product to ensure the detections are accurate."

"The simulation and training piece could be improved by having more granularity in terms of scheduling how campaigns are run and allowing people to directly take the training rather than having to go through an official campaign. That's not available yet."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Altogether, it is about €10,000 for the Sandbox and Email Gateway."

"The solution is not expensive at all."

"The license for Fortinet FortiSandbox depends on the use case."

"I rate the product's pricing a five or six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."

"The price of Fortinet FortiSandbox is not expensive."

"FortiSandbox is a subscription that can be purchased from Fortinet directly. Only using FortiSandbox as features purchased as a subscription in the cloud."

"Fortinet FortiSandbox is a nominally priced product, so I would not say that it is a very cheap tool."

"The solution is affordable."

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"I don't know about its pricing because I don't run the budget or pay the bills, but if it was extortionate, we probably would be looking to scrap it, and because we are not, I assume its price is okay."

"IRONSCALES is an expensive solution."

"We pay $3000 plus a little more a year for the number of employees we have, and we're not even that big. The solution is at the higher end in terms of cost. It's not the most expensive product, but I would say it's worth the price if you have a high volume of email traffic. In our case, the solution has inspected over 162,000 emails between three and four months. It saved us a lot of time and money. It's a worthwhile investment because a bad actor only has to succeed once; we must defend against everything in our business. IRONSCALES offers a sense of security and confidence from being well protected."

"As compared to everything else we looked at, it was good. It was the best value for the dollars."

"There is an installation cost. Since we have this as a managed service, we pay for licensing and the managed service itself. Other than that, there are no additional costs."

"The tool is not very cheap, but it is affordable."

"Considering the value it provides, it is definitely worth the cost. We don't have to do manual analysis and remediation of phishing emails, which saves us a lot of hours. Its licensing is based on the number of users being supported and the number of email addresses being protected. I'm not aware of any additional costs."

"The product is available as a middle-priced tool. I think it is not the cheapest solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

University

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSandbox?

The real-time analysis capability of FortiSandbox is beneficial for email analysis.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSandbox?

I think it's affordable. For the six to seven months of usage, the cost has been reasonable.

What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSandbox?

We sometimes face a delay in email scanning due to not having multiple virtual machines. Improvements could be made in dynamic scanning, scanning all email components such as URLs and attachments, ...

What do you like most about IRONSCALES?

The solution captures a bit more of the unknown, quantifies it, and applies intelligence to it to pick out and stop a lot of phishing emails that come through.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IRONSCALES?

The product is available as a middle-priced tool. I think it is not the cheapest solution. There are other solutions apart from IRONSCALES that are more expensive, while some are a little bit more ...

What needs improvement with IRONSCALES?

I think maybe on the side of the awareness training, the tool can improve a little more information and have some other languages since even though English is good, Spanish is not so good. The tool...

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Overview

Fortinet FortiSandbox is a behavior-based threat detection solution that prevents and detects malicious code in files transferred within the organization. It is integrated with FortiGate firewalls and FortiMail for threat protection and can be used for monitoring and reporting. The solution inspects files in a virtual environment with different types of virtual machines and can block or quarantine files based on their score.

The most valuable features include dynamic behavior analysis, manual scan features, easy management and configuration, fast scanning, scalability, customization, and ICAP protocol. The solution is cost-effective and faster than other sandbox solutions, with a good user interface.

Fortinet

IRONSCALES secures against business email compromises, phishing, and email-based attacks. Protects Microsoft 365 users by enhancing spam filters, automating threat mitigation, and providing phishing awareness training.

Deploy IRONSCALES to inspect, report, and quarantine threats with a sandbox feature, and run simulations to train staff worldwide, adding an extra security layer. Communicates via API to ensure ongoing email security. Offers threat-sharing capability, AI, easy setup, scalability, stability, and effective email security. Automated detection and response, mobile app notifications, integration with Microsoft 365, phishing training modules, and a user-friendly interface, including an Outlook extension to report suspicious emails. Reduces manual analysis time, saving considerable effort.

What are the most important features of IRONSCALES?

Threat-sharing capability: Allows users to share threat intelligence easily.
Excellent AI: Utilizes advanced AI for accurate threat detection.
Easy setup: Simplifies deployment with minimal effort.
Scalability: Easily scales to meet users' requirements.
Stability: Provides strong and reliable performance.
Effective email security: Offers a robust defense against email threats.
Automated detection and response: Quickly identifies and mitigates threats.
Mobile app notifications: Keeps users informed through mobile alerts.
Microsoft 365 integration: Seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365.
Phishing training modules: Educates users on phishing threats.
User-friendly interface: Simplifies user interaction.
Outlook extension: Facilitates reporting of suspicious emails.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in the reviews?

Reduces manual analysis time: Saves effort by automating threat response.
Cost-effectiveness: Though pricing is high, it offers robust features that potentially justify the expense.
Improved email security: Enhances overall email protection.
Enhanced threat detection: Utilizes AI for accurate threat identification.
Comprehensive training: Provides extensive phishing awareness training.
Increased operational efficiency: Simplifies security management tasks.

In specific industries, IRONSCALES can be implemented to address varied email security needs. For instance, financial services may benefit from robust threat mitigation and phishing training to protect sensitive data. Healthcare organizations could utilize features like AI-driven detection and sandboxing to comply with stringent regulations. Technology firms might value the easy setup and scalability to keep up with rapid growth and evolving threats. Retailers can leverage mobile app notifications and automated response to ensure continuous protection against email-based attacks. Education sectors may find phishing awareness training modules particularly useful to educate staff and students about potential threats.

Sample Customers

Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG

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