Fortinet FortiClient Reviews

The integration of VPN services with endpoint security is valuable. Web filtering and application control are also valuable.

The features for application control and device control must be improved.

We are a reseller, and we have been working with this solution for three years.

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

The solution is good. I like it very much. It has inexpensive scalability, works very well and can communicate with other Fortinet devices.

While I cannot think of new features to add, it would be nice if the reports were improved, to have these sent automatically. 

I currently use Fortinet FortiClient on my computer and have been doing so for around three months. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is very scalable. It is inexpensive and works very well. 

Based on my past training, I have not yet had need to contact technical support. 

The EMS is very simple to install. The product is very simple. 

For the moment, I only use a fraction of the features offered by the solution and these are very good. For someone like me, who is in Africa and has a small company numbering 500 users, the current features are more than sufficient. I do not use all that is provided by EMS. 

When it comes to the competition, I can only wonder how Fortinet stacks up. I would be interested in knowing if it has the Data Lake feature offered on Palo Alto or machine learning about prevention. 

The solution is on-premises and we have our own server. 

We have a database server and, for the moment, I don't have any issues with its resources. Perhaps, in the future, this will change. 

I would recommend the solution to others without hesitation. It works very well. The EMS is very nice. 

I rate Fortinet FortiClient as an eight out of ten. 

We use the on-prem deployment model of this solution. Our primary use case is for the customer side and to connect some external sites to our customer.

The most valuable feature is that it's easy to deploy. Deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting are very easy. 

My customers say they need a consultation to fully integrate services. This needs improvement. I would like to see better integration. 

The price could also use improvement. 

In the next release, some of our clients said that while they can select different customers, they get confused and they would like to also see the logo of the company. The name is written but they want to see the logo as well. 

In previous versions there were some bugs but from 5.6 onwards, it's been good and we've had no issues.

Scalability is very good. It's easy to expand the platform and add users. In my company, we have more than 100 users. 

We only require one staff member for deployment and maintenance. 

Technical support will open cases if there is an issue.

We also Cisco and Sophos solutions as well. 

The initial setup is very straightforward. The deployment took around 15 minutes. 

I deployed it myself. 

We also looked at FortiGate. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten. Not a ten because nothing is perfect. 

We primarily use Fortinet FortiClient for their VPN, which provides us with a secure connection and allows people to work from home.

The ability to reroute traffic from the user, connecting you to the internet rather than passing through our network area, is very useful. It also reduces the amount of traffic that we use here. When they connect to the internet, they go directly there.

It would be extremely useful to have an automatic updating feature.

I have been using Fortinet FortiClient for two years.

We are using version 6.4.

Fortinet FortiClient is very stable.

We are not a large company which made it easy install to everyone. It was easy to scale. 

I have not contacted technical support, and I do not believe there has ever been a discussion about technical support.

The initial setup is straightforward. it was quite simple.

It's a good online solution.

We are using it less now that we're almost back in the office. I don't think there was anything we missed while using it.

It's a very good product, I would rate Fortinet FortiClient a nine out of ten.

We use the private deployment model of this solution. Our cloud provider is Microsoft. Our primary use case of FortiClient is for administrative purposes.

The configuration is the most valuable feature. It is also simple and easy to use. 

The pricing could use improvement. It should be cheaper. 

The reporting can also always be better. 

It is stable. 

We have around ten users using this solution. They are primarily system administrators. We require only three people for the maintenance. 

Their technical support is good. I am satisfied with them. 

We previously used Palo Alto. We switched because we are using Fortinet for the whole network. 

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment only took a few minutes. 

We first used the reseller for the deployment but then did it ourselves. 

We also looked at Meraki and Cisco. 

It's a good solution. It works fine. It's the right solution if you use Fortinet. If we didn't have Fortinet, we wouldn't use it. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

The primary use case is VPN.

Being able to work from outside the office, it has given us the ability to remotely access information securely.

Remote connectivity is its most valuable feature.

I would like simplicity in the being able to configure the software to use it without a lot of effort.

It's highly stable.

The scalability is limited.

The technical support has been good and helpful.

We were previously using Cisco. We switched because we switched the hardware.

We chose this solution because it is part of a bigger product solution and it has flexibility.

The initial setup was probably more complex. The configuration was somewhat unclear.

We used a reseller for the deployment, who was good.

The solution has helped increase staff productivity by approximately 15 percent.

It has improved our security posture by having this additional product.

Be open to what is out there. This particular solution is good, but there are other solutions out there that may make more sense for what you are trying to achieve.

I'm a system integrator. We're primarily a Cisco shop, but we've been diversifying in recent years.

What I like most about FortiClient is that it's easy to use. The way it displays information is very straightforward. 

I'd like the ability to specify when EMS is controlling the client and when it's not because you would have a lot more options were it not for the client. As it stands, you need to edit the XML file on EMS to get those options. 

I also think Fortinet could improve the VPN. It's good, but Cisco AnyConnect is a bit better. Fortinet could add split tunneling for the routes, like AnyConnect. Currently, you have to go into the command prompt and then print the route. So someone who's not that knowledgeable of the product will not know how to do it. Fortinet could maybe include some more next-gen AV stuff, but I think that's going to be integrated into the new packages we've got. 

I've been using FortiClient for more than a year now.

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. It would bug out while auto-upgrading on this specific version. So, that would be an obvious thing. And bug tracking is bad. FortiClient gives you an internal message that says the bug has been reported, but I cannot find it anywhere online. 

Tech support is one of FortiClient's worst areas. Fortinet's firewall support was much faster and better, I would say. Support for FortiClient isn't bad per se, but it takes you a long time for your ticket to get answered and escalated to a higher level of support, like an actual engineer. Unfortunately, FortiClient's support is based on the West Coast of the United States, so that means that I'm going to get a ticket reply at maybe 4:00 a.m. and then have to wait another day.

Setting up Fortinet was quite easy. I would say it took around two hours.

FortiClient is much cheaper than endpoint protection systems made by Cisco and other companies. Pricing is especially important in Bosnia. We were deploying Cisco M, but not too many companies can afford that.

I would give it eight out of 10 with the VPN. Without the VPN, I would maybe rate it a seven. One of the main selling points is that it integrates all that stuff together.

I'm using Fortinet FortiClient to connect to servers on my company while working remotely from home. Additionally, I use it to connect to cloud applications and cloud servers. It's my company's gateway.

The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance.

Fortinet FortiClient could improve the compatibility with mobile applications that are allowed and sometimes they do not respond. However, Microsoft Windows applications are very good.

I have been using Fortinet FortiClient for approximately four years.

Fortinet FortiClient is stable.

We have approximately 4,000 technology employees using this solution.

Our internal network team does the support for Fortinet FortiClient. I have not contacted Fortinet FortiClient support.

I have not used another solution other than Fortinet FortiClient.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiClient is very easy.

I would recommend this solution to others because it is very good.

I rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

I would rate the solution higher if the solution has better compatibility with the mobile application.