Though FortiADC is useful, I'd appreciate more user-friendly features and in-depth insights into network activity, like detailed logs and AI-driven feedback for optimization. While there's logging, I'm cautious about large log sizes.
Technical Manager/Division of Computers Systems, Networks, and Maintenance at YU
Real User
Top 20
2024-08-16T13:14:39Z
Aug 16, 2024
One of the product's areas of improvement includes reducing the number of components requiring additional licenses, such as antivirus and IDS, which are already covered by our firewall. These additional licenses are redundant for our needs.
The solution needs to better integrate sFlow, providing more of this information in the dashboard. The sFlow data would help provide significantly more context when reviewing app performance.
Manager, Information Technology at Parag Milk Foods Ltd
Real User
Top 5
2023-11-08T08:19:17Z
Nov 8, 2023
Fortinet's fixed application version has very good policies. Some features have been reduced in the new version of Fortinet FortiADC. Whenever Fortinet updates its application version, it should provide the same features. For example, I was using MAC-based control for end users. Six months back, I updated the version of Fortinet OS. The MAC-based control on the new version was CLI-based, which is difficult to manage. I wanted the MAC-based control to be GUI-based. Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN.
I believe FortiADC will be discontinued soon because many of its features are now available on other Fortinet devices. We don't use it much anymore except for specific use cases that require the global DNS feature. Link load balancing and SD-WAN are now built into FortiGate, but the web application firewall policies could be improved.
Manager BU Network/Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
2023-05-24T08:51:00Z
May 24, 2023
Fortinet has some drawbacks, and it can be a bit challenging to scale. Maybe some new features could be added to address these issues. Another area of improvement is support. So the only problems are with support, and scaling can be a bit difficult. I
I would say in terms of their basic selling point was always everything built into one, even if you take their Fortigate firewalls, FortiWeb Application Firewall, be it FortiADC, they do push many features into one. And even the smallest version or the model of the device still gives you extensive features, but that comes at the cost of CPU and memory, which makes it hard. Even before you start to use extensive features, you start already seeing the CPU and memory be used to capacity. So at some point, I feel like there is a mismatch between the number of features they are offering and the device capacity on how much it can handle. If they can provide much more flexibility in designing it, that would be great because of the number of options it provides either fixed set as of now but given some open sources do more options, open source software, so configured on Linux and Freebase, they offer more than this.
I recently switched from an open-source version to FortiADC. For that, I believe I need to see other vendors such as the F5, as well as the A10 or something before I can say what can be improved. Because it is so generic, the documentation requires special attention. A person who has not worked on Fortinet FortiADC or a similar product will struggle to understand what the document is trying to say. The documentation could be more specific, and more detailed. More step-by-step instructions for a new user, such as someone who has never used Fortinet FortiADC product from Fortinet or anyone else. Because I had previously used an open-source agent, I figured it out, but someone who hasn't would have some difficulties. Basically, it could be more specific for those who are unfamiliar with the product, so that anyone could begin working with it.
Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
2021-02-11T02:34:04Z
Feb 11, 2021
The product needs more development because it has issues with SSL traffic and encrypted traffic. It's been a little while since I used it and maybe things have improved but with Fortinet you can use a lot of features near the load balancing mechanism. Fortinet decided to cut the product into two pieces, because FortiWeb has a lot of security features, but FortiADC has a load balancing mechanism. Customers need a fast solution with a load balancing solution and a web application firewall. If you are using FortiWeb, you can use FortiGuard Intelligence Service. But in the FortiADC, it has more load balancing features, but it lacks security features.
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2020-12-10T03:06:40Z
Dec 10, 2020
Any issues with this solution seem to be connected to technical support. They need to respond more quickly, providing a one or two day response time is not adequate. In addition, the company hasn't provided good technical documentation. It requires step by step procedures on how to configure some of the features on the FortiADC. They should come up with good KB articles and information related to the workings of the product. Fortinet specifies that the solution can be used for 1,000 clients, but actually we've found that you can't go above 400 for content compression and rewriting. If you go above 400, the solution becomes unresponsive.
Fortinet FortiADC is a robust application delivery controller (ADC) that delivers application optimization, application security, and application availability. FortiADC is a valued offering from Fortinet, which is widely recognized as a trusted supplier of dynamic security solutions worldwide. FortiADC offers dynamic security functions (AV, DDoS, and WAF) in addition to advanced application connectors for a simplified deployment and complete transparency to an organization's networks and...
Though FortiADC is useful, I'd appreciate more user-friendly features and in-depth insights into network activity, like detailed logs and AI-driven feedback for optimization. While there's logging, I'm cautious about large log sizes.
One of the product's areas of improvement includes reducing the number of components requiring additional licenses, such as antivirus and IDS, which are already covered by our firewall. These additional licenses are redundant for our needs.
The solution needs to better integrate sFlow, providing more of this information in the dashboard. The sFlow data would help provide significantly more context when reviewing app performance.
The solution’s pricing could be improved.
The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced.
Fortinet's fixed application version has very good policies. Some features have been reduced in the new version of Fortinet FortiADC. Whenever Fortinet updates its application version, it should provide the same features. For example, I was using MAC-based control for end users. Six months back, I updated the version of Fortinet OS. The MAC-based control on the new version was CLI-based, which is difficult to manage. I wanted the MAC-based control to be GUI-based. Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN.
The product's stability for VMs could be better.
The solution should improve finding false positives and false negatives. There are a lot of false positives.
I believe FortiADC will be discontinued soon because many of its features are now available on other Fortinet devices. We don't use it much anymore except for specific use cases that require the global DNS feature. Link load balancing and SD-WAN are now built into FortiGate, but the web application firewall policies could be improved.
Fortinet has some drawbacks, and it can be a bit challenging to scale. Maybe some new features could be added to address these issues. Another area of improvement is support. So the only problems are with support, and scaling can be a bit difficult. I
I would say in terms of their basic selling point was always everything built into one, even if you take their Fortigate firewalls, FortiWeb Application Firewall, be it FortiADC, they do push many features into one. And even the smallest version or the model of the device still gives you extensive features, but that comes at the cost of CPU and memory, which makes it hard. Even before you start to use extensive features, you start already seeing the CPU and memory be used to capacity. So at some point, I feel like there is a mismatch between the number of features they are offering and the device capacity on how much it can handle. If they can provide much more flexibility in designing it, that would be great because of the number of options it provides either fixed set as of now but given some open sources do more options, open source software, so configured on Linux and Freebase, they offer more than this.
I recently switched from an open-source version to FortiADC. For that, I believe I need to see other vendors such as the F5, as well as the A10 or something before I can say what can be improved. Because it is so generic, the documentation requires special attention. A person who has not worked on Fortinet FortiADC or a similar product will struggle to understand what the document is trying to say. The documentation could be more specific, and more detailed. More step-by-step instructions for a new user, such as someone who has never used Fortinet FortiADC product from Fortinet or anyone else. Because I had previously used an open-source agent, I figured it out, but someone who hasn't would have some difficulties. Basically, it could be more specific for those who are unfamiliar with the product, so that anyone could begin working with it.
The price of the product is problematic. The configuration is relatively complex.
The product needs more development because it has issues with SSL traffic and encrypted traffic. It's been a little while since I used it and maybe things have improved but with Fortinet you can use a lot of features near the load balancing mechanism. Fortinet decided to cut the product into two pieces, because FortiWeb has a lot of security features, but FortiADC has a load balancing mechanism. Customers need a fast solution with a load balancing solution and a web application firewall. If you are using FortiWeb, you can use FortiGuard Intelligence Service. But in the FortiADC, it has more load balancing features, but it lacks security features.
Any issues with this solution seem to be connected to technical support. They need to respond more quickly, providing a one or two day response time is not adequate. In addition, the company hasn't provided good technical documentation. It requires step by step procedures on how to configure some of the features on the FortiADC. They should come up with good KB articles and information related to the workings of the product. Fortinet specifies that the solution can be used for 1,000 clients, but actually we've found that you can't go above 400 for content compression and rewriting. If you go above 400, the solution becomes unresponsive.
It would be good if they built in a fully functional web application firewall. They should update this product more often.
FortiADC is complex to configure so the interface should be improved. The commands that you need to use are complex.