We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"This solution does not slow down your systems. It is very light."
"The most valuable features are the sandbox, mail scanning, sandboxing attachments, files, and that it responds to VPN porting."
"ESET Endpoint Security's best feature is that it's invisible until it detects a problem."
"Technical support has been very good. They are helpful and responsive."
"It effectively catches unwanted stuff. It has saved our bacon over many years."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the management."
"Ransomware protection is embedded in the solution."
"The overall security capability of the product is pretty reliable."
"This is a solid and stable solution."
"I find it very easy to configure and also very stable."
"There is a lot of documentation available online."
"I find all of the features valuable."
"The setup for FortiClient is really straightforward."
"The integration of VPN services with endpoint security is valuable."
"The solution offers great stability."
"The solution is stable, we have not had any issues in the time we have been using it."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"The solution is not stable."
"Sometimes, ESET sends alerts within my own network that cause confusion. That is, it might warn about contamination, or that the VM has crashed, but it doesn't go further than that. It just shows me the alert and sometimes I am not sure what to do about it."
"I'm not aware of any areas that need improvement."
"ESET Endpoint Security lacks some advanced functionalities and features which would be useful to be interconnected with the solutions we use, such as Microsoft 365."
"I would like for ESET to create a central management solution. This would make it practical to use the internet for medium-sized networks."
"I used Avira previously and ESET lacks certain aspects in comparison to Avira."
"The adware module could be improved."
"If I were in an environment that required a large-scale deployment then I would choose another solution over ESET."
"ESET Endpoint Security should offer more integration with multi-attack frameworks."
"Compatibility issues between different versions."
"One area that could be improved is cost, but you've got to pay for what you get."
"There is lagging in some of the authentication tools to support the newer versions, this is happening because they are not supported."
"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly for users to do not have as much of a technical background."
"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."
"There is room for improvement by increasing the solution's knowledge base."
"I would like to see endpoint detection and response included."
"It takes too long to install."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 97 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Intercept X Endpoint. See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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