We performed a comparison between CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust and others in Privileged Access Management (PAM)."DVR like video recording and text-based recording for easier audits."
"Our go-to solution for securing against the pass the hash attack vector and auditing privileged account usage."
"Technical support is very helpful whenever we have any questions."
"The regulation of accounts is by far the most needed and valuable part of the application."
"Securely protects our TAP/NUID and privileged access accounts within the company."
"The voice technology is very good."
"I appreciate the ease of use for support analysts."
"The product is for hardening access and making the organization more secure, therefore reducing chances of a breach."
"I work a lot with Fortinet products and I call the support often. They are very quick to respond and the support is very good."
"Valuable features include the robust SSO features, when you have more complicated authentication within an organization. We can mix AD, Radius, Portal, SSO Portals (Google, etc.), and build our own environment. It is very flexible."
"We have a perpetual license for 2FA."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it easy to install. The user experience is very good."
"Simple to deploy, simple to use, and user-friendly."
"The implementation has significantly improved access management within our organization."
"The most valuable features are the performance and ease of use."
"The current version is stable...Scalability-wise, it is a fine solution"
"Initial setup is complex. Lots of architecture, lots of planning, and lots of education and training are needed."
"I would like to see better automation in granting access, better tools, more efficient tools, to be able to customize the solution that CyberArk provides."
"It is web-based, but other competitors have apps. We need to get there. It is just smoother to have an app. You don't have all the bugs from having a browser, and people like them better, since you can get to them via mobile."
"Integration with the ticketing system should allow any number of fields to be used for validation before allowing a user to be evaluated and able to access a server."
"We found a lot of errors during the initial setup. They should work to improve the implementation experience and to remove errors from the process."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"The product could be easier to use. More work needs to be done on this aspect; it is not good enough yet. It also takes up a lot of server space. Sometimes we need to use up to seven servers."
"The initial setup of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager difficulty depends on the environment that you are implementing it into. However, it typically is simple."
"I would like to see more support from Fortinet with tech support people who have as much expertise on the authenticator as they do on their firewalls."
"Improvements in the product could start from the dashboard, overall customization, and configuration."
"They could expand FortiAuthenticator's capabilities to accommodate a broader range of environments."
"Lacks a simplified two-factor authentication process."
"The GUI is on the older side but I'm sure that it will be upgraded soon. It works, but it looks a little dated."
"The hardware aspect of the solution could be improved. We are not really able to understand the hardware capabilities of the device."
"We had issues trying to integrate the keys properly during the initial setup."
"We would like to see Linux-based operating systems be able to integrate with FortiAuthenticator to get two-factor authentication running on them. as well. This is a shortcoming that I have faced a few times already."
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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is ranked 1st in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 142 reviews while Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 52 reviews. CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager writes "Lets you ensure relevant, compliant access in good time and with an audit trail, yet lacks clarity on MITRE ATT&CK". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID, Delinea Secret Server, WALLIX Bastion and ARCON Privileged Access Management, whereas Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Cisco Duo and Microsoft Active Directory.
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