We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Microsoft Active Directory based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fulfilled our requirement at a good price."
"The two-step authentication provides a higher level of security."
"The first valuable feature is being able to see everything on one platform. This includes logs and authentication failure."
"It reduces the need for network administrator intervention by allowing the user to perform their own registration and resolve their own password problems and issues."
"The product is good, cost-effective, and functionally efficient."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy. It is also easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the OTP on the mobile phone."
"The implementation has significantly improved access management within our organization."
"It is very user-friendly."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It is easy to understand all the components."
"It's useful in bringing order to the system."
"The scalability of the solution is high...The initial setup of the solution is easy, and I would rate it an eight or nine out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one being difficult and ten being easy."
"I think the main reason we are using Active Directory for SSO Office for single time and for intake integrity capability to other services."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"Active Directory is more flexible and feature-rich than Apache."
"The user interface and clustering are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."
"A better integration with other vendors."
"We had issues trying to integrate the keys properly during the initial setup."
"The integration with third-party tools must be better."
"It can not use SQL to query FortiAnalyzer directly."
"I would like to see some email options for Fortinet FortiAuthenticator."
"There is room for improvement in stability and support."
"The product must provide 2FA for applications."
"The interface hasn't changed much over the years. It's suitable for my tastes, but that doesn't mean everybody likes it."
"If you are using the Active Directory, the main concern is that the policy is restricted to the specific local area network."
"The security features could be improved."
"I would like to see the integration with Mac and IOS products improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the solution’s security filtering feature. It can include machines and filter some users. There is no option to exclude a particular user or system."
"There could be enough material to learn about the product."
"They should improve the solution's old computer cleanup tool."
"It could be more scalable. We still need another software solution to monitor the network in addition to Active Directory and OpManager, our domain controller. We use SolarWinds."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 52 reviews while Microsoft Active Directory is ranked 6th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 36 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Active Directory is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Active Directory writes "A solution that easily merges with cloud-based ADs and provides superior data security". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Cisco Duo and Yubico YubiKey, whereas Microsoft Active Directory is most compared with PingFederate, Microsoft Entra ID, ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Auth0. See our Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs. Microsoft Active Directory report.
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