We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Symantec Advanced Authentication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Cisco, Fortinet and others in Authentication Systems."Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is an easy-to-use solution."
"The two-step authentication provides a higher level of security."
"The feature I value the most is the one-time passwords because it helps to authenticate users so you know the timing of their usage."
"The initial setup is a valuable point on Fortinet products. Most of the time, putting the theory into practice on the devices is quite friendly and straightforward. As long as you can read English you can find your way around the solution and make it work. This is a high value point on Fortinet - the way everything is laid out in the web UI is user-friendly and quite straightforward. The UI is quite simple."
"The product is good, cost-effective, and functionally efficient."
"Simple to deploy, simple to use, and user-friendly."
"The product’s most valuable feature is integration with FortiGate, FortiToken, FortiTalk, and multi-factor authentication."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is easy."
"Rules on Risk Authentication are very good."
"One of the most valuable aspects is its remarkable stability."
"It tells us exactly what we want in terms of authentication to various applications and provides protection for users who access them."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is that it's a strong authentication solution that's able to integrate with applications."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiAuthenticator's initial setup process could be easier."
"Improvements in the product could start from the dashboard, overall customization, and configuration."
"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."
"I would like to see more security features in reference to identity login or identity identification."
"Other features that would improve the product are a single sign-on where people can use their Gmail ID to log-in, etc."
"There are multiple areas that are in need of improvement. It is not a mature product."
"A better integration with other vendors."
"Urgent improvement is necessary to ensure that support responses are faster and more effective, aligning with the demands of MFA implementation."
"Advanced Authentication talks about the Device ID. But how the device ID is captured, I want to know more about that."
"We have seen quite a few issues with bugginess. It is indeed pretty buggy and we have had to install some fixes."
"This solution could be improved with risk-based authentication. I think that this product has everything that most customers are looking for, but modern technology has people looking for security tools with risk-based authentication, which they have a separate tool for. If they could integrate this, it would improve Symantec Advanced Authentication. They have to look at what's newly trending and how things are moving forward, and then adapt and adopt those features. Symantec's technical support should also be improved, in terms of response time."
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Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 3rd in Authentication Systems with 52 reviews while Symantec Advanced Authentication is ranked 18th in Authentication Systems with 9 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Symantec Advanced Authentication is rated 7.8. 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 Symantec Advanced Authentication writes "Ensures robust security features and ease of deployment, although it may lack some of the more modern authentication options ". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Cisco Duo and Microsoft Entra ID, whereas Symantec Advanced Authentication is most compared with Thales Authenticators and OneSpan DIGIPASS.
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