We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Webroot Business Endpoint Protection 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 is very user-friendly for customers."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"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 FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"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."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its integration capabilities. The processing is fast and the reporting is also very good."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is dual authentication and the VPN is secure."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiClient are ease of use and simple configuration."
"When the user gets authenticated, I can assign a different VPN or network to each user."
"The initial setup is easy. Our clients use the FortiClient EMS, which is the central console for installing FortiClient. It is easy and very user friendly."
"Installation was easy."
"Fortinet FortiClient is not disruptive, and its interface is great. It has an in-built VPN, which is very useful."
"From an application perspective, this solution is stable."
"It monitors traffic and keeps us from getting ransomware or other viruses."
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"Webroot's tech support is pretty good; they've given me some pointers."
"I haven't observed any of the instabilities in the solution. It is a stable solution."
"It is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure product."
"It is very lightweight on the workstations, not slowing them down while still doing its job very well."
"I rate the initial setup phase a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"The feature we found most valuable is the AI functionality for maintaining endpoint security. This is very powerful."
"Detections could be improved."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"The solution is not stable."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"It would be interesting if the solution offered a way to try to investigate and create a use case to trace vectors."
"The documentation could be improved."
"It would be nice to see more in hand features in terms of the DLP, so that the solution can be integrated with the DLP, as well as more reporting features on the end point."
"The connectivity could be improved."
"The solution's access control could be improved."
"One area for improvement in FortiClient is the speed of connectivity."
"It takes too long to install."
"As far as I can tell, the solution only has one single function, so they could expand its functionality."
"It would be nice if it had a feature for automatically generating reports on the client end for device status, security status and backup information."
"Webroot Business Endpoint Protection needs to focus on how they can widen their area of scope by not just being an antivirus tool anymore. The shortcoming in the customization area of the tool needs improvement."
"The console spins up relatively slowly, and some of the configuration items are obscure (e.g., reporting back one time per day is a default setting) and need to be tweaked."
"It would be great if there was a feature which would allow you to scan an individual file on an endpoint user's computer."
"It doesn't do anything proactive. The virus has to hit the machine before it detects it."
"One of the biggest pain points is that it's not really ransomware-oriented. They will be able to catch some, but that's where Sentinel One is a better player compared to Webroot."
"I believe that Webroot Business Endpoint Protection should offer a more modern UI."
"Their customer support should be better. We started having some issues with it, and we didn't get the required support."
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Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 85 reviews while Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is ranked 34th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 30 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Webroot Business Endpoint Protection writes "Lightweight and not hard to set up however, does not offer good reporting". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Huntress and HP Wolf Security. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Webroot Business Endpoint Protection report.
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