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."The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"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."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"The solution is easy to install and configure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the management."
"It effectively catches unwanted stuff. It has saved our bacon over many years."
"The ability to push policies and also to restrict an installation or to restrict any form of threat within the policy has been quite useful."
"It can scale as well."
"ESET provides good protection."
"The most valuable feature of ESET Endpoint Security performance."
"I find the main valuable feature to be the antivirus, it is very effective with removing viruses."
"It is very simple to use. I've used some of the others in the past, such as Cisco AnyConnect, which was a nightmare. I've used a couple of others, but FortiClient is very simple to use."
"I use the tool to connect server to an ISP Data Center."
"It is very easy and useful. A normal user with basic information can easily connect to any environment."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass, single point of management."
"The solution's TNA feature blocks devices from entering the network that do not meet compliance protocols."
"It's got a very friendly user interface."
"The setup for FortiClient is really straightforward."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"The solution could have a more user-friendly interface."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
"The integration capabilities might be lacking a bit."
"The product’s AI implementation feature could be better for learning user behavior."
"I used Avira previously and ESET lacks certain aspects in comparison to Avira."
"The user interface of ESET Endpoint Security could be more user-friendly and more features could be added."
"They recently released an EDR integration. I hope they have more AI or intelligence filtering on the EDR events. Even though it has already got AI, but it is quite a different thing. So, they still have room to improve on the EDR part. This is one small piece that they need to improve. Otherwise, it is just fine."
"The product could have better integration with third-party products that would help extend functionality."
"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 lagging in some of the authentication tools to support the newer versions, this is happening because they are not supported."
"The quality and response time of the support team must be improved."
"The memory check needs to be improved, giving better visibility into the run-time memory."
"There is room for improvement by increasing the solution's knowledge base."
"We'd like to be able to properly encrypt the data more effectively."
"More integration would be beneficial."
"The solution could be more secure. I would like to see more safety features."
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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 Symantec Endpoint Security, 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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