We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Perimeter 81 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"It's very stable."
"Remote connectivity is its most valuable feature."
"We mainly use this solution because we have many Fortinet solutions like antivirus and SSL assessment."
"There is a lot of documentation available online."
"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."
"The return on investment was very reasonable. It was low cost and it functioned, so the return on investment was excellent."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiClient are ease of use and simple configuration."
"This is a solid and stable solution."
"Logging back into Perimeter 81 is relatively user-friendly as I just need to re-type my Windows credentials in to access the VPN."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"Perimeter 81 is very pretty."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"It connects quickly and stays connected. The user interface is pretty neat too. The app has in-house support with user guides that give you step-by-step walkthroughs on navigating the app. In addition, there is a live chat feature that offers prompt assistance on the go."
"Providing access and security allows our company employees to work from home and remotely."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The pricing of the solution should be less expensive."
"The current version of this solution does not show the malicious websites that have been visited. They should add this to an upcoming release."
"Working with Distribution sometimes comes at a cost due to a lack of knowledge of the current status of your licensing and products."
"We'd like to be able to properly encrypt the data more effectively."
"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."
"I would like to see endpoint detection and response included."
"I heard that Fortinet is going to enhance the firmware to have mobile versions. One is like Linux long-term support SCS and one with new features, but there is no support here. We spoke with the vendor multiple times, and they said that they will release these features soon."
"There is lagging in some of the authentication tools to support the newer versions, this is happening because they are not supported."
"In order to have to bypass the login using the website, a good feature for Perimeter 81 to have is a login instance in the Perimeter 81 application. I'm using a Mac and we don't have that functionality."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"In the future, maybe P81 can improve the network traffic balancing and redundancy."
"If I were to be nitpicky, I would ask that Perimeter 81 offer the option for us to change the color of the graphical user interface, like maybe pink or green or so on."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"A Google Chrome extension would be handy instead of logging into the app."
"Offering in-app explanations detailing what each feature does, its benefits and potential use cases can help users better understand and utilize the tool to its full potential."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 86 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 8th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 22 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. 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 Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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