We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Fortinet FortiNAC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Cisco, Auth0 and others in Single Sign-On (SSO)."The ease of use is really nice. Using Authenticator, I've been able to actually work better on my authentication due to the fact that I have a single fabric to authenticate control from my firewall and on my access points. Authentication takes place from this area."
"It integrates very tightly with the rest of the Fortinet ecosystem."
"This is a scalable product."
"Enables easy integration, allowing for 2FA with our VPN."
"FortiAuthenticator is easy to use."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy. It is also easy to deploy."
"The most valuable features are the performance and ease of use."
"FortiAuthenticator is a very good solution. It is all jury-based. FortiAuthenticator is very easy for anyone to understand how it works and be able to take action."
"There are some features that are working well."
"The tool provides us with a list of devices that tries to connect to our network. It offers us a lot of network visibility."
"It's a very good solution and one thing I have noted is its simplicity and the ease of the set-up process."
"The ease of deployment is valuable."
"The features are more expandable."
"It's easy to connect to a VPN without any hassles."
"All the features of Fortinet FortiNAC are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiNAC is compliance, which we can do with the clients and the endpoints on the network."
"I would like to see integration and customization capabilities with the end-user portal to solve authentication issues with diverse implementation scenarios."
"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."
"The GUI is on the older side but I'm sure that it will be upgraded soon. It works, but it looks a little dated."
"They could expand FortiAuthenticator's capabilities to accommodate a broader range of environments."
"For improvement, Fortinet needs to ensure that they provide quick support to users...Fortinet sometimes needs to respond to users facing issues within an hour."
"The only way the solution could be improved is if it were cheaper."
"No SMS gateway from the ISP"
"There are multiple areas that are in need of improvement. It is not a mature product."
"The interface works fine, but it could be better."
"The automation in Fortinet FortiNAC could improve."
"The training documentation needs to be more transparent."
"The product could be more user-friendly in terms of GUI."
"I would like to be able to compare the configuration backup before and after."
"Its technical support needs improvement."
"One of the biggest issues with Fortinet FortiNAC is that it is not intuitive and has a high learning curve."
"The reporting can also use improvement."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 52 reviews while Fortinet FortiNAC is ranked 4th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 43 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiNAC is rated 7.6. 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 Fortinet FortiNAC writes "I like the solution's native integration with other devices from the same vendor". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Cisco Duo, Microsoft Entra ID and CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, whereas Fortinet FortiNAC is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Forescout Platform, Fortinet FortiClient and Portnox CORE.
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