We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and SonicWall Netextender 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."
"Secure and easy connect is the most valuable feature. It is a reliable solution, and it works."
"It works well and the performance is good."
"We find the VPN features valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance."
"The return on investment was very reasonable. It was low cost and it functioned, so the return on investment was excellent."
"Fortinet FortiClient is easy to use, and the single-access managed login is pretty good."
"From my perspective as an end user, it's consistently stable, and I would rate the stability as a nine out of ten."
"It seems to be more scalable than we thought."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Employees can have access to the network from home."
"NetExtender works very well. I never had an issue with it, and it has been working well for me. In terms of management, you have good control over the destination. You can use NetExtender to set the policy and the static route for a client. You can modify it based on what your client needs or can access. You have good control over routing."
"The most valuable feature for the Netextender is the ease with which we can integrate it with SAML."
"The product has two-factor authentication."
"It allows us to work remotely."
"One of the most valuable features of SonicWall Netextender is the integration of VPN accounts with Microsoft Identity Management, which enables us to enforce secure access through Microsoft Intune and conditional access policies. This helps ensure that only authorized individuals are able to access the VPN, rather than anyone with knowledge of a password."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"There is room for improvement by increasing the solution's knowledge base."
"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly for users to do not have as much of a technical background."
"Fortinet needs to cover more areas where threats can come from."
"The price could also use improvement."
"Occasionally, the solution may provide a slow connection. In addition, there may be initialization and authorization issues that one may need to take care of while using the solution."
"When we change our endpoint, we have to connect again, which means having to enter our credentials and permissions."
"The reports could be easier to set up."
"Initially, the support was very poor. It is getting better, but they should continue to improve this."
"They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."
"The UI could be a little better."
"The initial setup of SonicWall Netextender is straightforward. The only issue we encountered was with relocating the VPN appliance. If we needed to move it from an on-premise to an on-cloud architecture, we had to start over and redeploy it from scratch. Unfortunately, it is not portable and any changes to its physical location often result in the need for a fresh deployment to ensure everything functions properly."
"The Netextender application itself doesn't really look pretty, however, we can still use it. We don't care what it looks like. That said, if they did a cosmetic update, that would be fine."
"SonicWall can be difficult for some people, but I don't find it difficult. Some companies provide a VPN client for free, but you have to pay for NetExtender."
"There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender."
"The product does not work well."
"The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 86 reviews while SonicWall Netextender is ranked 14th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 11 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while SonicWall Netextender is rated 6.0. 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 SonicWall Netextender writes "An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas SonicWall Netextender is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, SonicWall Mobile Connect, SonicWall Connect Tunnel, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. SonicWall Netextender report.
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