We performed a comparison between BigFix 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."It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"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 console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"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."
"We are able to go from patching thousands of machines by twenty to thirty people to one person."
"From a security standpoint, it allows us to make sure that we're not leaving ourselves vulnerable to exploits and things like that. That's the biggest advantage that we see to the product from a security standpoint."
"It has plugins development options, which are great."
"Servers are patched more consistently than they have been previously."
"Having higher visibility on patching level, on patching successful, and non-successful has been a way that BigFix has improved my organization. Also, the ability to customize the content to do what we need it to do is very powerful and very flexible for us. Finally, in the area of custom interfaces like REST API really gives us the ability to provide for our external customers."
"I would advise someone considering this product to go for it. It's easy to use, cheaper than the value, and there is tons and tons of support from the BigFix community. With almost every challenge we have someone who has encountered it, and you will have a solution right away."
"BigFix is incredibly fast and accurate in patching, reporting, and remediation."
"Pre-packaged support for many third-party applications such as Adobe, Google, Mozilla, Sun (Java), WinZip, and others."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Fortinet FortiClient can be used with FortiManager to observe all actions that are happening."
"What I like most about FortiClient is that it's easy to use. The way it displays information is very straightforward."
"The integration capabilities are good."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance."
"The most valuable features are malware detection, integrates well with other solutions, and ease of use for all users."
"There is a lot of documentation available online."
"The service is centralized."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"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 solution is not stable."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"Maybe the online help could be improved. It'd be nice if you would have a lot more phrases and keywords that you could search for and find answers with the help."
"We're a partner, so we deliver technical support to customers. When we need to talk to the product support, traditionally, with the product over the last five years, I would not say support has been supportive. I hope that changes."
"BigFix is actually a little bit on the expensive side in Turkey because of the dollar's exchange rate in our currency."
"I would like the dashboard to be improved to show the problematic machines and good machines."
"I would like to see improvements in the Web UI program and also a BigFix console for Mac OS."
"I would request them to build a robots, or an easier way for integration with the other tools, like ITSM tools."
"I would eventually like to see a SaaS offering, a cloud-hosted BigFix instance where we only have to put a relay in our environment."
"BigFix should improve its compatibility with other platforms, such as Linux."
"In the next release, I would like to see an additional layer of security added."
"One area for improvement in FortiClient is the speed of connectivity."
"The licensing feature of the product requires improvement since whenever the license expires, the tool logs out its users automatically, irrespective of whether they are on the network or not, which can be problematic for me."
"I would like Fortinet to improve FortiClient's compatibility with macOS."
"The solution could improve by providing analytics or detailed reports."
"Cloud services are very expensive for us."
"It has a horrible performance. It is one of the most unstable VPNs I have ever used."
"We would like Fortinet to add the function or the possibility to use all FortiClient features for free."
BigFix is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 91 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 14th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 reviews. BigFix is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BigFix writes "Very stable and easy to deploy with excellent patch compliance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". BigFix is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Tanium, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Ivanti Connect Secure. See our BigFix vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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