We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform, Fortinet FortiNAC, and Portnox CORE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Fortinet and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."The best parts of Forescout Platform are its orchestration features, discovery capabilities, classification buckets, and flexibility in creating policies."
"The most valuable feature is the blocking of USB devices."
"Its feature that I have found most valuable is that it is very granular. You can configure granular controls just as you want those policies to be implemented. It gives you that flexibility to go granular in how you want your controls to be implemented. That's something I like about it."
"It's one of the tools that has given the federal government visibility into network devices and everything."
"This is clearly the best product for the NAC use cases in this field for Forescout."
"Obtaining visibility into the network and connected devices is very simple with this tool. It takes me three minutes to do a base deployment when all the parameters are available."
"The most valuable features of ForeScout is the fact that it can do network access control either with 802.1x or without 802.1x."
"The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are ease of management and outstanding visibility. The visibility is simple to obtain."
"All the features of Fortinet FortiNAC are valuable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the user-friendliness, the graphical interface, and the technical support. The interface is very nice and the customization is good."
"The support responds to our queries within two to four hours."
"It's a very good solution and one thing I have noted is its simplicity and the ease of the set-up process."
"FortiNAC has enhanced our network visibility because FortiNAC monitors MAC addresses and other network devices, like Cisco, Catalyst, or HPE switches."
"The users say that FortiNAC is configurable and easy to use."
"The device fingerprinting feature allowed for easy creation and enforcement of access policies."
"The most valuable aspect of Fortinet FortiNAC is the control it offers."
"The technical support is top-notch."
"The most important feature is that this solution is agentless. So, you don't have to install any agents on endpoints."
"Previous to the deployment we didn't have complete visibility of all the endpoints, all the devices that are connected to the network. But with the deployment of portnox, we could see all the devices and where they're connecting. We can equally segregate and apply different rules, policies to each location that we didn't monitor specifically."
"The Vidahost feature is currently in action, and it appears to be providing valuable data insights."
"It's easy to manage and troubleshoot thanks to the lightweight components."
"The minute people have issues on their network, we can see what is happening right away."
"Technical support was very helpful when we needed them."
"There is an add-on feature for application control to kill unwanted applications when launched on a user's device."
"The reporting feature needs improvement."
"Search - needs boolean functionality (or pseudo operand now working)."
"It's scalable, but not without a big investment. It doesn't do so well at the branch. At the home office, it does okay and not so well at the branch."
"It does not support the TACACS+ protocol."
"I should be able to integrate my Forescout with any other third party security technology, to build that connected security strategy."
"Although Forescout manages endpoints and network devices, there is no capability for user management."
"Forescout Platform needs to improve how the device works in preventing rogue servers."
"I believe that the overall user experience has not always been preferable."
"The GUI is a little bit strange — different than other Fortinet products."
"The interface works fine, but it could be better."
"Keeping the hard disk on the one series will be easier for the distributor and will keep the prices lower for the customer."
"The training from Fortinet FortiNAC could improve. Fortinet has to plan for better training for its partners. Additionally, device management should have more integration with other devices, such as new and third-party devices."
"Admin UI could be better matched and easier to use; it cannot work as a RADIUS server."
"The reporting can also use improvement."
"This solution could be more agile."
"Fortinet FortiNAC's documentation should be improved because there's not much debugging or troubleshooting documentation for the Fortinet FortiNAC."
"We have been having some issues with it. That's why we're considering migrating to Portnox Clear due to some limitations with CORE."
"It could be a little cheaper."
"The solution did have some stability issues, however, all I had to do was restart it."
"Portnox CORE can improve on support for unmanaged switches (or hubs) and other brands of network devices. These kinds of devices are still in use in organisations, especially SMEs who cannot afford to buy a managed switch."
"The product should consider more integration with vendors like Huawei. It should also improve visibility. The solution should offer a partner portal that can provide customers training on the in and out of the solution."
"Now, the way security is viewed, maybe including something like AI, to automate some of the things that are required to be done would be great."
"The licensing is based on a per-port price, even when you are not using all of the ports, and this is something that could be improved."
"It would be good to integrate Portnox CORE with CLEAR."
