We performed a comparison between Atlassian Crowd and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One standout feature is the capability to configure various authentication and authorization methods from diverse user directories."
"The most valuable features are predominantly in the directory and development spaces."
"It is very stable. We have never had any issues with this solution."
"It keeps track of users and their IPs no matter where they are in the network. When users roam, we don't have to worry about not mapping them to an IP."
"The feature I value the most is the one-time passwords because it helps to authenticate users so you know the timing of their usage."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy. It is also easy to deploy."
"FortiAuthenticator is easy to use."
"The initial setup is a valuable point on Fortinet products. Most of the time, putting the theory into practice on the devices is quite friendly and straightforward. As long as you can read English you can find your way around the solution and make it work. This is a high value point on Fortinet - the way everything is laid out in the web UI is user-friendly and quite straightforward. The UI is quite simple."
"The most valuable feature is the OTP on the mobile phone."
"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 makes you more efficient, but you have to optimize what you're doing before you get into the software."
"There's a need for effective group membership management, especially for corporate programs."
"The integration with other products, for example, some SAML authentications, would make it more flexible."
"We have issues with HA (high availability). These should be addressed in future releases."
"A better integration with other vendors."
"It can not use SQL to query FortiAnalyzer directly."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is expensive."
"The only issue I encounter is that when not using FortiAuthenticator for an extended period, it's typical to encounter some obstacles in the configuration process that you need to address."
"Integration with FortiGate could be more fluid."
"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."
Atlassian Crowd is ranked 14th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 4 reviews while Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 50 reviews. Atlassian Crowd is rated 9.2, while Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Atlassian Crowd writes "Enhanced user management offering seamless single sign-on, scalability for large enterprises, and improved configurability through integration with various user sources and directories". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". Atlassian Crowd is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, whereas Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Microsoft Entra ID, Fortinet FortiNAC and Cisco Duo. See our Atlassian Crowd vs. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator report.
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