We performed a comparison between CylancePROTECT 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."I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"Has good RAM capacity for the power I need"
"CylancePROTECT works on AI technology, is always up to date, and uses very few resources on your devices."
"The solution is very quick at easily changing the levels of protection for each computer and the server."
"The initial setup of CylancePROTECT is very easy."
"Does malware analysis. Blocks WannaCry and other attacks that have come out."
"The non-daily requirement to update signatures is the most valuable feature. From a functional point of view, it is pretty spot on. For instance, we compared an algorithm from five years ago to today's algorithm, and it was 98% accurate. It has the ability to detect and mitigate. In the industrial environment that we work in, there's what we call OT versus IT. You are IT Central, but this is OT. Generally, we don't have the same level of skillset as IT individuals or IT professionals have. This particular product doesn't require you to be a computer scientist to be able to understand its proprietary algorithm and to be able to deploy, use, and work within it. It integrates well with a robust SIEM or SOAR solution, and it plays nice with others. We use other detection solutions like CyberX or site provision with Cisco, and it plays nice. That's one of the things we really liked about it."
"The solution is extremely scalable. It's got the hybrid functionality, it's got the system functionality and cloud functionality as well."
"It secures different entry points into the network."
"Fortinet FortiClient can be used with FortiManager to observe all actions that are happening."
"Fortinet FortiClient is not disruptive, and its interface is great. It has an in-built VPN, which is very useful."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The setup for FortiClient is really straightforward."
"There is a lot of documentation available online."
"Fortinet FortiClient's scalability is very good because it has no limitations."
"It supports securely connections for VPN users from outside our environment during the lockdown."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"The solution is not stable."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"The product does not do a lot of reporting on what it is taking care of. Enhanced reporting would be a welcome improvement."
"If they can add more features on top of their Persona feature that would be ideal."
"The process of whitelisting a script that you want to be able to run can be a little bit difficult, or awkward."
"The AI of CylancePROTECT has room for improvement. I'm on a trial license of SentinelOne, and its AI is much better than what's on CylancePROTECT."
"The initial deployment was quite complicated."
"I would like to see a better UI in terms of sifting through more specific data and providing analytics. A little bit more would be nice."
"The management console needs a little maturity in how it presents data and allows the administrator to drill down or search across systems."
"While you are working, you are finding these things that were supposed to be waived have come back to being blocked. That's frustrating."
"Fortinet needs to cover more areas where threats can come from."
"The user interface could be more inviting."
"The current version of this solution does not show the malicious websites that have been visited. They should add this to an upcoming release."
"The documentation could be improved."
"We would like Fortinet to add the function or the possibility to use all FortiClient features for free."
"FortiClient's encryption key could be stronger so that it's not broken too easily."
"An area of improvement could be better integration with the active directory. I did not find it easy to configure."
"FortiClient is not great in Linux."
CylancePROTECT is ranked 27th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 39 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 16th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 85 reviews. CylancePROTECT is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of CylancePROTECT writes "Ensures advanced AI-driven threat detection to provide robust endpoint security, effectively preventing both known and unknown threats with minimal impact on system performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". CylancePROTECT is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco Secure Endpoint, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Ivanti Connect Secure. See our CylancePROTECT vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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