We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cato Networks, Citrix and others in WAN Optimization."The most valuable feature is optimization."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"The content that we are getting is very good. Content caching is also supported."
"The developer's assistance is valuable, enabling seamless integration which allows for a comprehensive view of categories, even if not certified by the link."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"The solution is scalable."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"It enables us to manage bandwidth for users based on their privilege levels. For example, if a user wants to use a certain application or resource, we can provide access based on their privileges."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"From a security perspective, FortiWAN needs to be improved."
"Having more documentation would be helpful."
"Activating the SSL inspection is one of the challenges. We are currently moving to the O365 cloud, and one of the challenges is the performance when all of our users are connected to O365 by a proxy."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"The deployment is quite difficult."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
"One area for improvement in Symantec is the lack of a reporting server or dashboard integration with SIM."
"The initial setup is actually quite complex to install because our users don't have admin rights on the boxes and there's no remote install option by an administrator."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
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Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in WAN Optimization while Symantec Proxy is ranked 15th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] is rated 7.6, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] writes "Easy to deploy with good connectivity and robustness for managing WAN links". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Fortinet FortiWAN [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service and Zscaler Internet Access.
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