We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Fortinet Forticlient based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Overall, users give Check Point Remote Access VPN higher ratings than Fortinet Forticlient because it offers more security, has good support available, and has proven to create a good ROI.
"The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The secure hotspot access for enabling good network connectivity is great."
"We can integrate remote access to our branches through Check Point services."
"It allows everyone to work from home. If no one could work from home, then we wouldn't have a company, especially now during COVID-19. It's mission-critical, especially since it's currently being used. If there is a problem with it, we would really be screwed. We would be hard-pressed because we would have to figure out what solution we're going to go with, how to deploy it, how long it would take to deploy it, and how we'd even get it on people's computers if we couldn't VPN to them. It would be near impossible to just change to a new VPN solution right now."
"Among its most valuable features is how it quickly and easily connects everyone to the VPN service."
"To maintain the authorization of the connected user, Check Point provides multi-factor authentication for an RA VPN client to make sure legitimate users have access to resources."
"The solution offers great security features, including zero-day protection, malware protection, anti-phishing, et cetera."
"Setting policies allow, block, and limit users' access."
"The solution implemented in the cloud allows us to easily scale in cases of user increase."
"It supports securely connections for VPN users from outside our environment during the lockdown."
"Overall Fortinet FortiClient has good functionality."
"We find the VPN features valuable."
"FortiClient is very easy, useful, and practical."
"Having a centralized console is a valuable feature. The Fortinet fabric is also very valuable where all different pieces talk together to secure our network and track the North, South, East, and West movement of files and data through our network."
"It is a stable solution."
"I find all of the features valuable."
"It's easy to use, easy to deploy, and I have more visibility over my network that shows which users are connected to the firewalls, which users are connected to the network, and what they're accessing."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It's difficult to configure on Linux workstations as Check Point Remote VPN clients support only Windows and Mac devices."
"Connection of devices from various locations is efficient though there are a few challenges when there is a network failure."
"Price category and smooth renewal of agreement should be considered for flawless and quick onboarding of clients and partners."
"The non-standard setup is quite complex as you have to do changes via GUI and CLI."
"They could add more features, like the security to block off the doors, or create another hatch, something like this. They could make the features safer, add malware to make my mail and the Kryon system safer and to protect data at an earlier stage."
"This is the best version we are using, however, if some changes can be made in the next release, I'd like to see adjustments to the time period and internet connectivity."
"It would be good to have Remote Access VPN solutions for Check Point edge services."
"The main area for improvement is pricing. Another area could be integrating MFA authentication directly into the solution instead of using separate benchmark tools for implementation."
"One area for improvement in FortiClient is the speed of connectivity."
"While I cannot think of new features to add, it would be nice if the reports were improved, to have these sent automatically."
"The tool is expensive."
"The features of Fortinet FortiClient could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiClient could improve the connection because sometimes it drops."
"While we like patch management, it would be nice if it could handle patch management for other solutions, like Microsoft."
"The pricing could use improvement."
"Fortinet FortiClient could improve the compatibility with mobile applications that are allowed and sometimes they do not respond. However, Microsoft Windows applications are very good."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 6th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 60 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 85 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Symantec VIP Access Manager, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Symantec Endpoint Security. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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