We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Fortinet FortiToken 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)."TACACS and .1X security are the most valuable features. TACACS acts for user control, so no one can authenticate to our network devices, and .1X is to validate that unauthorized devices are plugged into our network."
"When you push out the policy, it is able to populate the entire network at one time."
"Assisting a larger number of users in gaining access and guiding them through the process of getting on Cisco ISE has been seamless."
"At the moment, ISE seems to integrate very well with a number of other technologies."
"Typically, the installation is pretty simple."
"My team has gained a lot from Cisco ISE as it does also provide automation, which is a big asset in the eighth hour. After setting it up, it took a lot of the weight off in many ways. We have a co-worker, who we call the ISE Master because he's in charge of the ISE configurations. He's able to save a lot of time by being able to monitor everything from there. So it did take off a lot of time that we would waste by going individually to that different device and trying to figure out what was wrong."
"The authorization and accounts inside of ISE are very useful for us."
"The RADIUS Server holds the most value."
"Fortinet FortiToken provides security and authenticates that the right external people are working with a company's system."
"FortiToken is available in a soft or hard token factor, so there's some flexibility in that. Beyond that, I would say it is a stable solution that has worked for us."
"The tool's support is the best."
"I would rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. The solution is a smart product that anyone can easily access and manage. The solution is a good product for multi-factor authentication and to secure remote authentication in the corporate environment."
"I believe FortiToken is the simplest to implement."
"I appreciate that it provides comprehensive security. It is tailored to this specific purpose, and it excels in fulfilling this purpose."
"We like the mobile FortiToken."
"Fortinet FortiToken is used for double factor authentication."
"One of the issues that we used to have was with profiling because we're working with a service provider that uses a lot of bring your own devices."
"The initial setup process is complex since there are so many big components."
"Troubleshooting and multi-ISE can be challenging with the solution."
"The price here in Brazil is very expensive."
"Deploying to a machine, as opposed to a dedicated appliance, can be a bit difficult."
"On the network services devices, when you click on filter, the filter comes up. However, when I type in a search and I want to click on something it defaults back to the main page. I keep having an issue with that, and I'm not doing anything wrong."
"Also, the menus could have been much simpler. There are many redundant things. That's a problem with all Cisco solutions. There are too many menus and redundant things on all of them."
"The web interface needs improvement. The new web interface that they have is not as easy to manage and we find it to be very slow."
"The tool could be a little cheaper."
"Its reporting should be better. The reporting feature is missing. I don't have any reporting of who has done what, what has failed, and what didn't work."
"It could be integrated better if you could have your FortiToken, and the license would allow you to work across multiple FortiGate solutions."
"Configuration can be confusing due to the lack of community and context-sensitive help. We've had to rely on technical support, which slows down the setup process."
"The solution could introduce a mobile application instead of a physical product."
"I would like to see complete OAuth support. Also, if they can support it from a SaaS (Software as a Service) or cloud platform, that would be great."
"Fortinet FortiToken should improve its push notifications."
"We can only use the tool with the FortiToken Mobile app."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 135 reviews while Fortinet FortiToken is ranked 4th in Authentication Systems with 20 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiToken is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiToken writes "A stable and scalable solution that provides an affordable and perpetual license". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas Fortinet FortiToken is most compared with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Microsoft Entra ID, Cisco Duo, Yubico YubiKey and CyberArk Privileged Access Manager.
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