We performed a comparison between CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I found most valuable in CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is the Session Manager as it allows you to split the connection between the administrator site and the target site. I also found the Password Manager valuable as it lets you rotate the passwords of privileged users."
"I like the integrations for external applications."
"With PAM in place, we've experienced a significant reduction in potential security breaches."
"I'm no longer the product owner for PAM, but I can say that the most useful feature is the vault functionality, which keeps all your passwords secure in a digital vault."
"It provides an accountability to the individuals who are using it, knowing that it is audited and tracked."
"All of the features of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager are valuable."
"We have demoted a lot of domain admins and taken a lot of that away from people, giving it a shared account structure."
"The fact that I can put my vault here in a central location on one net for example, and I'll have a CPM in California, a CPM in Texas, a CPM in New York, a CPM in Florida, and actually be able to grow with my company and not necessarily have to continue to grow my vault until I get to a certain number accounts - yet I can still manage everything across the country, if not the world - I love that. I love the flexibility and the capability of being able to pull those components out."
"The VPN connection is the feature that I like the most."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's easy to install and connect and has OTP on email IDs and two-factor authentication."
"What I like most about FortiClient is that it's easy to use. The way it displays information is very straightforward."
"The initial setup is easy. Our clients use the FortiClient EMS, which is the central console for installing FortiClient. It is easy and very user friendly."
"From Forticlient, the EMS, the central management is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass, single point of management."
"The product is user-friendly."
"EMS central reporting with fabric connectivity to FortiGate and FortiAnalyser is great and has seamless integration which makes managing 3000 devices a breeze."
"They can do a better job in the PSM space."
"For users to access a system via CyberArk Privileged Session Manager, a universal connector needs to be coded in a language called AutoIT and its support for web browsers is so-so. Other products like Centrify have browser plugins that can help automate the process when using their products."
"it manages creds based on Organizational Units. That is, a "safe" is limited to specific OUs. That makes for very elaborate OU structure, or you risk exposing too many devices by putting most of them in fewer OUs."
"The initial setup was somewhat complex."
"The initial setup was a bit complex."
"Online help needs to be looked into with live agent support."
"There should be more models and licensing plans for this software."
"We would like to expand the usage of the auto discovery accounts feed, then on our end, tie in the REST API for automation."
"The quality and response time of the support team must be improved."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"Cloud services are very expensive for us."
"Technical support is awful. Their online response time is not prompt. They should not respond after four or five days. Their support guys are not competent enough. Small issues are taking time."
"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly for users to do not have as much of a technical background."
"We've had some problems with having to remove the current version and either reinstalling an old version or updating to the new one."
"In the next release, I would like to see an additional layer of security added."
"It would be extremely useful to have an automatic updating feature."
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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is ranked 1st in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 142 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 16th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 85 reviews. CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager writes "Lets you ensure relevant, compliant access in good time and with an audit trail, yet lacks clarity on MITRE ATT&CK". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID, Delinea Secret Server, WALLIX Bastion and One Identity Safeguard, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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