We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Authentication Systems solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Intuitive interface and easy to deploy."
"Enables easy integration, allowing for 2FA with our VPN."
"The most valuable feature is the OTP on the mobile phone."
"It integrates very tightly with the rest of the Fortinet ecosystem."
"We use this product for SSL two-factor authentication and FortiToken management."
"The first valuable feature is being able to see everything on one platform. This includes logs and authentication failure."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it easy to install. The user experience is very good."
"The two-step authentication provides a higher level of security."
"The two-factor authentication is most definitely valuable and moves us closer to being able to check off those important boxes for compliance."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"It is easy to use."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"The VPN we are using is good and working quite well."
"Other than it provides us with remote access, so it's fairly easy to install, fairly easy to set up, and provides us the ability to get into our corporate environment."
"If you want some other FortiAuthenticator from one site to another site, you should have requirements, but really if you have authentication and directory or another solution, you should change the password of the authenticator between the solution and the directory and other things. So transfer of data and other information should be simpler."
"The technical support team is bad."
"Fortinet FortiAuthenticator's initial setup process could be easier."
"The only issue I encounter is that when not using FortiAuthenticator for an extended period, it's typical to encounter some obstacles in the configuration process that you need to address."
"There are multiple areas that are in need of improvement. It is not a mature product."
"It would be helpful to receive a code by yourself for authentication instead of it registered to a phone."
"Integration with some other enterprise applications could be improved."
"The speed of deployment on the cloud could be improved. It took a few days when it should have been just two days"
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"It gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access."
"If they had dashboards or a report for managers or executives, then it would allow them to see the status and have it make sense to them."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 3rd in Authentication Systems with 52 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 15th in Authentication Systems with 15 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Microsoft Entra ID and Cisco Duo, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID and Symantec Advanced Authentication. See our Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs. Symantec VIP Access Manager report.
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