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."The solution's most valuable aspect is that it easy to install. The user experience is very good."
"Enables easy integration, allowing for 2FA with our VPN."
"I work a lot with Fortinet products and I call the support often. They are very quick to respond and the support is very good."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator are easy to configure, secure, and the application has good performance."
"The product is good, cost-effective, and functionally efficient."
"The solution is very easy to manage."
"It integrates very tightly with the rest of the Fortinet ecosystem."
"The VPN we are using is good and working quite well."
"It is easy to use."
"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."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"It's a good tool. It's pretty straightforward."
"The two-factor authentication is most definitely valuable and moves us closer to being able to check off those important boxes for compliance."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"We had issues trying to integrate the keys properly during the initial setup."
"The product must provide full support for third-party FIDO security keys."
"I would like to see some email options for Fortinet FortiAuthenticator."
"It does the job I paid for, but the graphical interface could be improved."
"I would like to see more security features in reference to identity login or identity identification."
"Fortinet FortiAuthenticator's initial setup process could be easier."
"Integration with FortiGate could be more fluid."
"The integration with third-party tools must be better."
"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."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"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."
"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."
"Geofencing needs improvement."
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
"In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access."
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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