We are currently looking at alternatives like ManageEngine. Other solutions like Cisco Duo provide additional features along with 2FA. ManageEngine is cheaper than FortiAuthenticator.

For comparing or evaluating Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, the competitors I would normally expect to see would be RSA Security with their SecurID product. Also possibly, I would say that you would compare it against Duo or Okta.

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is better since it is very much use-case dependent. I think a Fortinet-heavy environment where the customer already has a lot of investment into Fortinet makes it easier since it integrates more closely with their network equipment, like their firewalls. Also, it does not always require an on-premise component to provide services like RADIUS.

As a Fortinet customer, the logical evaluation was FAC from the same vendor.

I've evaluated the difference between Fortinet and Cisco in the past.

We evaluated Palo Alto. It's easy to use, offers a lot of features in one box, and it's cost-effective. And the support is very good.

We did not evaluate other solutions before choosing Fortinet FortiAuthenticator.

Before using the FortiAuthenticator, we pushed out tokens via our main FortiGate.

We expect to do another installation, although this time it will be using the RADIUS server.

What our engineers say about FortiAuthenticator is that when compared with other vendors, it has not yet reached the same level.

ClearPass by Aruba and ISE by Cisco are the two main competitors in this space. To me ClearPass seams to be the most feature-rich solution for the price and vendor neutral as is FortiAuthenticator.

I have tried Cisco ISE. For state-of-the-art features, I would recommend Cisco ISE because of its brilliant features. But I would recommend FortiAuthenticator, if you are currently using FortiGate firewall and you seek a well-suited, complimentary NAC solution.

Due to problems that I've been having with the implementation, after perhaps two years I will be changing to another product.

We looked at FreeRADIUS and Ciso ISE.