Fortinet FortiClient Other Advice

FrançoisNolin - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity architect at Alithya

I administrate FortiGate.

Within my new job, I am trying to be a partner with FortiGate and FortiClient to sell it to other clients. I have to get my certification just to be expert

I’d advise users to just look into best practices. Maybe try to join a training session. You can also simply go on the internet and try to find the best practices that make sense for you.

I’d rate the solution eight out of ten.

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RS
Senior Network Consultant at Visionet Systems Inc.

I would rate this solution as eight out of ten. 

If there was an automation feature and it was more secure, I would rate it as 10 out of 10. 

I would recommend this solution to others. We had some incidents and were asked to provide solutions to some of our commercial clients. We provided Fortinet. We shortlisted the firewall and gave them a technical solution.

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BS
IT Manager at SAI Systems

I'm a customer and end-user. 

We had the solution deployed on-premises and on the cloud. We have a cloud-based appliance and physical appliances in each of our offices too. When our office wants to connect to Azure's cloud, we use the Fortinet appliance on the cloud to get connected and have the VPN established.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. I'd recommend it to others any day of the week. 

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Fortinet FortiClient
March 2024
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Ganesh Khutwad - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Rich Products

I used Fortinet FortiClient for cryptography, which is something one can achieve faster over the solution. An alternative solution to consider is Cisco OpenConnect. It's important to consider the requirements of its users because, ultimately, everyone goes for a different redundancy. Fortinet FortiClient and Cisco OpenConnect are VPN solutions that can establish secure connections with other individuals or networks. They are both available as open-source resources.

Since I am not from the procurement side, I cannot recommend the solution to anyone from my end. However, from a technical perspective, I will be in a position to comment. Overall, I rate this solution seven and a half out of ten.

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Socipart67 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at TiThink

We are Fortinet partners. 

We're using the latest version of the solution. We renewed our hardware just last year. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. I'd rate the product nine out of ten. 

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Zsolt Zalka - PeerSpot reviewer
Corporate IT Manager at PRopex Furnishing Solutions

Overall, it’s a good product. I'd rate it a nine out of ten. 

It’s great if you have other Fortigate products.

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Rui Ribeiro - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Technology at Banco Millennium Atlântico

The solution offers great 365 views, impressive reporting, and good product integration.

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AO
Network Infrastructure Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

We're a customer and end-user. 

We are using the latest version of the product. 

I don't interact it on a day-to-day basis. I'm not technical. 

I appreciate Fortinet as one of the industry leaders, and its product portfolio is very extensive. 

I'd recommend the solution. Fortinet is an industry leader. It is known especially for the FortiGate Firewall. 

We have not yet exhausted their entire portfolio. Still, I have a lot of respect for Fortinet. I will highly recommend them, whether it's a cloud solution or it's a network security solution, or an endpoint security solution. 

I would rate the solution six out of ten. It's still early days and I haven't looked at it exhaustively. 

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Sachin Vinay - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Amrita

I'm a customer and end-user.

I can't say which version number we are on at this time. We're likely on the most up-to-date version.

We like that the solution provides us with a more secure feeling. Also, client connectivity is not that difficult to configure. With the DNA in FortiClient, we can directly use the server from home. It is completely user-friendly and less time-consuming. Users can improve their production time greatly.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

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GG
Security architect at ASD

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

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ET
Enterprise Solutions Consultant at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

We're using the latest version of the solution. 

We use the solution personally as our clients use the product. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. I'd recommend the solution to others. It is a very good product. OpenVPN is also quite a good solution as well. 

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Mohd FauzanRahim - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Measat Broadcast Network System

We are customers and end-users. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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ME
AGM at Partex Star Group

I can definitely encourage other people to use the FortiClient VPN. FortiClient is a pretty great solution for the VPN.  

On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I can rate FortiClient as a seven-out-of-ten from my experience with this product over the past six months.  

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MZ
IT Director at Guangdong Technion Institute of Technology

If you are thinking to adopt the Fortinet SSL VPN, you have to consider the security level, because, by default, FortiClients can only integrate with FortiToken with a very limited license that will give you two. You can purchase additional FortiToken licenses for the MFA, or you can change to another solution, or the final option is to have the security level compromised, where the users just have user passwords to get authenticated.

If users share their password with other users then the account is compromised. You cannot use multifactor authentication to prevent or to mitigate that risk. If you choose to use FortiClient you have to consider that feature.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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Sutjipto Budiman - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Widya Presisi Solusi

We are Fortinet partners.

I would recommend the solution to other users and companies. It's a very useful tool and I have enjoyed working with it. It meets our expectations.

I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

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Luca Toni - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security and Privacy at AD2000 Srl

I would not recommend Fortinet FortiClient to other users because of its low visibility of end-user actions.

Overall, I rate Fortinet FortiClient a seven out of ten.

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Furqan Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Pronet

The solution is moving toward stability so I recommend it.

I rate the solution a six out of ten. 

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BA
System Engineer at ALLOT

We are resellers of Fortinet products. However, we've only resold FortiGate products, not FortiClient. 

The FortiClient VPN is deployed on the machines in Windows. I'm not sure which version we're using. 

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. So far, everything has been good. It's a great way to connect remotely; people should use it for that. I'd recommend people use it. 

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AshirbadDasmohapatra - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer - Work Modernization at Searce Inc

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten because it has been very stable for me.

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GS
Information Security Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It definitely fulfills the purpose. It does a lot of things. I'm specifically using it for web filtering and VPN, but it also has other features. The zero-trust network feature is one of them. I haven't yet tried their zero network policies, and that's something that I'm now looking into. They claim to have fantastic features there, and that's the next one for me to try.

They also have an antivirus, but because we already have a Microsoft one, I just didn't give it a try. It is a part of the huge list of its benefits.

I would rate it a nine out of 10.

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MT
Technical Director at Kaldera Ltd

I would rate this solution eight out of ten. 

I would recommend this solution to others.

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SS
IT Security Analyst with 11-50 employees

I would rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten. It's so easy to use. I just wish the reports were a little easier to use.

We are going through a growth spurt, buying up many little offices. FortiClient integrated with VeloCloud allows us to convert them fast, and that's our end game.

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MY
Senior Network Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I would recommend the solution to others, even when it comes to my friend, who has a small business, for which FortiGate compares more favorably than that of Cisco. If having a fancy system is not important to the person, but he is simply looking for a workable and stable solution, then FortiGate is the way to go. 

I rate Fortinet FortiClient as a nine out of ten. 

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Nyiko M - PeerSpot reviewer
Client Services Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Overall, I rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

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AICARDO Sylvain - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engeneer at Inatum

I rate Fortinet FortiClient a seven out of ten.

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JL
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

It is a good solution, and we don't have any plans to switch to another solution. It is simple to use, simple to download, and reliable. It is the best VPN client I've used.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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MR
Owner at Mar Consulting Services

The biggest lesson I've learned with this solution is just keep the documentation up to date.

I would give this solution a nine out of ten.

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JS
IT Engineer at BAZ

I would rate it a seven out of ten. My advice to others would be that they should standardize whatever they are running on their environment. If they are going for FortiClient, especially the 6.2 version, they need to standardize or upgrade their computer to standard specifications. I will also advise them to read the instructions so that they don't have any issues when they deploy FortiClient. They should plan accordingly before deploying FortiClient. Once they are sure about the policies they want to implement, they can proceed and deploy FortiClient. That would save them on deployment time and on troubleshooting if things go wrong. Proper planning is required before the deployment of FortiClient.

One of the biggest lessons I learned after a long struggle, was when some of my users were being denied access to a certain website some were marked as malicious and some were not suitable for viewing. My initial thought was that the firewall was the problem and that it was blocking all these users from accessing these websites. But I later realized that it wasn't the firewall blocking them, but FortiClient.

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AS
Senior Network Engineer at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

This product is not terrible, but I don't have any basis in which to say that it is good.

Because we don't really have any problems with it, I would rate this product a ten out of ten.

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SH
General Manager IT at Chase Up

I recommend this solution to others because it is simple and secure, we depend on it.

I rate Fortinet FortiClient a ten out of ten.

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RS
CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I would totally recommend it. The stability of the connection is great. The performance is also great, and I don't see any big improvements that are necessary. 

I would rate it an 8 out of 10. I haven't seen a software I would give a 10 because 10 would just mean that the company can just sit back and do nothing else in the future.

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Sutjipto Budiman - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Widya Presisi Solusi

I rate the overall product a seven out of ten. 

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TS
Technical Manager at Aeruma

We are partners. I will recommend the tool to others. It is easy to integrate with FortiGate. We can use policies for endpoint protection. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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BS
Principal Software Engineer at Infopulse

If your employees might have a weak internet connection (for instance, mobile) think twice before choosing this configuration. If you decide to have FortiClient, never use the WebFilter component. Even Microsoft analog works better (if you really need it).

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SK
Infrastructure Specialist at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

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SI
Cyber Security Senior Specialist at MilliKart llc

I rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

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DY
Senior Director, Technical Support and Product Development at Exclusive Networks

Fortinet has acquired a company called enSilo, which is into EDR. As a result, Fortinet basically has EPP as well as EDR. Generally, a lot of EPPs cannot coexist, but Fortinet EPP and EDR can coexist, so that's a plus.

I would rate Fortinet FortiClient a nine out of ten. It's very popular and easy to use. That's why I have stayed with Fortinet FortiClient for ten years.

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Moeed  Mahmood - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Chase Up

For endpoint protection, I find the vulnerability scanner provided by the tool to be very effective. The web filter and application control filter are very good in the product. The tool offers timely remediation plans. It detects viruses and trojan attacks actively and is very responsive, making it a very good software.

The VPN feature of the tool has increased network security since it helps the tool provide protection whenever users want to access the local network from the internet, and users need to apply only those resources to which they access be provided. It is very easy to handle the tool from the firewall and Fortinet FortiClient VPN, as well as Fortinet FortiClient Endpoint Security. The tool can provide a very comprehensive protection to secure your data and and deal with security breaches.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it since it is a very good product, especially if you use the firewall products offered by Fortinet. People can go with Fortinet FortiClient Endpoint Security since it is very easy to manage your local PCs, local endpoints, and external and internal networks. The tool single-handedly manages your firewall, making it very easy to manage the network.

The product can handle cybersecurity threats, especially if you have a hold on your endpoints and servers. On a single-click page, the tool allows you to detect vulnerabilities and active threats and block them or quarantine them with a single click.

The product is beneficial if you use the firewall product offered by Fortinet FortiGate since it acts as a centralized tool to handle all the endpoints in your network from a single server. You can see the traffic and see what is going out or what is coming in, and also handle the inventory of your network, like how many PCs are infected, making it a solution that is quite easy to use.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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PS
Manager at Inspira Enterprise

I would rate FortiClient nine out of ten.

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Alessandro Povero - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineering Specialist at ATECH – NEGÓCIOS EM TECNOLOGIA S/A

I would give FortiClient a rating of nine out of ten.

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EG
Senior Information Security Consultant at Future Telecom

If you want to know the product, or if you do not want to rely on the support, then you have to master the product. Basically, you should know in and out of the product, and you should have extensive knowledge about it. You'll get that knowledge only by working, provided you have the right tools to understand. I learned this tool by using it and going through the knowledge base. They have a knowledge base website, which has almost everything. You just need to apply a little bit of logic to understand what it is. I did not use technical support for help.

We don't require anything extra because it has everything that is needed for current infrastructures. Whether it is the cloud infrastructure or the on-premises infrastructure, they have got everything inside it. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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RW
Software Analyst at Altron

The product works fine and I have never had any problems with it. 

I would rate this solution as an eight out of ten.

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CJ
Chief Executive Officer at Clemtech LLC

For one looking for a secure virtual private network that maintains connectivity and has future development for next generations of VPN, the solution is a good place to start. 

I rate Fortinet FortiClient as a nine out of ten. 

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AN
Project Manager at Stockholm School Of Economics

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

The solution requires only one person for maintenance. I recommend this solution to anyone looking for cybersecurity.

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BT
Chief Security Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I rate this solution six out of 10. 

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HetulPatel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior data engineer at Tiger Analytics

I rate FortiNet FortiClient eight out of 10.

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Beomo Mathumo - PeerSpot reviewer
IT DevOps Engineer at Rpc Data

I would rate the product a five out of ten. We plan to discard the product and use OpenVPN. I wouldn't recommend this product to other users. 

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JJ
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

It's a little harder to deploy on Mac devices. When I installed FortiClient, it didn't even work at the beginning. The user experience in Mac to check the antivirus and antispyware protection is not good.

In order to work with FortiClient very well, you need to deploy the VPNs through FortiGate. So those who would like to use Fortinet FortiClient would need to evaluate the bandwidth capacity and how they are going to use a feature that's called split tunneling. That's the main thing they have to consider in order to design their requirements for the person who is going to develop and implement it on the customer's side.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Fortinet FortiClient at eight.

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RR
Cybersecurity Engineer at GFR Media

I would advise someone considering this solution to use as much functionality as possible on the endpoint. 

I would rate it a seven out of ten. It fills remote access needs. I give it a seven because of the issues we had between IPsec and SSL. I also give it a seven for its cost, which is very low. It was a good product while I had it.

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NH
Director of Information Technology at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees

I would recommend this solution. They are developing more EDP as it comes out, and they are staying on track with their development side and current trends. 

I would recommend others to talk to Fortinet Professional Services before using a local professional. What we found as part of our long implementation was that the local professionals generally have a very good grasp of one area but not in bringing the fabric together, where you have the EMS, Folder Manager, Sandbox, all the firewalls, and other things coming together. There may be some out there who are good at it, but we ran into a number that didn't have a grasp across the whole thing, and we ended up talking directly to Fortinet Professional Services.

I would rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

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VS
ICT Officer at a non-profit with 5,001-10,000 employees

The functionality of the solution is pretty good. I think with every version the solution gets dramatically better.

I would rate the solution eight out of ten.

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AP
Junior Network Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We’re integrators and resellers.

I don't have the full version, though, as we don't run EMS. However, one of our clients does.

There's a lot of good documentation. Just Google it. You can find what you need about the solution.

I’d rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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Benny Sumitro - PeerSpot reviewer
GM Technical Management at PT. DATACOMM DIANGRAHA

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

I would recommend this solution for people who want to start using it.

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Ahmet Coruk - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-founder at Korunet

I rate Fortinet FortiClient a ten out of ten.

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GS
Sr. Manager at Emirates Technology Solutions

I would recommend this solution. It works, and we are okay with it.

I would rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

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it_user1204620 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network & Security Solution Architect Consultant at Corenet Inc

My advice to Fortinet is that they should make a change to FortiClient pricing. They should have a renewal price that is lower than the new purchase price. They should include the price bundle as a renewal price, like say you were purchasing UTM (Unified Threat Management) next year for support. They should include a renewal process in their pricing scheme, and not just treat all purchasing as a new contract.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate FortiClient as an eight-out-of-ten.  

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it_user1140780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

When it comes to Fortinet, the users are not a big fan of their current model. Bit by bit, they pull you into to buying the entire security fabric. You have to buy a lot of product, and a lot of licenses, to enable all of the features which will help you to secure your environment. This is unlike other solutions, where you have the ability to buy a particular product and it will do its job from the start to the end.

I'm thinking that they are trying to move to the McAfee model, where everything is a separate license that needs to be added. You have to buy a lot of product to get the perfect solution. 

For me, the suitability of a solution often comes down to the price. Nobody is going to complain about the installation. I will design the solution and it will be the most secure solution, ever.

I would rate this solution a four out of ten.

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Janderson Mira - PeerSpot reviewer
Diretor Técnico at TND Brasil

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

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FN
Security Engineer at OFIS TECHNOLOGIES

The solution is on-premises and we have our own server. 

We have a database server and, for the moment, I don't have any issues with its resources. Perhaps, in the future, this will change. 

I would recommend the solution to others without hesitation. It works very well. The EMS is very nice. 

I rate Fortinet FortiClient as an eight out of ten. 

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MS
Lead Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I would advise looking into the EMS feature we are considering it right now, it is worth investing into. In the free base solution for FortiClient, you do not get to customize your VPN solution in the with the client. The current versions that are available for FortiClient they are quite old. If you want to use the solution to its potential, get the Enterprise Management System (EMS). Additionally, purchase the customization of the FortiClient tool, it is also beneficial.

I gave this solution a seven out of ten because I would say its stability needs serious improvements, but on the upside it is relatively cheap to implement and free for basic features also well integrated into the Fortinet solution. To get my scoring up to a ten they need to have better stability.

I rate Fortinet FortiClient a seven out of ten.

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Steven Hall - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Consulting at Acurus

I can recommend FortiClient to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate FortiClient an eight out of ten. Nothing ever gets a ten. That would mean that it's perfect and there is no room for improvement. That is never the case with anything in life.

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AT
Workplace Support Services at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

In terms of a traditional VPN, I can recommend this product.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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MY
Network Security Manager at Onix-it solutions

This is a solution that I recommend.

While there are some issues that need to be fixed, they are minor.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

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RJ
Director at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

It's a good online solution.

We are using it less now that we're almost back in the office. I don't think there was anything we missed while using it.

It's a very good product, I would rate Fortinet FortiClient a nine out of ten.

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DD
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I would give it eight out of 10 with the VPN. Without the VPN, I would maybe rate it a seven. One of the main selling points is that it integrates all that stuff together.

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KM
Systems Engineer at Vernity

I would recommend that you have good preparation, and look into Fortinet Cookbook. You will have much more.

I would rate Fortinet FortiClient a ten out of ten.

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BK
IT Manager/systems engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I would recommend this solution, but it depends on the expectations of the users. There are so many solutions like Sophos and Palo Alto. We are looking for an extended solution to prevent unwanted problems with viruses on the internet. We would like to implement extended web security for other users, but we have a limited budget. We would like to implement FortiClient or Trend Micro USB key locket. We are expecting to get the price for Fortinet as well as Trend Micro endpoint security for about a hundred users.

I would rate Fortinet FortiClient a seven out of ten.

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MB
Senior Engeneer

I would recommend this solution to others because it is very good.

I rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

I would rate the solution higher if the solution has better compatibility with the mobile application.

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NG
Systems Administrator at a international affairs institute with 201-500 employees

My advice to those wanting to implement this solution is they have to build the infrastructure for Fortinet rather than only do the endpoint by itself. Use the other Fortinet offerings together if you want to benefit the most.

I rate Fortinet FortiClient a nine out of ten.

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SA
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I would rate it a nine out of ten. Not a ten because nothing is perfect. 

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VM
Presales Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

As with every significant installation, you have to plan well and be aware of your needs. A part of that is checking which features are supported and which are not supported.

I rate the solution nine out of 10. 

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RD
Systeem / Netwerkbeheerder at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

It's a good solution. It works fine. It's the right solution if you use Fortinet. If we didn't have Fortinet, we wouldn't use it. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

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BR
CTO at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

It has improved our security posture by having this additional product.

Be open to what is out there. This particular solution is good, but there are other solutions out there that may make more sense for what you are trying to achieve.

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SK
Network Security Engineer at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees

I would recommend this solution to others because it is easy to use and it detects threats well.

I rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

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DY
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We are evaluating solutions to enhance the protection for the endpoint that has been installed on laptops or PCs, for when they take the laptop or PC out of our office and connected it to the internet.

We want to find a comfortable solution for the ACL or EDR.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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it_user1135854 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Engineer at soulco

We are using the on-premises deployment model.

I would recommend the solution. You can use it anytime, anywhere, even from the beach if you wanted to.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. It's very functional.

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YR
Manager IT at OTE

I would recommend FortiClient. This is a really good security product in the market.

They have good products which they are improving.

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SK
Network Security Engineer at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees

In summary, this is a good product and I can recommend it to others.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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it_user873078 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support with 51-200 employees

Our most important criteria when selecting a vendor are going to be price and manageability.

I would rate this solution as a seven because it worked fine, but things changed.

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SHUBHAM BHINGARDE - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at CDAC

Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

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Buyer's Guide
Fortinet FortiClient
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiClient. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.