The initial setup was simple and straightforward. It wasn’t difficult at all.

I wasn’t a part of the initial setup and we tried to switch since the first time the person deployed it. In FortiGate, he used the wrong setting and the wrong methodology. We had to try to make some changes without creating any issues with the production.

It is very easy when you start at the beginning. It is not long to deploy.

Initial setup would be better if it was automated. It will take a couple of minutes to set up a VPN. If there are more than 100 or 1,000 users in an organization, you can multiply that number with the number of employees.

The number of people needed for maintenance depends on the deployment. For our organization, there are 10 people managing it. There are some projects that I'm single-handedly managing, so I am doing the Fortinet firewall's configuration, the VPN configuration, and site to site VPN for the client's VPN. There are some instances where I require more support from my team. It depends on the deployment and the project on which we're working.

The solution is simple. It's not overly complex. 

It's just three clicks, and it is installed. It doesn't take long at all. 

We have about seven team members that can handle deployment and maintenance tasks. 

The initial setup process for the solution is straightforward. The initial setup was done one year ago.

Several steps need to be followed to deploy the solution. Firstly, the software required for the solution needs to be installed. Once the software is installed, the server name needs to be provided where the software will be deployed. Additionally, the network needs to be configured by specifying the IP addresses and gateway addresses to establish connectivity.

The initial setup is easy to use, which makes the deployment very quick.

For our company's remote workforce environment, Fortinet FortiClient is installed on every single laptop of our employee who wants a connection while working from home. My company has deployed the product manually.

Fortinet FortiGate has a library on the internet from where users can see videos of any configuration they want to know about Fortinet products. Fortinet has archived materials that are very easily available on the internet. I viewed the online videos and started the deployment of the tool.

The product's initial setup phase is easy.

For deployment, you have to install and set up the .exe file and connect it with the FortiClient server, after which you configure the server policy. It will then sync the whole antivirus database, and you can use it.

The solution can be deployed in five to ten minutes.

It is relative to your internal team competencies, and generally easier than other competitors.

The tool's deployment is not complicated. Fortinet FortiClient's team is helpful in that regard. 

The setup, the design, and the deployment are pretty straightforward.

The deployment can happen in just a matter of hours. 

How many people you need for maintenance depends on the organization's size. It can be done by one person.

The initial setup is not very simple. 

The time it takes to deploy depends on the environment. If you are adding some rules in, it could take a few hours. If you have everything organized ahead of time and you have all of the rules decided beforehand, it is pretty easy. An implementation like that can go pretty fast. 

We required two people to handle the setup process. It's completely configurable. We were able to have everything up and running in two or three days. It's pretty straightforward and doesn't take a long time. Our network administrators handled the setup. We have two people handling maintenance.

I was in the company when they were refreshing the hardware. I handled the setup. It's not very straightforward in that there are many steps involved. You have to define the separate routing and then deal with the portal for separate applications, and then have a policy for that. It took one or two days to do the deployment. 

We only need two people to maintain the solution internally. 

I think FortiClient is very easy to configure, definitely. That is the VPN only. There is also an option to use FortiClient as an antivirus solution and it is also free. Some of my colleagues told me that they are using FortiClient already for an antivirus solution. I have not yet used that or tried to configure it so I do not know if that is more complicated.  

The initial setup is very easy and quite straightforward.

If you are an experienced network engineer then you can easily configure that to a VPN feature in less than half an hour.

I haven't handled the initial setup personally. Usually, it's handled by my IT team. They are the ones that install it for me. I don't know whether it's complex, or not. However, from my point of view, sometimes I've heard that it has failed, and therefore it's possible it's quite complex.

Since I didn't handle the initial setup, and can't speak to how much time the deployment actually took.

I rate the ease of setup an eight out of ten. The deployment takes two hours.

Fortinet FortiClient's initial setup is quite simple.

The initial setup on the server side is very easy. 

The setup steps include installing the solution on the server, configuring any ports or IPs, creating an installer to run on user systems, and then deploying the solution on the user side. 

Deployment on the user side can be done manually if there are few users. Our clients have thousands of users so we push the installer through ED by creating group profiles that contain specific policies. 

Users receive policy updates that administrators want to push to them. 

Two people participated in the deployment and three people handle any daily work and maintenance. 

We are network engineers and found the process to be very simple and straightforward. 

I can't recall how long it took to have everything set up and deployed. It wasn't that long. 

The initial setup is very easy. You can perform the initial setup as the user, installing the application on the endpoint and assigning it. Then, configure the firewall and set up your gateway. After that, you can add and monitor your endpoints through your firewall.

If you have the licensing and highly vulnerable documents, you can implement it quickly.

FortiClient was pre-installed on my machine.  It is deployed both on-premises and cloud environments. 

The initial setup is quite easy. It's not so much about the technical staff as it is about the initial configuration on the firewall side. This includes setting up certificates for secure connections and creating groups for users. It requires understanding what is needed for each group and user and then configuring it accordingly. If it's a new deployment, it's quite easy. However, it could be more difficult if you need to replicate it from other systems.

It was straightforward. 

I find the solution very easy to set up as I am knowledgeable. 

The solution can be deployed in ten minutes. If you need to configure something, it might take five minutes more on a new computer. 

The deployment is very easy. You simply download the solution from Fortinet, and the installation software is simple to click through, so long as you don't need too many configurations. 

The setup is straightforward.

The initial setup was straightforward.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward, since even Cisco can use a called SDM when it comes to FortiGate supporting a web interface. However, FortiGate is more convenient in some cases. 

In certain scenarios we would simply deploy FortiGate VPN, which we find to be comparatively more convenient, simple and stable than Cisco. I am talking about the FortiClient.

The solution may take new engineers some time to familiarize themselves with it, but it is, fortunately, close to Cisco in its concept. This means that if one has a background with Cisco, he can easily adopt all the functions and configuration procedures to the solution, including the command line from the FortiGate scenario.

The solution can initially be a pain for new users and may take around two weeks for one to properly familiarize himself with it. At this point, one can quickly understand the entire procedure.

The solution's initial setup is pretty straightforward.

It is easy to set up. You just download the client, and then you put your details in, and it takes you in. 

The initial setup is very straightforward.

The initial setup was straightforward and it took me about an hour to deploy the program on our premises. I did the deployment myself, because I am responsible for the IT operations.

The setup is straightforward for a VPN client. The deployment takes about ten minutes.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiClient is simple. 

It is straightforward. If you set up your environment correctly and it is centrally managed, it is just a matter of 10 to 15 minutes to set up a VPN connection to a new client. It is absolutely fast.

The installation was easy, we did not face any major issues. We had one small issue related to the proxy settings because we did not have a direct connection to the internet. When we applied the license to the FortiClient, we needed to connect through EMS. However, because we do not have a direct connection to the internet, we needed a proxy, but later resolved it. We created a service request ticket and they said that there was no proxy feature, that is why we created a second adapter and it allowed us to have internet. If there were proxy settings on their EMS, it would have been beneficial.

The initial setup was easy.

The initial setup was easy.

The initial setup was straightforward. It is very easy to set up. Even a person who does not know anything about firewalls will be able to set it up.

Deployment depends upon the strategy the customer requires. The setup can be complicated, but usually, it is straightforward. The implementation of a FortiGate firewall, usually, does not take more than three days. If you ensure that all the security policies are there and everything is there, it usually takes three days.

Setting up Fortinet FortiClient is straightforward and user-friendly. The app is easily accessible online, and configuring it is a breeze. For enterprise use, FortiManager streamlines infrastructure management with intuitive blade screens. Deployment involves parallel migration, allowing testing of functionalities before a full transition. The process is efficient, and even for firewall installations, it is manageable with minimal disruption.

The setup for FortiClient is really straightforward. 

I would say that the setup and initiation of all the VPN types is pretty simple. The setup depends on what the solution is. They have straightforward solutions for which they had to test a lot of support for matching purposes.

The initial setup was straightforward and took one day to complete.

The solution can be set up manually which can be quite complex on some operating systems because it requires a lot of manual settings. It can also be set up on Linux but they only support some distributions. 

The setup was managed by the infrastructure team. They just sent me a laptop with FortiClient already installed. 

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.

The solution's initial setup is straightforward. The product's deployment tool 20-30 minutes to complete. 

It's easy to implement. I'd rate it at a five out of five in terms of ease of execution.

In Windows 10 devices, the initial setup was okay. It is not really bad if you have access straight to the PC. Deploying unattended is a hard thing to do. Sometimes, it doesn't work using the GPO Active Directory.

Our deployment strategy is to install the solution in the lab using 10 devices, test all the policies, and after that deploy it to the whole company. The lab stage is really easy and is a nice experience. 

When you have a massive deployment, because most of the uses are not in the local area to be covered, deployment has to be done using remote access. That's a painful task. We have had to deploy 190 devices almost manually because they were not on the local network.

The initial setup was very straightforward. It was on demand. We would have our help desk level one technicians do the installation on the end user laptops. The deployment strategy was as needed or on demand. The deployment took half an hour of a level one technician's time.

We didn't have technical staff for this, it was a very simple software to deploy. We had a manual that we would give the users. It was a self-serve. Apart from our installation, it was very simple to use. It had a lot of options which we really didn't use like vulnerability assessment or patching. We just used it for remote access. 

Its deployment was complex and drawn out. It took a long time.

The initial set up is now straightforward. Previously, about three years ago, I needed to take instructions from the web on how to download this enterprise solution in order to find out how to implement it. Now it's much better.

Currently, we are considering the license extension and that seems straightforward.

You only need two people for maintenance once it is deployed. 

The solution does not require a lot of maintenance. You might just need an administrator to handle it. Occasionally when things stop working, we have them check what version they have as sometimes they need to upgrade it to the latest. However, in most cases, It's pretty maintenance-free.

Installation is standard. You can do the installation in-house. Deployment takes about five minutes.

You need a technical team of two or three engineers for installation.

Fortinet FortiClient is easy to install for end users.

I am used to working with firewalls, so it is easy for me.

As per my experience, Fortinet has the simplest way of making deployments compared to other products and companies like Sophos. It is very simple and predictable. Just follow the simple steps and — one, two, three — the firewall is ready to deploy. So you do not need to get more experience and you do not need to study up too much documentation or courses to determine how to configure it. All the information you need is available for free. The customer does not need a technical expert to configure and operate Fortinet products. But if the customer wants to configure competing products like Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto, and Sophos, they need the technical knowledge to configure the products to achieve proper functionality.  

FortiClient is very simple and user-friendly. The GUI is very user friendly and it is the simplest GUI compared to other vendor products. This is another plus point for Fortinet.  

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

Installation was easy.

The EMS is very simple to install. The product is very simple. 

Relatively straightforward 

The initial setup is straightforward.

It took about one week to deploy.

The initial setup is not as complex as other solutions.

You can deploy it easily, and you always have the technical support available should you need it.

The initial setup of this solution is easy.

The initial setup is straightforward. it was quite simple.

FortiClient was very easy to install and took about five minutes in total.

Setting up Fortinet was quite easy. I would say it took around two hours.

The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy to implement.

I completed the installation and deployment myself. It took approximately 15 minutes.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiClient is very easy.

The setup takes someone with more experience than I have a while, I imagine it is difficult.

The initial setup is very straightforward. The deployment took around 15 minutes. 

The initial setup was straightforward. 

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment only took a few minutes. 

The initial setup was probably more complex. The configuration was somewhat unclear.

The setup was simple and is easy to implement for many use cases.

The initial setup is straightforward. It's quite easy to setup.

It is easy to deploy FortiClient.

The initial setup was straightforward.