Fortinet FortiMail Scalability

EG
Manager for Information Technology at BIC

The scalability is okay. I'd rate it seven out of ten. 

We have 800 users on the solution right now. It's used by everybody. The appliance can take up to 2,000 users and therefore we have plenty of room. We do not plan to increase usage. 

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Andras Solt - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Security at Groupama

It's mainly suited for mid-size companies, not for bigger companies like us. We are more than 1,000 people. In fact, we're over 2000 users, so that's why we investigated some other products, and Clearswift, for example.

We likely won't increase usage. We're looking at GFI in a year or so.

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Esteban Lora - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is a bit scalable. However, that's based on the size of the hardware that's available at the outset. If you are planning to install dedicated hardware, you need to size the device to meet the needs. 

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Ahmed-Dawood - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Oriental Weavers

Around 130 to 180 users are using Fortinet FortiMail in our organization.

I rate Fortinet FortiMail ten out of ten for scalability.

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Rias_Majeed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Exceed NetSec Computer Trd LLC

Regarding scalability, the challenge lies in the licensing model tied to the hardware appliance. The current setup necessitates choosing between a higher or lower capacity appliance, creating inefficiencies. For instance, if you opt for a smaller appliance designed for up to a hundred users and the client has fewer users, you end up paying for unused capacity. On the other hand, choosing a higher-level appliance for a larger user base may result in unnecessary excess capacity and costs. It would be advantageous if Fortinet could address this issue by offering more flexible licensing options. This way, clients could pay for the specific number of users they have without being constrained by preset appliance capacities. This adjustment would enhance the scalability and cost-effectiveness of Fortinet's email security solution.

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Letarik Terefe - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Project manager and Development Team Leader at Ethiopian Roads Administration

It is scalable. We are planning to upgrade it in the coming stages. 

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NN
Security Engineers at SARS

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Though unsure, more than 500 people in my organization use the solution.

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Syed-Ashraf - PeerSpot reviewer
National food at Qarshi industries pvt ltd

I would rate the scalability at seven. While FortiMail offers good security, there are areas where improvements can be made, particularly in content security and web security features.

I believe there is room for enhancement in the content security and web security features. These two aspects can be further developed to improve the overall scalability of the solution. We have more than 400 email users utilizing Fortinet FortiMail.

FortiMail handles email monitoring around the clock. It's a big version 24, and it's used over email traffic. We always monitor FortiMail over emails 24/7. All our emails go through FortiMail.

We are using it with 400 email boxes. In the future, we may increase it by 50 more users, and FortiMail is compatible with that. It meets our requirements, and there's no need to increase anything.

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MOHAN SUKUMAR - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of computer systems at Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology(IIST)

Scalability is poor for tools that are clubbed with hardware. 

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Oscar Mburu - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Admin at NCWSC

The solution is scalable because we were able to increase the number of emails without any issues and we can continue using the solution without any problems. We have approximately 3,500 users using this solution.

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Sachin Vinay - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Amrita

The solution is scalable. We have between 5,000 and 10,000 users using the solution in our organization.

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Samvel Gevorgyan - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and Managing Director at CYBER GATES

I would rate the solution's scalability an eight out of ten. 

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GeorgesNassif - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Triple C

Regarding scalability, we did not receive any case where we had to expand. I recommend the solution to businesses that range from small to medium, including those who do not have a very large environment. It is possible to scale it more since we have one enterprise where it is deployed at a large scale.

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FP
Head of Security Management at Ipko Telecommunications

Fortinet FortiMail is a scalable solution.

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Ahmed Hawana - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at IDSC

We have about 1,000 users on the solution currently.

I'm not sure if we plan to increase usage. I don't have visibility on those types of decisions.

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SM
Tecnical manager at Watronix Information Technology Ltd

It is a scalable solution.

My company caters to the needs of three or four customers of the solution.

My company's clients are mostly medium-sized enterprises.

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ZH
CEO at Prosperátor Kft.

I rate FortiMail's scalability a nine out of ten. My clients are typically medium to enterprise-sized businesses. Enterprise and medium businesses are not the same from a Fortinet point of view. Especially here in Hungary, which is a little country. When we consider a company enterprise-sized, it might be considered a medium-sized company in the international environment.

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Muhammad Kamran Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Information Security at NCCPL

It is a scalable solution. We have 3000 solution users in our organization.

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SomaiaNabil - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cybersecurity Presales at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I would rate scalability a six out of ten. It has a flexible model, and it is effective for small, medium, or large companies.

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Hani Asaad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Presales Consultant at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

The product is scalable.

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DD
ICT Manager at Nic. J. Theocarakis

I haven't checked the scalability, because we have bought the larger version, which is the 32 VMs. I think it's pretty scalable. We have around 400 users, basically everybody in the company and we use it as a gateway. It gets all the email and takes it from our mail servers. We have two people in the company maintaining the solution and two others monitoring things. 

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IA
Group IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This solution is scalable at the start. You don't have any boundaries for upgrading or downgrading.

The Virtual Machine can hold as much as you want, but of course, every Virtual Machine has its capacity. You cannot take the capacity that is needed now, but rather, you have to think forward. For example, maybe now you have twenty emails, but next year we're going to have fifty emails more, and you end up with seventy, so now you reach one hundred.

While every Virtual Machine has its limitations, the limitation of every Virtual Machine is large.

We do not plan to increase usage.

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MM
Network Administrator at Mahreq Group

We have about 300 users and we plan to increase our usage by opening new branches and new factories. So I believe the program is scalable. 

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Bruno Moreira - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Consultant at SigmaTelecom

I rate Fortinet FortiMail an eight out of ten for scalability. We are expanding our customer base with Fortinet FortiMail because security is now perceived as an investment in Brazil.

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SC
Owner at Ampec Data Service srl

In terms of the scalability of Fortinet FortiMail, it depends on the implementation because you have two types of implementation, the virtual machine, and the appliance.

If you're using the appliance, you have to think about the future, for example, maybe now the customer needs a certain level of traffic to be filtered, then in two or three years, the level of traffic needs to increase, so you have to propose a bigger machine that can handle the evolution in traffic.

In the VM implementation, you also need to take some steps, for example, you have to figure out the server type, number of CPUs, RAMs, and OPS requirements, based on the level of traffic and request level.

It's easier to upgrade or scale on VMs, even if the client requirements increase dramatically.

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Nikorn Soemklang - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Technical & Services at Bangkok Business Solutions

Currently, I'm using it for around 600 to 700 email users. It still performs quite well for me. There is no delay to speak of.

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MH
Senior Security Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We didn't need to think about scalability because we didn't have a use case.

We have 250 users in our company.

We are now using it for more than just email security. It functions as the SMCB Gateway, which is in another mode.

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Jean Youni - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre Sales Engineer at Triple C

Fortinet FortiMail is not scalable because once you connect to a model, you're stuck with it. It isn't a good fit for enterprise companies.

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ElisoBrito - PeerSpot reviewer
Analista de Suporte at NCT Informática

We have three organizations on the solution. there might be as many as 1,000 people across them. 

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SJ
Network Security Engineer at netfiniti

The solution is scalable, we are able to integrate other hardware, such as FortiGate 5, or other solutions we have in our organization.

We have approximately 2,000 people using this solution in my organization.

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FarooqKhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant VP Solution Departments at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

FortiMail is scalable.

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GS
Information Security Officer at State Audit Office

We have successfully used FortiMail for around 400 email users so far. It is very flexible.

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Ahmet Coruk - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-founder at Korunet

FortiMail is highly scalable. We've installed it in big government agencies without any problems.

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RS
Database/Server Specialist Computer Services at a university with 201-500 employees

It is very scalable and it does work well for what it's doing.

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WH
Cyber Security Solutions Manager at Summit Technology Solution

The product is definitely a scalable solution. For example, we have a customer — a very technical customer who recently expanded operations — and we managed to expand the solution to fit their new needs on request.

It is a very good solution compared to the competition due to the capacity of the appliance and the number or volume of emails it can handle. It is almost independent of the number of users. That's why it has a very good competitive advantage.

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JG
Cyber Security Analyst at Sixtema Spa

We currently have about 3,000 users on Fortinet, mostly customers. The solution is scalable.

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BA
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I haven't really looked at scalability. It fits my environment and my needs. But I do know that the hardware has limits and constraints. Even their smallest box can only support 150 mailboxes which is ridiculous.

Right now, we have around 600 users using this solution. Everybody's email goes through it. We require three admins for maintenance. 

We don't have any plans to upgrade it. 

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Samaiea Fernandes - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Procurement at Bytes & Pieces

The salability of Fortinet FortiMail is good.

We have approximately 20 people using this solution in my organization.

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VC
CEO & Technical Head Executive at ChellSoft Technologies

It's scalable.

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AV
Manager Information Technology and Technical at Amadeus Gulf

We don't have a big organization, but it has been flexible enough for us. 

We have approximately one hundred email addresses being filtered. We have perhaps seventy-five people, but some have multiple email accounts, and there are additional mailboxes for the business, as well.

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FM
Network and Communications Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability of the solution is good. We have more than 1,500 users. 

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HS
Group Senior Network Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The scalability of this product is very good. I mean, there may be a good competition that is better in this way, but I think it's a very strong product.

We are using actually 400 users. These 400 users have full feature access and can use the anti-spam, antivirus, and anti-phishing features. It would not be hard to add more users.

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MA
Network and System Administrator at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The scalability of the solution depends on the version you have. If you have the 200E it has a maximum of 150 users and the 1000D maximum is 1000. These versions are for small to medium-sized companies.

In the 200E version of Fortinet FortiMail we have approximately 70 users and in the 1000D version have approximately 600 users.

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SP
Security Team Leader at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This solution is very scalable.

The companies using this solution have between one hundred and two hundred people. We do plan to increase our usage of this solution.

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MA
Security Technical Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I have approximately 10 customers using this solution.

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DD
Owner at TECHNICOM

This solution is scalable.

We have 10 customers who have purchased it and we have two operators who work with the accounts.

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EK
Security Engineer at Eguardian lanka

FortiMail is scalable in my experience.

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AR
CSSRI with 201-500 employees

I am satisfied with both the scalability and the stability of this solution.

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EK
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The solution is very scalable. It can handle a lot of emails. We have about 2000 users here in Ghana.

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IQ
Branch Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The product is scalable.

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Buyer's Guide
Fortinet FortiMail
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiMail. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.