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Amazon WorkMail vs FormGet vs Fortinet FortiMail Cloud comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkMail is 7.0%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of FormGet is 2.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is 3.6%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Email Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon WorkMail7.0%
Fortinet FortiMail Cloud3.6%
FormGet2.5%
Other86.9%
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Featured Reviews

Ramkumar  Kolpurath - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder & CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Seamless email communication improves cost-effectiveness and security with valuable tracking features
The features of Amazon WorkMail that I have found the most valuable so far include sending emails and tracking whether the email is read or not. I find the feature that checks how many emails have been successfully sent and how many of them have been opened very useful, because in our application, we know the usage of the emails. The encryption of emails, both in transit and at rest, has benefited our security strategy as it is a layer of security that provides us better confidence for customers and also internally tracks the security aspects. The encryption meets my expectations.
reviewer1766685 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Marketing Manager at a translation and localization position with 51-200 employees
Cost effective communication solution that has added value to our projects by facilitating automated and ad hoc customer communication
Reporting for this solution could be improved. For example, when you run A/B tests or MVT tests with multiple variants, then it is difficult to get a consolidated report. There are limitations on how to use the automation. The sending of messages could be more transactional as it is only possible to synchronize one per day.
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Senior Network Security Engineer at Vibs
Provides solid functionality and allows room for enhancing content management and support services
They can improve their CDR content profile and some anti-spam features. They don't have any direct script to run to add personalization, and we have to do it manually one by one. There are many tasks which we have to complete individually. We can't import files into the Fortinet FortiMail Cloud sensors. That's a drawback, as they need to provide a feature to import files. We can make the format, but we cannot import the file into Fortinet FortiMail Cloud. Additionally, in Fortinet FortiMail Cloud, not in FortiSandbox, they need to improve the block and allow list functionality to block URLs and allow specific types of URLs or regex.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Amazon WorkMail integrates with Route 53 and other AWS services, providing a seamless experience when using AWS infrastructure."
"It is highly available and scalable, and it is also highly reliable; I don't lose any of the messages or emails because if there is an issue where the email sent operation failed, Amazon as a platform ensures that the send operation is retried and the email reaches its destination."
"We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing."
"The most valuable feature of the Amazon WorkMail for me is the SMC server. It makes my work much easier, especially since I often work with Spring Boot. There are many built-in APIs in Spring Boot that help with messaging. What I appreciate about it is that it simplifies the process. I don't need to write much code; I define the credentials in my properties or environment variables. The Java Message API, an internal API from Spring Boot, does most of the work. I set up the properties and connected them to the SMC server, and I can send emails."
"The encryption of emails, both in transit and at rest, has benefited our security strategy as it is a layer of security that provides us better confidence for customers and also internally tracks the security aspects."
"Amazon SES is very easy to configure."
"There is no need for me to set up security."
"The most valuable thing is that emails sent through SES have a delivery rate of greater than ninety percent."
"We use this solution for user onboarding via email automation and to send out product update newsletters. We also use it send out maintenance messages or ad hoc communication focused on a specific topic."
"We use this solution for user onboarding via email automation and to send out product update newsletters, and we also use it to send out maintenance messages or ad hoc communication focused on a specific topic."
"One of the most beautiful benefits is its integration, as it can seamlessly integrate with any third-party email servers."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"With Office 365, I would recommend using this solution as there would be no problem and everything will be taken care of."
"This solution is stable; this is a cloud-based solution with a data center, so if site one goes down then site two will continue, and it is always available."
"The most valuable features are the low price and its ability to integrate with other Fortinet products."
"It is a good solution and a good choice."
"The most valuable feature is the advanced threat protection."
 

Cons

"The product should improve technical support."
"It would be ideal to have detailed data and reporting on email opens, clicks, bounces, and other metrics, as well as integration with other business intelligence tools."
"There is room for improvement in the scalability."
"When we first set up an email on Amazon SES, they had to verify it, which was not fast enough."
"Email service is definitely a requirement from an enterprise standpoint. Many organizations have their own on-premise email services, which take a lot of memory, backup, and other resources. If we can have a completely managed backup solution where we have a tiered backup or a tiered archival to be able to retrieve emails, it would be great. I would like to be able to retrieve emails in real-time (hot retrieval), over the 90-days period (warm retrieval), and over the one-year period (cold retrieval). It would be useful to have tiered backup and retrieval. It would help us in managing emails better and have a better backup solution. So, backup is something that we require."
"There is room for improvement in the support. It's just that customer support, though good, takes time to resolve issues."
"If we can have a completely managed backup solution where we have a tiered backup or a tiered archival to be able to retrieve emails, it would be great."
"It would be nice if they had a what you say is what you get editor to build newsletters like MailChimp has."
"Reporting for this solution could be improved. For example, when you run A/B tests or MVT tests with multiple variants, then it is difficult to get a consolidated report."
"Reporting for this solution could be improved. For example, when you run A/B tests or MVT tests with multiple variants, then it is difficult to get a consolidated report."
"Fortinet policies add an extra load to the endpoint."
"The URL filtering and handling should be enhanced because it doesn't support all languages."
"The setup of the rules can be improved. I think it should be simplified and would be the best improvement in the system."
"Networking should be simplified."
"In endpoint security, they are not at the latest quadrant. That is why a customer with existing endpoint security solutions like Trend Micro might prefer a main security solution from that vendor."
"It is slightly difficult to configure FortiMail in the cloud with Exchange on-premise, especially the quarantine mailbox access for end-users."
"They could look at strengthening anti-spam with the newly observed domains."
"This solution is slow and it should be made faster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's very cheap. The cheapest among all the services available."
"I rate the solution's pricing as one out of ten. It is close to being cheap. Sometimes, the tool offers a generous amount of free messages, up to 40,000, which is great for startups like ours. This means that we don't accumulate any costs for some months because we stay within the free usage tier. When we exceed the free allocation, the costs are reasonable, and no hidden charges exist."
"The solution should improve its price."
"WorkMail does require a license, it is, per user."
"This solution is more cost effective than MailChimp."
"It should cost around $60,000. We bought it as a bundle, so everything comes together in the license. That is standard."
"It's on a subscribed basis."
"The product's price is reasonable."
"I see how manageable and flexible the licenses are."
"The licensing is for three years. In the beginning, we did not pay monthly, it was paid once for three years."
"When we're talking about pricing, other products have about the same price. That is normal."
"A license for our company using FortiMail and FortiCare (filtering and support) was $4000."
"I rate the price of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud a five on a one to ten scale, where one is the low price, and ten is the high price. It is an averagely priced product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
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Computer Software Company
9%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Non Profit
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
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Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon WorkMail?
We are satisfied with Amazon WorkMail, as it is able to send emails and provide receipts, including the read and othe...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon WorkMail?
From the communication aspects, working with Amazon WorkMail has been seamless and cost-effective. My customers do no...
What is your primary use case for Amazon SES?
We are an integrator, and we have a product in which we use Amazon WorkMail. We send emails on a daily basis in a bat...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?
The price of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud in Egypt is very competitive against other products, including the setup cost a...
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?
The improvement in Fortinet FortiMail Cloud can be made regarding the classification process itself because it has so...
What is your primary use case for Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?
I have experience working with Fortinet FortiMail Cloud as a mail gateway, not a firewall, and we have been using it ...
 

Also Known As

Amazon SES
MailGet
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Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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