We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Fortinet Forticlient based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Overall, users give Check Point Remote Access VPN higher ratings than Fortinet Forticlient because it offers more security, has good support available, and has proven to create a good ROI.
"Check Point Remote Access VPN is a stable solution."
"The team has full visibility of the users that connect allowing them to keep control of who is in the network and what data they are allowing to come in and out."
"I found the MEP feature the most valuable. This has improved users' latency allowing the users to connect to the nearest Azure Check Point VM."
"The solution has been solid for me for over five years."
"Our number of users working remotely vastly increased during the COVID 19 pandemic. Check Point Remote Access VPN allowed us to quickly make the transition from in-office to remote work."
"The most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"The solution is easy to install, centrally managed, and stable, with good technical support and a straightforward setup."
"For a basic setup, implementation is quite easy."
"It is not at all interesting for me as a standalone product, but as a product that is integrated with FortiGate with all features, it is actually a great tool and a great experience. I had test installed FortiClient working from home. I remembered and knew which web categories were denied or allowed. All those policies were correctly reflected standalone, for example, on my laptop."
"The solution has inexpensive scalability, works very well and can communicate with other Fortinet devices."
"This solution makes it easier to work from home."
"The initial setup is very good."
"We like its centralized administration, integration with Active Directory, deployment, and stability of the connection."
"The Fortinet FortiClient is simple to use."
"It's got a very friendly user interface."
"It is very simple to use. I've used some of the others in the past, such as Cisco AnyConnect, which was a nightmare. I've used a couple of others, but FortiClient is very simple to use."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"We would like to implement HTML5 (clientless access) in the product without installing any additional software."
"Without a doubt and with the new trends in technology, Check Point should already have a blade with a 2MFA solution and not through some other vendor."
"Sometimes we have some small problems with Check Point Remote Access VPN. For example, problems with authentication."
"They could improve the support they provide for Check Point."
"In the case of URL translation of the VPN Web portal, the requests made from the front end to the back end weren't valid (due to the use of dynamic subdomains). In the case of host translations, the request was made to the same host, however, we cannot specify the ports, which, in our case, are used to redirect to different servers."
"The non-standard setup is quite complex as you have to do changes via GUI and CLI."
"It's difficult to configure on Linux workstations as Check Point Remote VPN clients support only Windows and Mac devices."
"The solution could improve by providing analytics or detailed reports."
"We've had some problems with having to remove the current version and either reinstalling an old version or updating to the new one."
"Sometimes there are issues when we are trying to connect."
"The current version of this solution does not show the malicious websites that have been visited. They should add this to an upcoming release."
"It would be nice to see more in hand features in terms of the DLP, so that the solution can be integrated with the DLP, as well as more reporting features on the end point."
"In terms of improvements, their SSL VPN tunnel can be a lot better. I've seen other products that have got much better VPN features than Fortinet. Some of my colleagues get this error called "License not available." When they get this error, they have to uninstall and reinstall it. This kind of problem is there, and sometimes, we have to open a case with Fortinet to resolve it. Their support is quick, so we are able to resolve and move forward. In terms of new features, when it is connecting, it should check the endpoint and say whether the end client is actually safe enough or whether there is a vulnerability. It should give a pop-up on the client itself. Because I'm on the admin side, I can also see this information in the log. However, if a non-IT user, such as a user from finance, is working on this and there is some problem, he or she would not know about this and would call IT admin to say that this is not working. If the users get a message explaining why and what is happening, it is easy for them to understand."
"I would like to see endpoint detection and response included."
"The reports could be easier to set up."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 30 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 46 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Enables users to easily work from home". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Can be used to deploy security to endpoints and also control the endpoints". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler Private Access, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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