Cymulate vs Fortinet FortiGuard comparison

Cymulate and Fortinet are both solutions in the Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) category. Cymulate is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.3, while Fortinet is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.2. Cymulate holds a 1.5% mindshare in TIPT, compared to Fortinet’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cymulate users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

Cymulate

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100% willing to recommend

Fortinet FortiGuard

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cymulate and Fortinet FortiGuard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cymulate

Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (1st), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (10th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (2nd)

Fortinet FortiGuard

Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) category, the mindshare of Cymulate is 1.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiGuard is 1.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cymulate	1.5%
Fortinet FortiGuard	1.2%
Other	97.3%

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Featured Reviews

SaarBar

Security Architec at Shikun & Binui

Support and integration enhance security posture over three years

I don't know if there's something that could be improved. They surprise me. As I mentioned, I returned a month ago. I haven't fully investigated the complete system yet. I must say that we have been with them for around three years. This is amazing because throughout these three years, they have supported us every week. We meet weekly to review results and fix issues together. Apart from occasional days off, this weekly support has been consistent for three years. It's remarkable because many products are sold and then the product teams forget about you, but this isn't the case with Cymulate.

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Yaw Agyare

Manager at Volta River Authority

Threat intelligence has consistently minimized downtime and safeguarded revenue

Fortinet FortiGuard's machine learning capabilities contribute to our cybersecurity by performing numerous predictions and assessing possibilities, enabling us to prepare ahead for potential incidents. I have benefited from automated threat response, which is absolutely brilliant because if we have to go through logs to see what is going on, we would never finish. Automating these things allows alerts to be given so we can concentrate effort on critical areas, helping us to optimize our resources effectively. We are also looking at automating the response, where response can be automated, and then we can focus on forensic investigations to understand what happened and see whether we need to tweak the automation to make it work better. The benefits I gain from using Fortinet FortiGuard include peace of mind. It has contributed to ensuring that we are always available and can meet our availability targets. This means that productivity is maintained, and revenues will rake in as planned. The moment something gets through and causes a breach, likely causing downtime, it means you're losing money.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day."

"The security validation feature helps my organization in assessing our security posture."

"With Cymulate, the best features are the capacity to test the EDR or malware, anti-malware solution."

"Cymulate has positively impacted our organization by helping us to take care of the efficacy and reviewing the policies and configuration."

"The reporting capabilities are very good."

"Cymulate is easy to set up, install, and configure."

"The main benefits Fortinet FortiGuard provides are that it secures the network from external threats, it provides security, and it has a very perfect graphical user interface that is very easy to use."

"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and efficiency."

"The benefits I gain from using Fortinet FortiGuard include peace of mind; it has contributed to ensuring that we are always available and can meet our availability targets, which means that productivity is maintained and revenues will rake in as planned."

"The content filtering feature helps protect data by filtering potentially dangerous websites and brings significant benefit to the organization."

"The best features in Fortinet FortiGuard that I appreciate are the nice interface, ease of use, and straightforward administration and setup."

Cons

"We have had some trouble with the agents."

"The cost can be quite high, and it impacts scalability as more simulations require additional expenses."

"The way Cymulate works for EDR could be improved, as it drops payload and requires action from the EDR console for remediation, which can block the whole process of Cymulate execution."

"The reporting process requires significant improvement as it often takes longer than expected and the quality is lacking."

"The product must provide consultancy for initial setup."

"I will be honest, we have it, but in the last year, I didn't maintain the system until a month ago."

"If the tool can be cheaper or less expensive, it can be good for users."

"Currently, for our usage, the areas that have room for improvement are pricing and customization."

"I think that automated response could be improved if they can add automated response features into Fortinet FortiGuard."

"The dashboard is an important and integral part of the product that could be improved."

"When creating a ticket for support with configuration features, the support is reluctant to provide that support."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cymulate's services are expensive."

"The product is affordable."

"If one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the tool's price as a six to seven."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

22%

Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm

13%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	3

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cymulate?

The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cymulate?

I don't know if it's expensive. It depends on the modules that you want, or the time, because they give you a tenant. A tenant for you.

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What needs improvement with Cymulate?

I don't know if that helped with quick decision making for my security team because I am the security team and you must have a dedicated team to work with this tool. I don't use the analytics modul...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiGuard?

Regarding pricing, I must say it is quite pricey, but if you look at the value it gives you, I think the value justifies the cost.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiGuard?

When going for support and asking for support for features, the support team asks to go for professional services, which are not covered in the support agreement. This is the reason exploration of ...

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What is your primary use case for Fortinet FortiGuard?

Fortinet FortiGuard is used to filter emails coming to the email server. Fortinet FortiGuard threat intelligence is utilized, but not dedicatedly or specifically for threat intelligence purposes. F...

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Overview

For companies that want to manage their security posture against the evolving threat landscape: Cymulate SaaS-based Extended Security Posture Management (XSPM) deploys within an hour, enabling security professionals to continuously challenge, validate and optimize their cyber-security posture end-to-end across the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The platform provides out-of-the-box, expert and threat intelligence-led risk assessments that are simple to deploy and use for all maturity levels, and constantly updated. It also provides an open framework to create and automate red and purple teaming by generating penetration scenarious and advanced attack campaigns tailored to their unique environments and security politices. Cymulate allowes professionals to manage, know and control their dynamic environment.

Cymulate

As cyber threats continue to grow and evolve, so does the need for innovative solutions and reliable threat intelligence. Using millions of global network sensors, FortiGuard Labs monitors the worldwide attack surface and employs artificial intelligence (AI) to mine that data for new threats, ensuring you are prepared for what’s coming.

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Sample Customers

Euronext, YMCA, Telit, Nemours

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