We performed a comparison between ESET Cloud Apps Protection and Fortinet FortiMail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The deployment capability is a great feature."
"Microsoft Defender has a feature to protect each and every attachment. Even if it's an encrypted attachment, it will check for any potential threats."
"The product is not resource-intensive."
"Defender for 365 is a comprehensive cloud-based solution. The value of the cloud is that you aren't alone. Threat intelligence and analytics are shared in the cloud. We don't have to find the solution alone. If you face an unknown threat with traditional solutions like Trend Micro and Symantec, you need to open a case and send your information to them to analyze forensically and identify the source of the attack."
"The initial setup is straightforward. You just add the license, click it, and then you can set up the rules. It is quite simple."
"The basic features are okay and I'm satisfied with the Defender."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 helps people to work remotely. It is a secure solution. We don't need to use our company's computers or get VPN connections to the networks. I can control how they share screens and what they send to the devices. It keeps our organizations confidential and sensitive information safe."
"Threat Explorer is an invaluable tool for me, and it plays a crucial role in helping me discern the origins of various email campaigns, pinpointing where they emanate from, and identifying the individuals within our organization who are affected."
"We are close to having 99% or 98% detection."
"The most valuable features are the precision of detection and the level of customization of the policy."
"The integration with FortiSandbox is good, and something that we utilize often."
"When combining this solution with other Fortinet products, such as FortiGate, it integrates well and provides a comprehensive protection package."
"The anti-spam feature is very valuable."
"Fortinet FortiMail's most valuable features are its performance and security."
"This excellent email gateway minimizes spam, inspects suspicious emails and isolates infected attachments with little administrative effort."
"Fortinet FortiMail has a lot of valuable features. It works great. It also has an antivirus feature. Support for Fortinet FortiMail was also great when my team wanted to block some geographic IPs, but couldn't figure out how to do it. The support team provided clear communication on how to resolve that issue. Another valuable feature of Fortinet FortiMail is SPAM filtering which tells you how many spammy emails you've received. Based on my current use cases, I'm happy with Fortinet FortiMail."
"The solution can scale."
"The GUI isn't hard to use. When we do a demo and explain the features of Fortinet products to our customers, they understand very quickly. They can easily manage their systems without us."
"I'd like some additional features any product can give me to protect our environment in a better way."
"The UI needs to be more user-friendly."
"We noticed that from time to time, Microsoft's stability does have problems. Sometimes the service goes up and down. Sometimes they change without prior notice."
"We need to be able to whitelist data at the backend."
"The custom alerts have to improve a lot."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should improve the troubleshooting tools. It's unclear whether the device is blocked at the firewall level or at the device itself. The granularity needed for troubleshooting is currently lacking. From my perspective, Microsoft should address this issue to benefit many users who likely share the same sentiment."
"They have moved features from one console to another. Things have been moved around in the interface and it takes me time to find where certain features are."
"We need a separate license and we don't know how to get the license that is required."
"It's not easy for an admin to check and decide if the email is good or not."
"The specific domain file for Apache needs to be well-defined."
"The infrastructure could be improved."
"High Availability needs improvement."
"I don't know if it is possible, but I would like to see Artificial Intelligence and machine learning introduced."
"The only drawback to this solution is that the firmware is frequently updated, and each update results in downtime."
"The solution could improve by making the UI more user-friendly and increasing spam and threat detection capabilities."
"The security products stop their operations once the subscription period expires. It is a wrong policy. If I trust a product, it has to continue working even after expiry. It should have a grace period of 30, 40, or 60 days. We can extend the subscription during those days. In some places, subscription extensions can take up to six weeks. During the renewal process, the support offered by the company is very poor. It also reduces security. We pay for the expired period but do not get protection during those times. The user of Fortinet FortiMail should have a feature to see spam names."
"FortiMail's dashboard is somewhat complex and could be made simpler."
"The product should work on licensing and provide more detail once the license is selected for the customer."
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ESET Cloud Apps Protection is ranked 21st in Email Security with 2 reviews while Fortinet FortiMail is ranked 5th in Email Security with 54 reviews. ESET Cloud Apps Protection is rated 9.6, while Fortinet FortiMail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of ESET Cloud Apps Protection writes "Great protection, good privacy, and helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiMail writes "Good GUI and configuring security policies is easy but the pricing needs improvement". ESET Cloud Apps Protection is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Kaspersky Security for Mail Server, Symantec Messaging Gateway and Perception Point Advanced Email Security, whereas Fortinet FortiMail is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail Cloud and Proofpoint Email Protection. See our ESET Cloud Apps Protection vs. Fortinet FortiMail report.
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