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"The product's initial setup phase was easy. It is also easy to deploy.""Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is an easy-to-use solution.""The initial setup is a valuable point on Fortinet products. Most of the time, putting the theory into practice on the devices is quite friendly and straightforward. As long as you can read English you can find your way around the solution and make it work. This is a high value point on Fortinet - the way everything is laid out in the web UI is user-friendly and quite straightforward. The UI is quite simple.""The product is stable and reliable.""The initial setup is so easy and there is no problem in the implementation.""I appreciate its ability to provide multi-factor authentication, but it's primarily focused on this function.""Fulfilled our requirement at a good price.""It is very stable. We have never had any issues with this solution."

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"We like the SSO, permissions and roles, multiple workspaces, and react login components.""It has Audit Log and many cool features that if we were to develop them by ourselves, it would require a lot of research and development resources. Frontegg gives us everything we need to ensure that our customers have a safe and reliable authentication system in which they can also manage some of the features and roles by themself which gives them more control over their environment.""The MFA policy via Frontegg allows us to enable/disable/enforce the Multi-Factor Authentication policy of our users and to enhance security and adhere to modern standards.""The admin portal layer is super useful and saves valuable front-end development time.""Every feature is multi-tenant by design, making different customer requests effortless to provide.""Their developers were always willing to meet even though we are in very different time zones."

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"The integration with other products, for example, some SAML authentications, would make it more flexible.""The customization capability of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is not very flexible.""The GUI is on the older side but I'm sure that it will be upgraded soon. It works, but it looks a little dated.""They could expand FortiAuthenticator's capabilities to accommodate a broader range of environments.""It would be helpful to receive a code by yourself for authentication instead of it registered to a phone.""It does the job I paid for, but the graphical interface could be improved.""I don't have any issues with this solution, but it may need a better, more user-friendly interface or better design of the platform.""There are multiple areas that are in need of improvement. It is not a mature product."

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"The PHP SDK is limited. It's not a huge deal as we can just use their web API directly, but it is something to note if you're using PHP.‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎""It would be nice to have a backup export with all tenant/users so that in case of a mistake we can have the option to restore the users.""Frontegg is fairly stable, however, we are looking forward to some promised capabilities, such as more tightly integrated Feature Flag support.""We're hoping to see more user management-related features, according to Frontegg's roadmap.""The web interface is missing a way to delete a workspace. I have accidentally created a workspace and was not able to delete it. It's a minor thing that should be supported.""We really like the ability to add the same user across tenants. From a UX perspective, the flow can be betterized."

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  • "I would start off with a VM including the base license and scale according to the number of users you need to authenticate."
  • "You can pay as you go with them. You purchase a base license and add to it as needed."
  • "The product could be more competitively priced."
  • "It costs more to license the high-availability option."
  • "The licensing structure is cost-effective for us compared to some of the other solutions that have recurring monthly costs."
  • "FAC is an affordable solution for Middle Range (200E/400E) and also needs a package of mobility agents (2,000) perpetual."
  • "The cost of the license could be less expensive. The license is paid on a yearly basis."
  • "We pay for licensing on a yearly basis."
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    FortiAuthenticator
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is the primary secure point of approved access into the Fortinet network, authorizing users, reviewing access permissions, and relaying the information to all Fortigate devices for comparison with identity-based protocols. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is a top-ranked authorization and SSO solution.

    Appropriate secure access is fundamental to every role in an enterprise ecosystem. It is an integral function of every organization to ensure that every access and privilege is secure and to mitigate any possible risk to an organization. Approved users should only have access to the necessary information when they need it, from the appropriate location(s) to safeguard an organization's security at all times.

    Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is available as an appliance, virtual machine, or in the cloud.

    Fortinet FortiAuthenticator Methods

    • FSSO: FortiAuthenticator Single sign-on user will easily identify users and assign role or group access based on preset identity-based protocols. FortiAuthenticator integrates well with third-party LDAP or active directories, is very flexible, and combines these methods to provide effective security.

    • Active Directory Polling: Active directory access is securely identified by consistent polling of domain controllers. As users log in, username, IP address, and other details are logged into the database and can be shared across devices as directed by FortiAuthenticator protocols.

    • FortiAuthenticator Portal and Widgets: If a user system does not support AP polling, or for other reasons it is not feasible, FortiAuthenticator offers a unique secure authentication portal. Users can be manually authenticated and, to diminish the effect of numerous logins, an intuitive set of widgets is available to integrate into an organization's ecosystem that will automatically grant access to users when they access the organization's intranet homepage.

    • RADIUS Accounting Login: For organizations that use RADIUS authentication, RADIUS Accounting is available for user identification. This process will prompt user access information (IP and group, etc.) and eliminate the need for multiple levels of authentication.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Ernesto C., Presales Engineer at a comms service provider, shares,

    ”Key Features and Benefits

    1. Two-factor/OTP Authentication with FortiToken: Enforce user-based policies. Fortitoken is available in soft and hard versions for flexible usage. Most Valuable in Mobile Phones App for OTP.
    2. Integration with LDAP and AD: This solution integrates with existing enterprise systems and technologies from diverse vendors of user information management systems.
    3. LPAD/AD/RADIUS/SYSLOG/KERBEROS/REST API/FSSO and Web Portals: There is flexible integration with these services.
    4. It is usable in network, WAN, wireless, and VPN Scenarios.
    5. The domain and guest-users support are good.”

    Ibrahim M., Senior Network & Security Engineer at a tech services company, relates, "The initial setup is a valuable point on Fortinet products. Most of the time, putting the theory into practice on the devices is quite friendly and straightforward. As long as you can read English you can find your way around the solution and make it work. This is a high value point on Fortinet - the way everything is laid out in the web UI is user-friendly and quite straightforward. The UI is quite simple."




    Frontegg is a user management platform, designed for the Product-Led Growth (PLG) era. Frontegg provides blazing-fast integration of a powerful user infrastructure, designed to handle modern application use-cases.

    Our platform supports app builders by covering all the way from fundamental authentication flows to the most advanced capabilities such as complex organizational structures (multi-tenancy), fine-grained authorization, API-token management, self-service admin portal for end-users, subscription enforcement, single-sign-on (SSO), and much more.

    Frontegg’s interfaces are embedded as a UI layer within your app and becomes a customer-facing management interface for your end-users, both on the personal and workspace levels. Frontegg also powers-up your backend through rich SDKs supported in various languages and frameworks.

    Pricing: Starts at $249/m

    Sample Customers
    Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
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    Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 52 reviews while Frontegg is ranked 18th in Single Sign-On (SSO). Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Frontegg is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Frontegg writes "Intuitive with reCaptcha integration and helpful technical support". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Microsoft Entra ID and Cisco Duo, whereas Frontegg is most compared with Auth0, Descope, Okta Customer Identity and Microsoft Entra ID.

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