We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Thales Authenticators based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Cisco, Fortinet and others in Authentication Systems."The feature I value the most is the one-time passwords because it helps to authenticate users so you know the timing of their usage."
"The two-step authentication provides a higher level of security."
"Simple to deploy, simple to use, and user-friendly."
"It reduces the need for network administrator intervention by allowing the user to perform their own registration and resolve their own password problems and issues."
"This is a scalable product."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it easy to install. The user experience is very good."
"The current version is stable...Scalability-wise, it is a fine solution"
"Intuitive interface and easy to deploy."
"I like how the solution allows me to support different types of hardware tokens and integrate with OTP."
"Scalable and stable."
"We use this solution to log into virtual machines like VMware and VMware Horizon."
"The most valuable feature of SafeNet Authentication Manager is authentication."
"It can not use SQL to query FortiAnalyzer directly."
"There are some protocols, such as SHA and SHA-2, that are not supported."
"I would like to see more support from Fortinet with tech support people who have as much expertise on the authenticator as they do on their firewalls."
"The product must provide 2FA for applications."
"The solution could be more automated. It should be able to let me automate a lot of things so that what normally is done as a matter of manual processes can be handled quicker. Slow integrations can be taken up/out if there was more automation."
"The speed of deployment on the cloud could be improved. It took a few days when it should have been just two days"
"We would like to see Linux-based operating systems be able to integrate with FortiAuthenticator to get two-factor authentication running on them. as well. This is a shortcoming that I have faced a few times already."
"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."
"Lacks integration with other platforms."
"The problem with SafeNet is that it's not integrated with Microsoft 365."
"The solution should allow for support of multi-tenant architecture."
"The stability could improve."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 3rd in Authentication Systems with 52 reviews while Thales Authenticators is ranked 17th in Authentication Systems with 4 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Thales Authenticators is rated 7.8. 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 Thales Authenticators writes "Responsive support, effective authentication, but stability could improve". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Microsoft Entra ID and Cisco Duo, whereas Thales Authenticators is most compared with Yubico YubiKey, Microsoft Entra ID, Cisco Duo, Atalla Hardware Security Module and RSA Authentication Manager.
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