We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The return on investment was very reasonable. It was low cost and it functioned, so the return on investment was excellent."
"Overall Fortinet FortiClient has good functionality."
"I find all of the features valuable."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiClient are ease of use and simple configuration."
"The VPN has proven to be quite useful."
"From an application perspective, this solution is stable."
"It's very stable. Sometimes after installing the boxes, we leave them for one or two years. We would just touch the box in the case of the customer needing new requirements or changes to the setup."
"Prisma Access protects all app traffic, so that users can gain access to all apps and that's very important because we need to be able to access everything. It also allows us to access non-web apps; anything internal that we need access to, we can access."
"The solution has all its capabilities in a single cloud delivery platform which is great and it provides overall good protection."
"You have the ability to create your own expressions for your data. Palo Alto understands that DLP is not the same for all consumers. You might have a particular need to fulfill, and they give you the opportunity to create a custom expression to match the specific format that you have. For a confidential file property that you have in your files, you can add a metadata field. It gives you that opportunity to create that."
"The Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) offered by Palo Alto is a good reporting tool. It gives insights into how things are going within the network. It takes all the data from the users' endpoints and does an analysis, and it suggests changes as well."
"The users can securely access any cloud data centers or cloud platforms. In terms of the features, it has all the features that Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall has. It is also very stable and scalable."
"There is a system for monitoring the traffic. You can monitor the traffic of the connected people and point out any issues on the connection part."
"It's great that we can make sure a machine meets the minimum requirements before users are allowed to log in."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The tool is expensive."
"The memory check needs to be improved, giving better visibility into the run-time memory."
"Fortinet FortiClient could improve the compatibility with mobile applications that are allowed and sometimes they do not respond. However, Microsoft Windows applications are very good."
"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly for users to do not have as much of a technical background."
"Technical support is awful. Their online response time is not prompt. They should not respond after four or five days. Their support guys are not competent enough. Small issues are taking time."
"FortiClient is not great in Linux."
"There isn't much to improve in terms of features and comparison with other vendors. It just needs to stay more up to date in catching the malware. The user interface may be improved, which would be a minor enhancement. Unlike central management, in endpoint security, the end users don't need to keep looking at the endpoint user interface. The technology is the most important thing in endpoint security."
"The only thing that is lacking in this product is the support. Their support can be improved."
"Prisma's integration between operational technology and IT should be more seamless. Right now, it requires additional setup and maintenance."
"From any improvement perspective, the product's compatibility issues with Linux need to be resolved."
"Sometimes, we encountered a portal crash. When we told Palo Alto they said it might be the browser or cache, but I think they need to improve it on their side."
"The documentation is generally good, but they could provide a more detailed description of all the configuration steps. I have to search for information or call support. Palo Alto could add more knowledge base articles about configuration with screenshots and walkthroughs. That would be helpful. When configuring a product, you want to see examples of how it is done."
"There is some particular traffic that the security team wants to filter out and apply their own policies and they cannot."
"The user interface could be better. They need to work a little bit on the console. It is similar to their firewalls but not exactly. They need to clean it up a bit."
"It would be nice to manage Prisma Access through the cloud instead of through Panorama. You can use the cloud version to monitor Prisma Access, but it doesn't have all the features yet, and it's not 100% done."
"One area for improvement is for them to stay on top of keeping their CVEs on their platform up to date."
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Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 85 reviews while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 5th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 56 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks writes "Integration with Palo Alto platforms such as Cortex Data Lake and Autofocus gives us visibility into our attack surface". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, whereas Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Netskope , Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access and Microsoft Intune. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks report.
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