We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Pulse Connect Secure 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 ability to reroute traffic from the user, connecting you to the internet rather than passing through our network area, is very useful."
"The integration of VPN services with endpoint security is valuable."
"The initial setup is very good."
"EMS central reporting with fabric connectivity to FortiGate and FortiAnalyser is great and has seamless integration which makes managing 3000 devices a breeze."
"From Forticlient, the EMS, the central management is easy to use."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's easy to install and connect and has OTP on email IDs and two-factor authentication."
"The stability is pretty good."
"There is a lot of documentation available online."
"Pulse Connect Secure is a stable solution."
"The flexibility in their management is great."
"It's a very convenient and user-friendly application."
"The best feature of Pulse Connect Secure is the good security it provides. It gives a secure connection to your network."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are multi-factor authentications, and VPNs and SSL VPNs we are using."
"It is customer-friendly. It is quite easy for our users to connect. There is also the flexibility of the features."
"What I like the most about Pulse Connect Secure is that it's user-friendly. It's easy to use. You just need to connect, and that's it."
"Sometimes there are issues when we are trying to connect."
"Compatibility issues between different versions."
"In the next release, I would like to see an additional layer of security added."
"We'd like to be able to properly encrypt the data more effectively."
"The solution should have faster turnaround when it comes to new technology."
"FortiClient is not great in Linux."
"We've got one client where it was blocking the smartphones, and there's a way to set it up on Fortigate that's supposed to do that. However, it didn't work with them since they had a 2FA multi-factor."
"While I cannot think of new features to add, it would be nice if the reports were improved, to have these sent automatically."
"I don't have any downsides to report about the product at this time."
"At the moment, Pulse Connect Secure is a pretty good solution, and I don't see any issues with it. Currently, I'm not aware of a new or additional feature that's needed in Pulse Connect Secure, but it would be good if the team could look at how the speed of connection could be increased. Though it's quite seamless and I didn't face any problem with the speed, it would be better to improve the speed and keep going forward, especially as the industry's changing and people would love connections to be a lot faster."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve the reporting, it is lacking in detail and should take the report automatically."
"The stability could be better. There are sometimes bugs in the system."
"Connection-wise, Pulse Connect Secure could be faster, and this is its area for improvement."
"The most valuable features of Pulse Connect Secure are the user-friendly connection and interconnecting."
"We want to switch to another solution because there are some challenges with the support from Pulse. The quality of documentation is also not good. It is sometimes very hard to find documentation that provides a solution and describes how all this works."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 49 reviews while Pulse Connect Secure is ranked 8th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 7 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.2, while Pulse Connect Secure is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Can be used to deploy security to endpoints and also control the endpoints". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pulse Connect Secure writes "Easy to set up with flexible management and good network resources". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Pulse Connect Secure is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Remote Access VPN and VMware Workspace ONE. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Pulse Connect Secure report.
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