SonicWall SMA and Fortinet FortiClient compete in the network security category. SonicWall SMA has the upper hand in pricing and support, while Fortinet FortiClient is valued for its advanced features.
Features: SonicWall SMA offers secure remote access, scalability, and strong security features. Fortinet FortiClient provides malware protection, integration with Fortinet's security ecosystem, and comprehensive endpoint security.
Room for Improvement: SonicWall SMA needs better performance under heavy loads, a more intuitive setup process, and improved user interface. Fortinet FortiClient requires better compatibility with non-Fortinet products, enhanced application updates, and improved customer support resources.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SonicWall SMA deployment is straightforward but can become complex under heavy loads. Customer service for SonicWall SMA is highly rated. Fortinet FortiClient is generally easy to deploy but faces issues in complex environments. Support for Fortinet FortiClient receives mixed reviews.
Pricing and ROI: SonicWall SMA is considered cost-effective with quick setup time and provides a good ROI. Fortinet FortiClient is more expensive but offers extensive features, justifying the price and providing a strong ROI for users needing advanced protection.
FortiClient is a fabric agent that delivers endpoint protection, endpoint compliance, and secure access in a single, lightweight, lightweight client, providing visibility, information, and control to your endpoints. In addition, it enables secure, remote connectivity to the security fabric. It also integrates network and endpoint with segmentation and automation. FortiClient enables unified endpoint awareness by sharing endpoint telemetry with the security fabric. It is compatible with third-party EDR (endpoint detection and response and anti-malware solutions.
The FortiClient fabric agent can:
• Report on the status of a device, including firmware version and applications running.
• Send all suspicious files to a fabric sandbox.
• Enforce USB control, application control, URL filtering, and firmware upgrade policies.
• Provide application firewall service and malware protection.
• Enable devices to connect securely to the security fabric over either ZTNA tunnels or VPN (IPsec or SSL), both encrypted. The connection to the security fabric can be either a SASE service or a FortiGate next-generation firewall.
You can purchase FortiClient with one of three levels of capability:
Zero Trust security - The ZTNA edition enables both VPN and ZTNA encrypted tunnels, as well as USB device control and URL filtering.
Endpoint security - The EPP/APT edition adds AI-based NGAV (next-generation antivirus), application firewall, endpoint quarantine, and support for cloud sandbox.
Cloud-based endpoint security
Benefits and Features
• Fabric agent leverages integrations and provides telemetry information to the rest of the Fortinet security fabric.
• SAAS control and web/content filtering
• Dynamic access control helps with automation and simplifies compliance.
• Software inventory management enables visibility as well as management of licenses.
• Automated response detects and isolates any endpoints that may be compromised.
• ZTNA delivers better remote access and consistent application access policies
• Managed endpoint security services remotely assist with setup, configuration, deployment, vulnerability monitoring, and overall monitoring of endpoint security.
Reviews from Real Users:
PeerSpot users like that FortiClient is easy to use and integrates well with other solutions. They also appreciate the richness of its features and find it to be inexpensive in comparison to other products that require separate purchases for separate features.
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