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Fortinet FortiSandbox vs Symantec Advanced Threat Protection comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSandbox
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Threat Deception Platforms (3rd)
Symantec Advanced Threat Pr...
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
24th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiSandbox is 4.4%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is 2.2%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiSandbox4.4%
Symantec Advanced Threat Protection2.2%
Other93.4%
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
 

Featured Reviews

AN
Security Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Advanced sandboxing has protected users from zero-day threats and has simplified secure file scanning
The smooth integrations between Fortinet FortiSandbox and other Fortinet solutions such as FortiWeb and FortiFirewall and with other Fortinet environments are what I really appreciate. We have minimum false positives during threat detection. Our clients have not given negative feedback from detection. As you know, it still needs some tuning after implementation. However, we never receive negative feedback for many false positives during implementation.
Dennis O'Reilly - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber SecOps Principal at Dotcom Security
Provides end-to-end antivirus protection and has good stability
Symantec Endpoint Protection provides end-to-end protection. Along with antivirus protection, it has a lot of key areas, including intrusive prevention, firewall features, and application and device control. It can integrate with other Broadcom solutions, such as Symantec Messaging Gateway and Symantec DLP. If you want to send an email, it gets scanned through endpoint protection and DLP. We get all Symantec functionality in a single pane.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"If you don't want to have any zero-day malware on your network, if you know that you will be literally exposed to those kinds of malware, it's good to have a solution such as this."
"The technical support is very good."
"Performance is a valuable feature."
"Compared to other solutions, it's easy to configure and implement because of the templates, and the timing of scanning files is faster."
"If there is malicious traffic that is going through the web application, we can halt that action, instead of waiting for the AntiVirus to take action."
"The initial setup of Fortinet was easy, more so than other products, and it has been very easy to work with Fortinet, especially compared to other solutions."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiSandbox are customization, ICAP protocol, and integration with other vendors; additionally, the security works very well."
"The installation is easy and straightforward."
"The stability is excellent."
"Technical support is very responsive. You just have to open a ticket. They respond in a timely manner. Their response is good. I'm satisfied."
"Symantec Endpoint Protection provides end-to-end protection. Along with antivirus protection, it has a lot of key areas, including intrusive prevention, firewall features, and application and device control."
"The most valuable feature is Click-time URL protection."
"Their integrations are pretty good as are their Sandbox solutions, their proxies, and their LTAs with API or ICAP protocols."
"It has certainly helped out our audit efforts because we each stay compliant in terms of various security standards."
"You don't have to buy a separate email security platform. You can enable that using their endpoint, and I like that. You don't have to have two agents running on the same box."
"This is a good solution, and whatever our requirement is, all of the features are there."
 

Cons

"The capabilities and features of this solution are not good."
"I think there are problems with the scalability. If you need to extend or add more sizing, that means more files per day, we have to change the kind of appliance."
"Sometimes, there are issues upgrading the version of the firewall or the SD-LAN box. After we upgrade to the latest version of the software, we still have the same box. I think it's the same for every vendor."
"The delivery feature in my country is extremely bad."
"For additional features, maybe a form of execution pain files in a non-virtual environment because it has threats that identify when it is being run in a virtual machine."
"The use cases in Fortinet FortiSandbox are not good. It is difficult to upload a custom VM for Fortinet FortiSandbox. The integration of Fortinet FortiSandbox with other Fortinet or FortiGate firewalls is not good. VMs are already installed in the hardware and are working fine, but we tried to approve the custom VM many times but did not succeed."
"The main area of concern in Fortinet FortiSandbox is its detection capabilities."
"The integration is limited. The solution needs to offer better integration with multiple vendors."
"An improvement could be made on the reporting because then it would be easier to collect information and submit it for compliance."
"Scalability could be better."
"Solutions like CrowdStrike, ESET, and SentinelOne have really jumped ahead on behavioral and algorithm-based detection capabilities. Symantec is trying to catch up, but they still have some limitations of being an old-school AV protection program and adding AI and behavioral learning and detection algorithm."
"The product's support services need improvement."
"They could enhance the solution to work across all devices, including Android, iOS, and Mac, and make it more user-friendly."
"The support team that Symantec offers didn't know how to solve issues even though they referred to themselves as "engineers"."
"One area for improvement could be the pricing model."
"There are some ‎features that would add value to this product. One of them would be a graphical presentation of threats that the system has encountered."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Fortinet FortiSandbox is a nominally priced product, so I would not say that it is a very cheap tool."
"Altogether, it is about €10,000 for the Sandbox and Email Gateway."
"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"The solution is not expensive at all."
"FortiSandbox is a subscription that can be purchased from Fortinet directly. Only using FortiSandbox as features purchased as a subscription in the cloud."
"Fortinet is more reasonable than Palo Alto."
"The price of Fortinet FortiSandbox is not expensive."
"The solution is unavailable at a lower cost and can be difficult to deploy."
"The price is quite expensive."
"Symantec Advanced Threat Protection's pricing is comparable."
"Pricing is good. It is nice to have a great product at a fair price."
"Symantec Endpoint Protection has an average price."
"The pricing of this solution is inexpensive and affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSandbox?
The cost is in the mid-range. It is not low and it is not high.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSandbox?
I think Fortinet FortiSandbox could introduce more automation tools and AI tools.
What is your primary use case for Fortinet FortiSandbox?
Clients primarily ask us to integrate Fortinet FortiSandbox either with FortiMail or with firewalls to scan downloadable files and ensure that client access browsing is secure with no harmful files...
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Sample Customers

Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG
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