Fortinet FortiToken Reviews

All customers want a more secure VPN connection. Therefore, we use FortiToken as a multi-factor authentication solution to increase connectivity security for our customers.

The solution offers push notifications. When you try to connect to the VPN, FortiToken sends a push notification to our customer's device. The customer can then approve or deny the connection, making VPN security more straightforward and efficient.

The solution could be more user-friendly.

I have been using Fortinet FortiToken as reseller for three years.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

The solution can scale to any measure. Scalability is very easy because it doesn't have one client or 10,000 clients. It's the same configuration. You can distribute it anywhere with the client's token.

It is suitable for all kinds of business. We cater to the retail and finance sectors.

I rate the solution’s scalability a ten out of ten.

You can reach easily with the support team.

Positive

The initial setup is easy and takes one to two hours.

I rate the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

The pricing is moderate. 

I rate the product’s pricing as seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

You can track user login activity. You can send messages to your SysTrack servers and then monitor and report these activities.

Security is the top priority because it equates to saving time and money in the long run. Our customers' primary motivation is security. Without multi-factor authentication, like FortiToken, unauthorized individuals can use your credentials to access your data centers. Therefore, our customers prioritize security first, followed by financial considerations.

Every company and individual should prioritize using a multifactor authentication solution for their email, especially FortiToken. I highly recommend this solution for securing personal email accounts, online banking, and especially for company use. It ensures an added layer of security crucial in safeguarding sensitive information and preventing unauthorized access.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Fortinet FortiToken is used for double factor authentication.

You need your mobile just to enroll the tokens, and sometimes, it's difficult to use for someone who is not knowledgeable. Clients don't like the fact that they have to download the application to use Fortinet FortiToken. Having it directly on an SMS is a better option for the clients.

I have been working with Fortinet FortiToken for seven to eight months.

Fortinet FortiToken is stable, but it's a bit slow.

I rate Fortinet FortiToken seven and a half out of ten for stability.

I rate Fortinet FortiToken seven and a half out of ten for scalability.

Fortinet FortiToken's initial setup is a bit complex. I rate Fortinet FortiToken a seven out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.

Fortinet FortiToken can be deployed in three hours.

Fortinet FortiToken is not an expensive solution. One license costs around 50 USD.

Overall, I rate Fortinet FortiToken a seven out of ten.

We are using Fortinet FortiToken for token-based mobile applications.

The solution comes with two firewalls as a bundle. In that bundle, most of the individual users can be assigned to mobile users. However, in cases of technical difficulties, users may accidentally remove the mobile application. In normal scenarios, we get back to the activation key and assign it again.

In one instance, we had to call back Fortinet service providers to reactivate the token and access the system. If they could provide a managed portal for the token, then reassigning tokens can be easy.

I would also like to see some mobile-level application update. It would be easy for our team if we can have all the features in one place.

I have been using the solution since 2019. We implemented the demo piece for the PED staff and internal staff team. We deployed the solution as a case of factorization since there was a high-risk claim. We needed the solution for our critical business cases.

I would give eight out of ten for the stability of the solution.

I would rate the scalability of the solution an eight out of ten. There are about 150 users for the mobile token application in our company.

I would rate the tech support a seven out of ten. I have contacted support only once since 2019– for an activation error message. They resolved the issue within two days.

Neutral

I have been using Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator. I am happy with FortiToken because it makes it very easy to install and manage tokens.

The setup of Fortinet FortiToken was very easy because the license of the solution was assigned by the vendor. Once initiated, we were able to access the tokens and assign them to the required users.

I would rate the pricing as an eight out of ten. We purchased the solution at a reasonable price in 2019.

I would rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. The solution is a smart product that anyone can easily access and manage. The solution is a good product for multi-factor authentication and to secure remote authentication in the corporate environment.

We use Fortinet FortiToken when a client requires it.

The FortiToken from Fortinet is primarily used for VPN authentication. That is one of the most common use cases. VPN authentication as well as two-factor authentication on VPN. In addition, two-factor authentication is required for administration access to the FortiGates.

In the rare case where the FortiAuthenticator is separate, they use it as a directory for the enterprise. It can also be used for other applications such as Microsoft. External applications and, on occasion, customer applications that use RADIUS.

I believe FortiToken is the simplest to implement. However, there is no difference in terms of features other than multi-factor authentication. It's very basic.

Ease of administration, which is not always a feature, but the ease of administration, token importing, and exporting, is why FortiToken has been considered as a multi-factor authentication solution.

FortiToken could be made much more flexible. They're doing very well now. I think having two-factor authentication on their firewalls for administration, as well as being able to use them for VPN access for MFA, was a great idea. However, in terms of a broader base of support, I believe their support for SAML, for example, could be greatly improved. OAuth, SAML, and other protocols that are more geared toward cloud-based applications, in my opinion.

I would like to see complete OAuth support. Also, if they can support it from a SaaS (Software as a Service) or cloud platform, that would be great. 

I have been working with Fortinet FortiToken for four or five years.

There are two kinds of customers. There are clients for whom we only implement and clients for whom we manage. Where we have a managed service with the client, we keep them on the most recent version, which is N-1.

Fortinet FortiToken is very durable and stable.

If you don't use the VM solution, it's not very scalable because, from a hardware point of view, you almost have to buy hardware and do a full replacement. From that perspective, I wouldn't say it's scalable. But, again, if you're using your VM  you would have to rebuild your VM.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it's not scalable. However, when it comes to the number of users, it is very scalable in terms of being able to cater to a small environment of five users versus 100,000. But, in my opinion, when you have to migrate as your environment grows, it's not very scalable. It is, but it is difficult to import and export through it.

The number of users we have is probably in the region of 20 or 25.

It would be on a daily basis because you have to log on all the time, especially now that you're remote. And MFA is required by the majority of our company or clients.

I work with Fortinet support on a regular basis.

In terms of support, Fortinet is one of the better vendors. However, they face significant challenges when it comes to getting a response. When you log a support call, getting the response you want is always a problem. It's almost as if you're being passed from one engineer to the next, and it's extremely difficult to articulate the problem and get a response.

I don't use them myself, we are integrators. A few clients use Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Fortinet FortiToken, McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention, Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention, and GTB Technologies Inspector, but they use FortiToken specifically. I believe I added RSA Authentication Manager, followed by Cisco, Jira.

The initial setup is extremely simple. The FortiAuthenticator and FortiToken are unquestionably the simplest multi-factor authentication solution to implement.

It takes two to three hours to get it up and running. But, the biggest challenge is always the user element, where you have to get users to install the application and communicate with them. That can take you a lot of time depending on the size of your organization and the level of technological sophistication of your end users.

That would require a significant amount of time. But the initial setup, which is to set up the FortiAuthenticator, import the tokens and integrate that with, the FortiGates, is very simple and doesn't take long.

Yes, absolutely, I would recommend this solution, especially for clients performing standard RADIUS authentications, because I believe they're quite solid. I believe where it becomes more difficult is with open authentication protocols such as SAML and OAuth. Fortinet has a long way to go in this area.

I would rate Fortinet FortiToken an eight out of ten.

We use FortiToken to authenticate many of the applications we and our clients use. We use, integrate, and resell the solution.

We like the mobile FortiToken. 

I have used FortiToken for four or five years.

FortiToken is stable.

I rate Fortinet support nine out of 10. We pay for a support contract that entitles us to dedicated resources for our problems. In fact, we are not using basic technical support. With standard support, it can take a while for the engineers to understand the problem. We don't ask frivolous questions. Typically, we have our information ready to make the process smoother. 

Positive

I rate FortiToken 10 out of 10 for ease of setup. The setup time depends on the number. FortiToken is sold in a box of at least five, and it usually takes half an hour or so.

The price isn't an issue for most clients, but they complain that it's increasing each quarter. At the same time, all companies are raising their prices because we're in a dynamic period. 

The problem is that our customers create budgets annually based on the figures at the beginning of the fiscal year. Our customers get annoyed when the price is adjusted in the middle of the year. I understand that it's a difficult time, and price increases make sense for hardware devices. However, FortiToken is a software product, so it shouldn't be affected by factors like chip shortages or supply chain issues. Software solutions should have more transparent and predictable pricing.

I rate FortiToken 10 out of 10. 

We are using this solution for administrator access to firewalls. We have its latest version.

FortiToken is just there to do the administration of the firewalls. For two-factor authentication, we like Duo more.

The integrated Fortinet security with the app that allows you to easily do the two-factor authentication is most valuable.

The app could be improved so that you don't have to actually type in the code. It would be great if you can just do a prompt or push similar to the way Duo does.

We have been using it for three years in our organization.

It is stable.

It is good. We have a very small use case for it. If I want to roll it out for a larger use case, I don't think it would have any issues. We currently have got only got four firewall administrators who use this solution.

I have not interacted with them for FortiToken.

It was straightforward.

I just did it myself.

Overall, it has provided an ROI. It is included as part of our firewall license.

It is included as part of our firewall license. 

I would advise others to make sure that they have cellular phones that are company-owned or they have employees who are willing to use their own in order to use it.

I would rate Fortinet FortiToken a six out of ten.

Its ease of use is most valuable. It is simple to use and can be deployed out-of-the-box. It is quite a mature product with all the required features.

It needs a lot of coupling with their other Fortinet products. To implement FortiToken, I most probably need to couple it with FortiAuthenticator for full implementation. An RSA token can be used with many devices, whereas Fortinet FortiToken is always linked to only one FortiGate device. If I want to reuse the token across five or six FortiGates, I would have to get the FortiAuthenticator product. I can't use one token to connect to different FortiGates, and I need to get another product to enable this functionality.

They should also improve the support for their mobile client. There should be a more detailed roadmap for the operating systems being supported. Some of our users were using an old iOS iPhone, and they were forced to get a newer phone because FortiToken didn't support that version of iOS. Similarly, there may be a version of Android that is not supported, so the users need to change the phone. This was one of the reasons why our deployment took longer.

I have been using this solution for three years.

It is stable.

It is not scalable because it is attached to one device.

Their technical support is quite good. The product itself is quite simple to use, and there have been very few times when I had to call the support. Basically, in the past three years, we didn't log any tickets for support.

We have used RSA tokens. Fortinet FortiToken is much easier to use than RSA tokens. In terms of our experience with day-to-day management, it is very good as compared to RSA.

It was quite straightforward. We deployed it for about 500 users, and it took about a month. The deployment is quite fast. You can just get it done within two weeks, but it took time in getting feedback on whether the phones and the OS versions that were being used by our users were supported. It took us longer to iron out all such issues and to get the phones that were supported with this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others, but they need to know what it is used for. Because this is a 2FA, where you implement it will actually matter. If you want to deploy it globally and you have many FortiGates, you would need additional products, such as FortiAuthenticator. If you're deploying it to only a single site and everybody is connecting to that site and using it as a 2FA, it is the right solution. 

I would rate Fortinet FortiToken an eight out of ten.

We are using it for VPN. We have its latest version.

It has improved the way our organization functions.

Its ease of installation is most valuable. It took me five minutes, and it was up and running. It didn't take me that long. The installation on the cell phones is pretty simple.

Its reporting should be better. The reporting feature is missing. I don't have any reporting of who has done what, what has failed, and what didn't work. 

I have been using this solution for about a year.

It is stable. There are no stability issues.

Its scalability is pretty good. We only have 100 to 150 FortiTokens. We're not that big. All people in our organization are using it. It goes from CFO, CEO to the basic call center.

We didn't need to use it so far.

We do use Cisco Duo for another 2FA solution. We don't really use any other solution now. It is pretty much FortiToken.

It was easy. It took me five minutes, and it was up and running.

If you're looking for a fast installation, easy deployment, and not much maintenance, this is the solution to go for, but the only thing is that it is good for Fortinet. It is not good for anything else.

I would rate Fortinet FortiToken an eight out of ten.