Fortinet FortiClient Reviews

We mainly use this solution because we have many Fortinet solutions like antivirus and SSL assessment.  

I heard that Fortinet is going to enhance the firmware to have mobile versions. One is like Linux long-term support SCS and one with new features, but there is no support here. We spoke with the vendor multiple times, and they said that they will release these features soon.

I have been using Fortinet FortiClient for two years.

It is a very stable solution. 

It has lengthy features, and with minimum requirements, you will need to scale up the hardware requirement to scale up the product.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The pricing is a six out of ten. 

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

I use Fortinet FortiClient across various scenarios to enhance security.

What I find valuable in FortiClient is its patch management capabilities, allowing remote updates efficiently. Additionally, the integration with FortiNAC and FortiGate servers is advantageous for a holistic security approach. The suite's ability to log and report information is user-friendly and effective.

One area for improvement in FortiClient is the speed of connectivity. 

I have been using Fortinet FortiClient for ten years.

Fortinet FortiClient is highly scalable. It can easily handle a significant increase in users, and the scalability is practically seamless. In my company, we currently have around 10,000 users.

Setting up Fortinet FortiClient is straightforward and user-friendly. The app is easily accessible online, and configuring it is a breeze. For enterprise use, FortiManager streamlines infrastructure management with intuitive blade screens. Deployment involves parallel migration, allowing testing of functionalities before a full transition. The process is efficient, and even for firewall installations, it is manageable with minimal disruption.

Fortinet FortiClient offers a free version, especially if you only need the VPN service. However, licenses are required for additional features. If you want to use endpoint services for network perimeter control or implement OTP, there are specific licenses for those. The free solution covers basic needs, while licenses are needed for advanced functionalities.

The primary use of Fortinet FortiClient is to protect endpoint devices against various types of cyber threats, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, and phishing attacks. It also helps to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data and networks and can be used to control access to specific applications and websites.

In addition to endpoint protection, FortiClient can also be used to create secure VPN connections to enable remote access to company resources like Jira, code repositories, corporate Wiki, etc. 

It has a horrible performance. It is one of the most unstable VPNs I have ever used. 

Since the project was pushed to use, many employees complained about its instability. 

Sure, it has some advanced features, and it is not fair to evaluate it as a VPN only. Unfortunately, the company policies bring most of the resources through protection, and without the VPN, you will be simply blocked. 

Therefore, we are paying so much attention to it. With a slow or unstable internet connection, Fortinet becomes a nightmare. I personally numerous times printed tasks from Jira to PDF for other employees due to VPN issues.

The solution is easy to configure and manage.

It is designed to bring additional safety to the machine (it is hard to uninstall by an ordinal user, and it has an in-built web filter). However, implementation is far behind industry standards. 

For instance, the Web filter is a component that provides protection against web-based threats by blocking access to malicious or inappropriate websites. It might bring additional safety. However, in the real world, it constantly produces:

1. False Positives, which can result in legitimate websites being blocked. This can be frustrating for end-users and potentially impact their productivity.
2. FortiClient's Web filter may also over-block certain websites, even if they are not malicious or inappropriate. This could result in users being unable to access legitimate websites that are important for their work, causing delays or disruptions.

The solution needs network stability, especially when the internet connection is not stable. 

Forticlient should provide proper polling functionality to try to keep the session alive by all possible means. We have seen certain improvements over the past year. However, it is simply not enough to be treated as a good yet even acceptable tool to use. It is currently producing more issues than adds value.

The web filter quite often blocks random sites, including online dictionaries, governmental sites, etc. Review of the wrong block reports simply doesn't work. 

I've used the solution for around a year.

The solution is not stable enough.

The solution offers a weak performance.

After the merger, our project was forced to use Forticlient.

I know nothing about pricing.

We had no options to choose from.

If your employees might have a weak internet connection (for instance, mobile) think twice before choosing this configuration. If you decide to have FortiClient, never use the WebFilter component. Even Microsoft analog works better (if you really need it).

It's useful to permit users working from home to connect to the internal infrastructure, sort of as an on-prem resource, in a secure way.

I find it very easy to configure and also very stable. It integrates well with Windows 10.

An area of improvement could be better integration with the active directory. I did not find it easy to configure.

I worked with different versions of Fortinet for two years, specifically in 2019 and 2020. I used it to configure the server part of the FortiClient.

It is a stable solution.

It's not very scalable. We don't have a lot of availability. We only have one gateway and the clients connect to it.

It depends on the product you buy based on the performance, but you can start from 200 and above.

The customer service and support are good. Although, the only point I don't like is that they take too much time to escalate the case. You have to do a lot of things yourself, even if it's something that needs their attention, so it's quite difficult to escalate it a little bit.

The initial setup is quite easy. It's not so much about the technical staff as it is about the initial configuration on the firewall side. This includes setting up certificates for secure connections and creating groups for users. It requires understanding what is needed for each group and user and then configuring it accordingly. If it's a new deployment, it's quite easy. However, it could be more difficult if you need to replicate it from other systems.

The deployment process involved several steps to ensure the solution was properly configured and accessible.

First of all, we had to configure the company's firewall to ensure it was deployed correctly. Then we had to configure the interface to connect to the system, set up certificate group user policies, and configure all the necessary steps. After that, we had to install FortiClient and configure it correctly to ensure the resources were accessible.

The deployment process took around two weeks to complete, but that was because we had to ensure everything was configured correctly and tested thoroughly before it could be fully implemented.

There are no licensing fees for the VPN.

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

I need the FortiClient to connect to the remote sites as I'm a network engineer. With FortiClient, I'm setting the network devices on the remote sites.

In general, it's only used for VPN. I don't use all the functionality and features of FortiClient. I know that it has more features such as endpoint control and secure endpoint modules, however, if anything, I'm using the VPN module only.

In my opinion, it's easy to use. It's got a very friendly user interface. The GUI is great. I can see my actual list of VPN connections. There's a feature to save the login password to set the type of the VPN (like IPsec VPN, SSL VPN, and so on). It's enough for me in terms of features.

It is stable. 

We would like Fortinet to add the function or the possibility to use all FortiClient features for free.

It has enough features in general for our usage requirements. It doesn't need anything more. 

I've used the solution for more than two years.

The solution is stable and reliable. I would rate it a five out of five. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash. It doesn't freeze. 

We don't need to scale the solution. 

In my company, we have other network engineers who also are connecting to the remote site using the FortiClient VPN. There are three people using it directly.

We've never explored increasing usage. 

I've only connected with local Fortinet engineers. I haven't directly reached out to Fortinet's engineers at its central location. We don't really ask for or need assistance.

I've previously used Palo Alto.

Two people participated in the deployment and three people handle any daily work and maintenance. 

We are network engineers and found the process to be very simple and straightforward. 

I can't recall how long it took to have everything set up and deployed. It wasn't that long. 

We handled the deployment ourselves. 

All of us are very skilled in deploying. Some of us also have the certificate for NSE 4.

Our company isn't planning to buy the full version as it's not needed now.

We are resellers of Fortinet products. However, we've only resold FortiGate products, not FortiClient. 

The FortiClient VPN is deployed on the machines in Windows. I'm not sure which version we're using. 

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. So far, everything has been good. It's a great way to connect remotely; people should use it for that. I'd recommend people use it. 

We use the solution internally when we need to access something on the network and we are not at the office.

As far as I can tell, the solution only has one single function, so they could expand its functionality.

My company has been using FortiClient for the last few years. 

The solution is very stable. 

There are currently about 800-900 employees using this solution at my company. 

Previously we just used a normal built-in Windows Defender and McAfee, but we don't use them anymore.

The setup for FortiClient is really straightforward. 

We implemented it in-house and it only took a few minutes. 

The product works fine and I have never had any problems with it. 

I would rate this solution as an eight out of ten.

I mainly use FortiClient to connect my laptop to my data centers.

FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's easy to install and connect and has OTP on email IDs and two-factor authentication. 

FortiClient's encryption key could be stronger so that it's not broken too easily.

I've been using FortiClient for about three years.

FortiClient is stable.

The initial setup was easy.

I would rate FortiClient nine out of ten.

The integration of VPN services with endpoint security is valuable. Web filtering and application control are also valuable.

The features for application control and device control must be improved.

We are a reseller, and we have been working with this solution for three years.

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

We are using an on-site EMS server for this product and our clients install it on their workstations. I'm a security officer and we are customers of Fortinet. 

The valuable features for us are the integration of the vulnerability scan, mobile detection, and VPN client. The advantage of FortiClient for us is the integration with FortiGate and that they support Linux, which most other solutions do not. One-third of our users have Linux workstations.

FortiClient has compatibility issues between different versions, for example, the VPN doesn't work well between FortiClient 6.4 and FortiGate. There are usability issues with vulnerability scanning and with reporting. It's often difficult to interpret and there are inadequate features in management identity. I would appreciate a better explanation of the findings of the malware scanning and of things like real-time protection. The solution is geared toward centralized single sign-on for the workstations, which is something we do not have. From that point of view, it's not a good match. I've also found the SSL VPN very sensitive to network disruptions. The anti-ransomware feature is hard to use because when it finds something, it doesn't provide adequate information and there are false positives that are hard to identify. Generally, it's difficult to access the documentation of the APIs as it requires an invitation via sponsorship from a Fortinet employee. We had some long-running issues, but that's perhaps because our configuration is not mainstream.

I've been using this solution for over a year. 

We haven't had any crashes, so the product is stable. We have problems with the stability of the VPN connection which tends to disconnect, but my impression is that it's just sensitive to network disruptions and is not related to the solution.

It's hard for me to comment on scalability because we are a company of 50 employees. We have one person who deals with maintenance for a minimal amount of time.

The technical support could be improved because it takes time to get through the first level of support, where you have to prove your case. When you get to where you need, it gets better, but just to get to someone who understands the problem can be tedious. We had some technical problems that they were never able to resolve.

The solution can be set up manually which can be quite complex on some operating systems because it requires a lot of manual settings. It can also be set up on Linux but they only support some distributions. 

I believe that licensing costs $500 per year for a 25-seat pack. It's a reasonable price although for small businesses, the disadvantage is that you have to buy a minimum 25 licenses.

I rate this solution six out of 10. 

I'm using Fortinet FortiClient to connect to servers on my company while working remotely from home. Additionally, I use it to connect to cloud applications and cloud servers. It's my company's gateway.

The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is its performance.

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 have been using Fortinet FortiClient for approximately four years.

Fortinet FortiClient is stable.

We have approximately 4,000 technology employees using this solution.

Our internal network team does the support for Fortinet FortiClient. I have not contacted Fortinet FortiClient support.

I have not used another solution other than Fortinet FortiClient.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiClient is very easy.

I would recommend this solution to others because it is very good.

I rate Fortinet FortiClient an eight out of ten.

I would rate the solution higher if the solution has better compatibility with the mobile application.