Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

What differentiates Fortinet Secure SD-WAN from other similar products?

This SD-WAN differs from others because it helps to improve the user experience and reduce costs, this is because it has the ability to connect the user from anywhere regardless of whether it goes from the data center to the cloud, allows you to obtain the best route so that each application has the appropriate performance, provides high speed secure connectivity and deep SSL inspection, which gives the advantage of providing a remarkable user experience and at the same time complete visibility with inspection of all HTTPS traffic.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I find it very enjoyable that it enables a comprehensive view of a variety of network edges, helps simplify operations, and provides security, visibility, and analytics across the network, as well as a quality experience for users by having a much more stable, secure and fast connection regardless of its access point, which guarantees that the company acquires adequate access and performance of applications in the cloud without having to compromise the speed and experience of each user.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its most recent versions of firewall are not usually compatible with other providers so this can limit its use, especially if you want to continue with the same provider, also your connection is sometimes interrupted.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is important to evaluate in advance the provider, the product and the appropriate support for the company, so that when you decide which one you want to implement, it meets all the needs and does not present problems that limit its use.

What differentiates Fortinet Secure SD-WAN from other similar products?

This software differs from others because it offers its users visibility, control and a totally centralized administration, thus achieving that the functionality is unified in multiple cloud environments through native integrations of the cloud, it carries out the transport of traffic of applications that they are securely in the cloud and at the same time reduce latency, also always select the dynamic route for each application, thus giving the advantage of better performance and lower costs

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I really like that it provides developer friendly APIs as this means that programmers may have the ability to consistently represent network and security requirements, connecting users securely and stably no matter where they are. which place they are, this is thanks to the fact that it locates the dynamic route that best suits a specific application, it also allows to carry out an implementation without any intervention and this is because it provides control and separation of the data plane, thus leading to a centralized administration and much more enjoyable, since it simplifies operations at the edge of the WAN.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its integration with other providers is somewhat limited so this may be something to take into account when deciding whether or not to use the software, in addition its versions limit its compatibility with some providers, which causes that for its use it is necessary to use a older version.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is important to evaluate in advance the compatibility of the software with other providers so that at the time of its integration you will not have problems with it, but rather that the process is totally successful and its most current version can be obtained which allows access to more advanced functions.

What differentiates Fortinet Secure SD-WAN from other similar products?

Ease of setup

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

everything is at your dispossal via the gui

What do you dislike most about this product?

I wish the SDWAN portion would play nicer with outside vnedor VPNs

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

That a VPN is established via the additional WAN port to third party vendor appliances