Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

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

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN is a powerful Fortinet software that differs from others because it is simple and easy to configure since the user only needs to configure the WAN ports and choose the load balancing algorithm to meet the need of your company, it helps to protect the entire enterprise network from internal and external threats using AI-powered automation technologies, performs network protection with SSL encryption, provides visibility into applications, exploits, encrypted malware, bots, ransomware, malicious websites all by means of a deeper packet scan, it provides the user with dynamic routes so that it is possible to quickly and easily access critical applications, also due to the fact that its administration console is Unified WAN operations are simplified.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite point of this spftware is that it gives us greater visibility on the applications that are used the most at the business level in order to establish more efficient policies, which is able to choose which is the best route so that the application has a better performance or functionality, all this allows users to have a much more stable experience given that they can access the network much faster, and a much more reliable connection, a decrease in bandwidth costs is also obtained thanks to SD-WAN reducing hardware and manual administration.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Your connection is sometimes slow because it can be interrupted by some metric, priority browsing policies, sometimes they are handled disproportionately, which leads to a bad load balance when distributing packages with a provider.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Having an SD-WAN at the enterprise level is a great advantage since it improves the user experience, reduces bandwidth costs and offers a much simpler management of networks in the cloud.

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

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN differs from other products because it provides the user with a simple and fast configuration and this is because it is only necessary to choose the ports and the charging algorithm that best suits the needs of the company, this regardless of whether It is a small, medium or large company, it also provides tools that allow monitoring of the network in real time, as is the case of a centralized control mechanism that guarantees the user quick access to critical cloud applications so that the internet connection is improved and at the same time has a much lower cost.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect with this software is that it allows you to put aside the old functions or services and thus be able to access a more modern service that allows direct access to the internet, and this is because you can take full advantage of the WAN and thus achieve have high-speed performance relative to applications found on the WAN.

What do you dislike most about this product?

You must have a good knowledge of the network so that the management of the software is much easier, in addition to that its cost can be somewhat high for small companies.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend the use of this software for companies that handle high network distribution since the costs are usually less high, likewise the software is ideal for any size of company as long as it is handled in the correct way, that is, it takes full advantage its operation so it is ideal to have the ability to handle it.

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

Stability and suport

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Analytics

What do you dislike most about this product?

Bug in the SD-WAN monitor when using VDOM deployment

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is an excellent product overall with value for the price point.