What is Fortinet Secure SD-WAN?
Fortinet is the only NGFW vendor to provide native SD-WAN along with integrated advanced threat protection. FortiGate SD-WAN replaces separate WAN routers, WAN optimization, and security devices with a single solution that is application-aware, offers automatic WAN path control and multi-broadband support.
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92 Likeliness to Recommend
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98 Plan to Renew
87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
+97 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Inspires Innovation
- Caring
- Respectful
- Security Protects
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SD-WAN Security
Simple Administration
Ease of Troubleshooting
Load Sharing
Application Optimization
Multiple Connection Type Support
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Flexible Deployment
Adaptive Traffic
Dynamic Routing
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Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Reviews
Luis E.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Feb 2021
Awesome product
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Ernest P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2021
Stable and secure connectivity
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Secure SD-WAN from other similar products?
FortiGate Secure SD-WAN differs from other software because it provides its users with a secure, stable and high performance connection, allows obtaining a high-speed network from cloud to cloud, routes traffic to the ideal path of the WAN which gives the advantage of being able to connect to any application wherever it is, provides a single management console thus helping to simplify operations at the edge of the WAN, also significantly reduces bandwidth costs.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
What I like the most about this software is how capable it is to reduce the cost of bandwidth, thanks to the fact that it reduces certain processes and offers better routes, which guarantees a more stable, secure connectivity and regardless of where it is done this guarantees that the user has a more enjoyable experience, since they can connect more easily, without so much latency and more reliably, in addition to the fact that it allows to prioritize the traffic and direct it through multiple MPLS or Internet oriented WAN services , such as Ethernet Fiber, Wave, 4G, 5G, xDSL, and LTE.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Its configuration can be somewhat complex if you do not have technical knowledge in this type of software, so going to the support team is a solution, also sometimes your connection is unstable but it could be due to distance, route or DNS.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This Fortinet software is ideal for those companies that need to improve their connections since it selects the route based on the characteristics of the application using dynamic route selection, improving performance and optimizing costs by selecting the best line link rented or internet.
Pros
- Saves Time
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
Adolf R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2021
Robust software ideal for remote connections
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Secure SD-WAN from other similar products?
FortiGate Secure SD-WAN differs from other software because it offers a much more agile, reliable, and fast experience to users, this is because it allows remote connections to occur much easier, with lower latency and more stable connectivity, is responsible for finding more stable routes with better performance for each application, makes implementation and administration much simpler as it scales, handles a variety of connections and is capable of dynamically moving traffic.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The aspect that I find most attractive about this software is that it allows users who access remotely to have a more pleasant experience given that they have a secure, stable and much faster connection, which allows the sites to be activated quickly and no network or security experts are required on site for installation, plus choosing the right SD-WAN facilitates administration and lowers costs.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Its interfaces sometimes tend to be somewhat clumsy, and its load balancing sometimes fails, which generates that at the time of generating an adequate load it is not found, so a good operation of this function facilitates and further enhances the effectiveness of the software.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It must be clear how to configure this software since a good configuration leads the SD-WAN to behave as expected, helping to generate more stable and pleasant connections for users as well as to manage in a simpler way and to protect against threats.
Pros
- Saves Time
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable