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FortiGate SD-WAN Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

I am using SD wan at diffrent location to connect my central office , and I am.very much certified of this services and its easy to configuration & management

Thanks to fortigate for this wonderful technology Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Nothing yo deslike about the fortigate SD wan, its nice product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

To connect to my central office to our branch officees network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FortiGate SD-WAN Overview

What is FortiGate SD-WAN?

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. It improves application performance, reduces WAN Operating expenses and minimizes management complexity.

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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. It improves application performance, reduces WAN Operating expenses and minimizes management complexity.


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Fortinet
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Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey.


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Jose M.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Fortigate SD WAN"
Very stable and easy to configured. With load balancer
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"Enhanced Security and Connectivity with FortiGate SD-WAN"
The intuitive management interface and cloud-based deployment options simplify the configuration and monitoring processes, allowing IT teams to all...
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"Best in class wan management"
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IT Administrator
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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Fortigate SD-WAN is very easy to use. Very easy implementation. Fortigate customer support is also very impressive which responds to your tickets quickly. We use it daily to observe our multiple wan utilisation.There are many features whic is better than other similar products i market. Fortigate-SD-WAN is very easier to integrate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Licences or Subscription cost, Training to IT Staff,Bandwidth management and clarity of SD wan usage against the link. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems addressed: Connectivity Issues, Security Conserns, High Network Cost, Management Complexity

Benifits of using FortiGate SD-WAN: Improved application performance, Enhanced Security, Reduced network cost, Simplified Management, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose M.
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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Very stable and easy to configured. With load balancer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Nothing, fortigate sd wan are very usefull in large scale network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solve the issue in port forwarding and ddns domain. By using sd wan it silve pur private network to access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

The intuitive management interface and cloud-based deployment options simplify the configuration and monitoring processes, allowing IT teams to allocate resources effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Deploying and managing the solution may demand significant hardware resources and infrastructure investment, potentially increasing operational costs and complexity.The upgrade process can pose difficulties as well, sometimes leading to compatibility issues or service disruptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

Traditional WAN architectures often struggle to deliver consistent performance for critical applications, particularly in distributed environments with multiple branch offices. FortiGate SD-WAN improves application performance by dynamically optimizing traffic flow based on application priorities and network conditions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Products used within FortiSASE Solution: FortiGate NGFW, FortiGate SD-WAN
What do you like best about FortiSASE Solution?

Managing thosand of users workload traffic most secured and providing valuble insights about security gaps and improving overall security posture of org. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiSASE Solution?

Needs improvment in areas like , VLAN with quick connectivity options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiSASE Solution solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing network insights of our workforce across the world and minimizing the downtimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lokesh S.
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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Easy implementation, set up your model into centralize console, then, plug and play Easy to use. A lot of options and operationnal actions could be done with Web Console and CLI is not mandatory but it us a must during N3 debug. Also its scalable and you can setup small appliance on a small agency, and when need more you can upgrade the appliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

If you want to set up all security functions, it is slowing the appliance performance. So, it is better to not using the function and take a vertical appliance to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

Well, it provides the visibility and insights needed to identify and resolve common SD-WAN issue quickly, ensuring optimal network performance.

Its benefiting us with real time monitoring tool and detailed analytics amd reporting also easy interface and support multiple network protocol and devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yih How F.
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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

- Fortigate Offer Centralized Management And Analytic Capabilities, Providing Administrator A Holistic View of Network Performance

- Integrated Multiples Internet Link With Wan Load Balancing

- WAN Link SLA Detection

- WAN Seamless Failover Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

- Complexity On The Initial Stage Of Setup On Multiple Wan Link, It Require A Experience Engineer To Understand The Design Before Implemented The SD Solution InTo The Production

- SD WAN Gui Could Be More Intuitive And User Friendly Requiring Additional Effort To Navigate & Configure Setting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

- Multiple ISP Link Failover

- SLA Criteria To Meet Wan Condition

- SD Wan Rules To Determine Which Computer To Route To Dedicated Wan Link

- Internet Wan Load Balancing To Avoid Traffic Congesting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Customer Support, Easy activation, and implementation/integration, Policy push in just one click Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Syncing policies sometimes takes time which you have to verify from Fortinet firewall as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

Application Steering, ADVPN (Spoke to Spoke Communication) removes dependency on Hub for backhauling traffic, End to End Security with IPSEC tunnels between hub-spoke and spoke to spoke. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sachin B.
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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

It's easy to use GUI interface can help naive person to learn and understand various functions and implement easily.

It can be used by management to perform centralized tasks on a single click and pull out various required reports as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Nothing much however it can expand it's Layer 7 capabilities application wode and enhance it's user base signature patterns and it's log monitor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

Terminating various types of WWN links directly on Fortigate SDWan and then managing them centrally is very easy and effective to isolate WWN issues.

Also easy to change and implement the WAN Infrastructure and SDWAN capabilities like centralized policy making and pushing on multiple devices in one go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JYOTHEESWAR REDDY B.
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Products used within FortiSASE Solution: FortiGate-VM, FortiGate SD-WAN
What do you like best about FortiSASE Solution?

Handy and easy and secure, available at anytime.

Features and customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiSASE Solution?

Nothing abput dislike things

But needs an improvement in UI thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiSASE Solution solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jasmit Singh J.
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What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

It is easy to set up and manage. Performance SLA, SD-WAN Rules, etc. These are some of the options which make the solution well-suited for anybody and everybody. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Can get complex as the configuration UI is quite simple and full of text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm able to make changes on the fly without any restart or wait time for changes to apply. This saves time. A lot of help shows up via forums and Fortinet Website which makes it very simple solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.