What is FortiMail?
FortiMail delivers advanced multi-layered protection against the full spectrum of email-borne threats. Powered by FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiMail helps your organization prevent, detect, and respond to email-based threats including spam, phishing, malware, zero-day threats, impersonation, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
99 Plan to Renew
86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love FortiMail?
Pros
- Effective Service
- Fair
- Helps Innovate
- Trustworthy
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
URL and Malware Detection
Data Loss Prevention
Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection
Anti Malware Signature Detection
Reporting Components
Email Retention and Archiving
Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing
End User Spam Visibility and Controls
Anti Malware Behavioral Detection
Encryption and Decryption
Hosted Email Support
Vendor Capability Ratings
Quality of Features
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Implementation
Breadth of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Customization
Availability and Quality of Training
Business Value Created
Ease of Data Integration
Vendor Support
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
FortiMail Reviews
Esat Yasar C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2024
An effective solution to ensure mail security,
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates FortiMail from other similar products?
It is not much different from other email solutions, but if your infrastructure has Fortinet products, you complete the security circle with Fortimail.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of use, manage and integration
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is no negative feature.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If there are infrastructure Fortinet solutions, the right solution for email security
Pros
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Client Friendly Policies
- Fair
RICHARD.A.UDEH,Dr(H.C),MBA,B.Sc(Hon) O.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Food and Beverage
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2024
FortiMail: Robust Protection, Requires Investment
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates FortiMail from other similar products?
FortiMail stands out due to its multi-layered protection .
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
- Multi-layered protection: FortiMail employs multiple layers of security to protect against a wide range of threats, including spam, viruses, phishing attacks, and malware. - Advanced threat detection: FortiMail uses advanced threat detection technologies to identify and block even the most sophisticated threats. - Ease of use: FortiMail is designed to be easy to use and manage, even for organizations with limited IT resources.
What do you dislike most about this product?
- Complexity: While FortiMail offers a wide range of features, its configuration and management can be complex, especially for smaller organizations with limited IT expertise. - Price: FortiMail can be expensive, especially for larger organizations with a high volume of email traffic. - Integration: FortiMail's integration with other security solutions can sometimes be challenging, requiring additional configuration and setup.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
- FortiMail is a powerful email security solution, but it requires careful planning and implementation. - Be prepared for a learning curve and ongoing maintenance. - If your organization has complex security needs and the budget to support it, FortiMail can be a valuable asset.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Shawn I.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jul 2023
User Friendly, Excellent Online Documentation
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates FortiMail from other similar products?
Fortimail is very user friendly and it's easy to find emails you are looking for and what's being blocked.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Fortinet's online documentation for Fortimail is very useful and, clicking the "?" in the top right corner of any page within the fortimail will take you directly to the documentation for that section.
What do you dislike most about this product?
We've had a few emails we couldn't block because we could add a rule for an email using the sender as well as subject and/or body text.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is a very user friendly product and reduces the amount of time needed to administer an email appliance.
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
