Fortinet FortiADC 400F - application accelerator
$27,071.00
$20,812.99
Mfg # FAD-400F
CDW # 5769379
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The FortiADC Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) optimize the availability, user experience, performance and application security. The FortiADC family of physical and virtual appliances delivers fast, secure and intelligent acceleration and distribution of demanding applications in the enterprise.
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Fortinet FortiADC 400F - application accelerator is rated
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Rated 5 out of
5 by
reviewer1721355 from
A load-balancing solution for traffic management with bridging
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for deploying applications on local servers. Most customers use it for local traffic management and use the benefits of a security profile.
What is most valuable?
Fortinet FortiADC’s basic feature is present in all models, providing control over load balancing. Additionally, extra features found in FortiADC include bridging, which enables load balancing for CDB, UDP, and SDP.
The solution includes all the features, as well as support for global traffic management and local traffic management tools. It offers forward compatibility to integrate smoothly with Sandbox environments.
The user interface is very easy and integrates with Sandbox easily. It has its own antivirus.
What needs improvement?
The solution’s pricing could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Fortinet FortiADC as an integrator for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. Every virtual machine can expand easily. You must make size coding for three or five years for flexibility. FortiADC doesn’t have restrictions on the number of applications. It provides high availability and built-in security features like antivirus and sandbox integration.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward and depends on the number of nodes and applications. Deploying one node takes around 50 minutes.
It depends on the node and server application, source address, communication delivery control, URL, or port ID.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is cheap and has a yearly license.
I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
The deployment and the audio trimming may take one day.
FortiADC is stable and operates on a proprietary operating system. One advantage it has over some competitors, which run on Linux, is the strength of its operating system. This strengthens its security control. It offers a good service.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2024-03-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Aymar Tala Defo from
An easy to setup solution with good load balancing feature
What is our primary use case?
We use the product to manage load balancing and HTTP traffic.
What is most valuable?
I am impressed with the product's load-balancing feature.
What needs improvement?
The solution should improve finding false positives and false negatives. There are a lot of false positives.
How was the initial setup?
The product's setup is straightforward. The WAF took more time because we had to find a configuration that avoided a lot of false positives. We required only two people to handle the tool's deployment.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the product a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-06-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
reviewer1155504 from
Good for load balancing traffic and DNS traffic
What is our primary use case?
It's used for load-balancing traffic and DNS traffic as well. We use FortiADC as the global traffic manager and DNS solution and also as a classic load application delivery controller.
We use it to load balance between applications.
What is most valuable?
It's a good product because it supports all the features that ADC solutions in the market can support, like F5 solutions, for example, such as the LTM of F5.
What needs improvement?
Fortinet has some drawbacks, and it can be a bit challenging to scale. Maybe some new features could be added to address these issues.
Another area of improvement is support. So the only problems are with support, and scaling can be a bit difficult. I
For how long have I used the solution?
It's been five years now. Currently, it's version 6.4.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. We haven't faced any problems with stability, so let's say it's an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable. We can add more ADCs to the cluster if needed.
I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. Because if we miss the appliance's sizing in the beginning, it will be hard to scale.
Our clients are small to medium-sized businesses. We didn't deploy the big appliances.
How are customer service and support?
The support is bad. Unfortunately, they are very late in responding to our requests. It takes too much time.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Negative
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy to install. The process is straightforward.
The deployment takes around two to three days, considering the installation and configuration of some applications. We can easily configure the profiles.
What about the implementation team?
Usually, two people from my team, two engineers, work on the product. Moreover, customers usually request maintenance. So, one person is involved in the maintenance process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I believe the price is good. It's fair. There are no extra costs. You just pay for the license and, if applicable, for the hardware appliance. If it's a VM, there is no additional cost for the license.
It's up to the customer to choose a licensing model. If you choose to buy yearly, it's usually on a yearly basis.
What other advice do I have?
You can go ahead and buy this product. It's very good, pretty stable, and the price is fair, as I mentioned. So, in terms of competition, it's a good product.
Overall, I would rate it as an eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:Partner
Date published: 2023-05-25T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bruno Moreira from
I like the intelligent global DNS feature
What is our primary use case?
We use FortiADC for link load balancing. FortiGate has this feature, but some customers aren't using Fortinet firewalls. In this case, the customer had three Internet links for downloading huge satellite images that are more than 70 GB.
This company collects the images so their software can analyze which crops are at risk. They download the images between the hours of noon and midnight, and their customers access the website early in the morning around 7 a.m. They need to have the images downloaded and analyzed by the time their customers wake up, but the download server only allows 10 connections per IP address. We set up three links to achieve 30 connections to that IP server, and FortiADC balances the load between those links.
What is most valuable?
Although FortiADC has multiple features that I like, the global DNS is the most helpful. It is primarily useful for customers with huge environments and at least two data centers. FortiADC can act as your DNS server. It can check which data center has the lowest latency, and route traffic to that one. It's an intelligent DNS.
It can also balance application loads between servers and reroute content. If a public IP address hosts multiple applications, ADC can steer the traffic to the specific server of that application based on the URL that you are calling. If you have servers that respond for one specific application, you can use the ADC to load-balance the sessions between those servers. Which server has the least number of sessions? Which server is responding the fastest?
What needs improvement?
I believe FortiADC will be discontinued soon because many of its features are now available on other Fortinet devices. We don't use it much anymore except for specific use cases that require the global DNS feature. Link load balancing and SD-WAN are now built into FortiGate, but the web application firewall policies could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I started working with FortiADC in 2015, so it has been around eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate FortiADC seven out of 10 for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate FortiADC seven out of 10 for scalability.
How are customer service and support?
I had a terrible experience with Fortinet support. I only used support once when I bought the solution. I got no response for two days. However, I believe that it's no longer the case. Fortinet solutions have problems when they're launched. For example, we had issues with Fortinet's authenticator when it came out. We also had trouble with FortiNAC in the beginning.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Fortinet FortiADC nine out of 10. In every instance where we deployed FortiADC, our customers were only looking for a specific feature. My advice to those considering FortiADC is to understand all the features because customers are often unaware of what it can do. Our customers typically want either the server balancing or global DNS features, and they are not aware of the other things they can do with the solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-06-04T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mohamed Fouad from
Provides good scalability, but its stability for virtual machines needs improvement
What is our primary use case?
Our customers use Fortinet FortiADC for load balancing multiple applications on databases, web servers, etc.
What is most valuable?
Fortinet FortiADC is the most affordable appliance you can purchase from any vendor. From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet.
What needs improvement?
The product's stability for VMs could be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Fortinet FortiADC for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable in terms of hardware.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product has good scalability.
How are customer service and support?
I have logged many technical cases with the product's support team. They provide me with professional service.
How was the initial setup?
Fortinet FortiADC's initial setup is easy. The deployment process involves gathering customer information about routing and network design. The time taken for the implementation depends on the number of virtual servers or applications. In many cases, it takes three days to complete the setup. It is easy to maintain due to the powerful view of logs.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product has affordable pricing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
F5 Advanced WAF is more stable and granular and has the latest updates compared to Fortinet FortiADC. Although both the hardware has Layer 7 load balancing method.
What other advice do I have?
If you are running a small or medium-sized enterprise, I recommend Fortinet FortiADC. I rate it a five out of ten.
Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:Partner
Date published: 2023-07-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MauricioCorrêa from
A stable solution with good SD-WAN and security capabilities and a good load balance with DNS intelligence
What is our primary use case?
I use Fortinet FortiADC for load balancing for different data centers.
What is most valuable?
My experience with Fortinet has been very positive. It provides a great layer when it comes to SD-WAN and other security capabilities. It offers many models for a host of environments.
I like the solution's load balance with DNS intelligence.
What needs improvement?
The price of the product is problematic.
The configuration is relatively complex.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
How are customer service and support?
I have had no need for customer support.
How was the initial setup?
The solution has a relatively complex setup.
What about the implementation team?
We used resellers for the deployment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution could be more cost-effective.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is deployed both on-cloud and on-premises.
I rate Fortinet FortiADC as an eight out of ten.
Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2021-12-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
KRISTOF Laenen from
Scalable product with good technical support services
What is our primary use case?
We use Fortinet FortiADC as a resource proxy and load balancer.
What is most valuable?
The product has flexible and interesting licensing options. If you buy a low-end licensing plan, you get all the features with a lower version. You can buy an expensive version if you need advanced features, including security, web application firewall, etc.
What needs improvement?
The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Fortinet FortiADC for a few months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable platform.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable product.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support services are quite good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup process is easy for me as I have experience working with FortiGate. It requires half a day to complete.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product has average pricing. I rate its pricing a five out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Fortinet FortiADC a nine out of ten.
Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:partner
Date published: 2023-11-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sameer Ghewade from
A stable and scalable solution that is easy to operate and has single-handed control
What is our primary use case?
We use Fortinet FortiADC for controlling applications by Microsoft and Google. We use the solution to block content that must be blocked and allow content that can be allowed.
What is most valuable?
Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it. I can perfectly take control of the service provided to the end user. The solution's policy also works on the group level and individual level.
Fortinet FortiADC is easy to operate and has single-handed control.
What needs improvement?
Fortinet's fixed application version has very good policies. Some features have been reduced in the new version of Fortinet FortiADC. Whenever Fortinet updates its application version, it should provide the same features.
For example, I was using MAC-based control for end users. Six months back, I updated the version of Fortinet OS. The MAC-based control on the new version was CLI-based, which is difficult to manage. I wanted the MAC-based control to be GUI-based.
Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Fortinet FortiADC since 2014.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Fortinet FortiADC is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Fortinet FortiADC is a scalable solution. More than 100 users are using the solution in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
Fortinet FortiADC’s technical support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What about the implementation team?
It takes two to three hours to deploy Fortinet FortiADC.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution's pricing is an issue and should be improved. We have a yearly subscription for Fortinet FortiADC.
What other advice do I have?
One person is required for the maintenance of Fortinet FortiADC. The solution is deployed on-cloud in our organization.
Overall, I rate Fortinet FortiADC ten out of ten.
Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-11-10T00:00:00-05:00