We performed a comparison between AlgoSec and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about AlgoSec, Tufin, Palo Alto Networks and others in Firewall Security Management."The Firewall Analyzer component has excellent compatibility with the solution, and it's highly useful and easy to manage."
"The initial setup process is excellent."
"AlgoSec provides full visibility into the risk involved in firewall change requests as well. It definitely allows us to drill down to the level where we can see the actual policy rule that's affecting the risk ratings. If there are any changes in ratings, it'll show you exactly how to determine what's changed in the network that will affect it. It's been very clear and intuitive as far as that."
"Unused rules, hidden rules, and dangerous combinations of rules are easily found and tracked by using AlgoSec."
"We are currently in a rule base performance improvement process and AlgoSec is an invaluable tool to accomplish this."
"AlgoSec has helped us save time by having one central location to view firewall policies, especially when crossing multiple vendors."
"Thanks to this visibility, I was able to do my rule optimization."
"The most valuable features are the network map, risk analysis, and tickets for firewall changes."
"FortiManager's most valuable features are web-based or web-rule-based policies, SD-WAN, and the ease of upgrading to new firmware."
"This solution enables you to centralize the rules and the configuration of all the equipment."
"The best feature of Fortinet FortiManager is its ease of use. It is easy to manage the firewall from Fortinet FortiManager. Additionally, the interface is very good."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"It would normally take us a handful of days to install one FortiGate instance on one site. But with this technology, zero-touch deployment, we need just one hour or maybe as little as 30 minutes to install one site. It is much more efficient."
"The solution brings device management into one single pane of glass and is a pretty good product."
"It has multiple features in one box, which helps to avoid needing a lot of equipment. This is something that makes them unique."
"I like the rapid deployment feature. I also like that it's easy to troubleshoot. FortiManager is amazing because we can have a centralized policy. All our devices are integrated, and we can also engage in troubleshooting. We can use it for different deployments. One fantastic feature is the ability to create a version and deploy it immediately."
"It would be very helpful to have a direct link to the relevant firewall policy embedded within reports when there are warnings or risks indicated."
"The Flash to HTML5 rewrite has been bumpy."
"To secure SaaS traffic there are a few vendors such as Palo Alto and Zscaler, but AlgoSec is not yet able to push rules onto these clouds."
"Certain firewalls don't integrate with AlgoSec, and it would be great if this bug could be fixed."
"We are running multiple hybrid cloud solutions, working with cloud providers, and looking for API integrations with cloud and related interoperability. Sometimes, when we are trying to delete or disable any rule, it takes more time than expected."
"A vulnerability management module might be interesting, though not integrated with a third-party vendor. It should be an AlgoSec VM module."
"I would like the reporting to be more customizable, as per user and auditing needs."
"Algosec does not support vendors like Sophos, SonicWall, Forecepoint, and so on."
"I prefer configuring rules and the VPN on the standalone device, not on the manager."
"The FortiManager is more complex and they can make it easier to use the VPN manager. All other features are okay. However, the VPN manager is more difficult and can cause some issues in the environment, if you do not have the experience to use it."
"It's a difficult process to transfer one interface from one virtual domain to another."
"The product is not very stable."
"There are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, for example, the ZTP."
"The GUI is not ideal."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"Pricing-wise, it could always be less, even though it is less expensive than Palo Alto."
AlgoSec is ranked 1st in Firewall Security Management with 173 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 59 reviews. AlgoSec is rated 9.0, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AlgoSec writes "Gives us the ability to dig down into details and work at a level above the skills that we already have". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices". AlgoSec is most compared with Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Skybox Security Suite, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and RedSeal, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager.
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