We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco DNA Center provides operational support, compliance support, security vulnerability detection, and automatic scheduling."
"It does a lot of things automatically, and that's the big thing with it. They're making the software so that you don't need to be as knowledgeable as me on the switching and routing side to get your work done. If you want, you can have DNA troubleshoot your problem for you and give you solutions or fix it itself, if it was something that's just a configuration issue."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"The product gives a consolidated view."
"The most valuable features were the monitoring, maintenance, and configuration."
"It is a stable solution."
"Application Assurance works very well."
"FortiManager offers a full zero-touch provisioning feature that allows us to create a template of our devices and onboard them remotely without visiting the site."
"The main benefit of Fortinet FortiManager is the ability to control all the devices from a central location, view their statuses, and manage their configurations and updates from a single management console."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The SD-WAN deployment environment, and the SD-WAN templates are particularly useful. Managing the solution is very intuitive. The initial setup of the solution was very straightforward."
"It is stable."
"It's a scalable product."
"It can scale well."
"The solution's integration feature can be better."
"The solution's technical support is an area with which my company's clients have a problem. Cisco doesn't provide good technical support unless a user has a big account that Cisco wants to retain."
"The product has many features that do not work properly."
"They should include UTM features in the product."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"There should be an option for automation of template deployment by using the stored data. It is not easy to save configuration information for lots of devices without using other tools. There should be a tighter, better repository of information that can be merged with the templates."
"The product doesn’t have good monitoring capabilities."
"The solution’s security side could be improved."
"The solution has some bugs."
"I didn't like the connectivity with FortiManager and FortiSwitch, which was buggy and annoying and had fewer features."
"The compatibility with legacy products should be better. It would also be nice if the software could manage other devices from Fortinet and third parties."
"The SD-WAN solution is difficult to manage on FortiManager because you need to share some configurations on the firewall side. Sometimes you lose all connectivity with the firewall, so it is challenging to apply the default configuration to the SD-WAN solution."
"FortiManager could be more user-friendly."
"There are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, for example, the ZTP."
"FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms."
"The fabric for integrations or connections could be improved."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 27 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 42 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Allows multiple switch port configurations and traffic segregation into multiple fabrics, but there's a delay in log replication, and reporting needs more customization options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up, quick response to threats, and collaborates well with other Fortinet products". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Zabbix, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and AlgoSec. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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