"Cisco is a leading network company."
"We have many people from the team who manage a lot of devices. By using Cisco DNA Center, it has taken some of that burden away, we are impressed with it. We did the investment in CAPEX, but in the OPEX was very low."
"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."
"I think that their LAN automation is a very good feature."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"It gives us automation capabilities for pushing out the configuration to branch networks. It also provides visibility into the health of user network devices."
"I like the visibility, instant build, network, policies, and the ability to control access. I also like that you can visualize your whole network."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"The solution is very stable."
"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."
"There is something called zero-touch provisioning, where you can add a new device without any configuration. You just add it to FortiManager and then forget about it."
"It has multiple features in one box, which helps to avoid needing a lot of equipment. This is something that makes them unique."
"It is easy to manage a huge number of devices with FortiManager."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"The task failure reporting or provisioning failure reporting could be a little bit better in the UI, with more information given to the user."
"Cisco DNA Center was a new technology for us, at the beginning, it was not easy to do, but Cisco did a lot of training with us to a level we could handle everything. The team is managing itself now without the assistance of Cisco."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"From the recent DNA point of view, there are some stability challenges with Cisco, but very minor."
"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."
"Cisco could improve the security side of their solutions."
"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."
"Within the management of some features on FortiManager, specifically the management of user objects used for VPN service, FortiManager is quite weak."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"Its licensing model should be improved."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions other than Fortinet."
"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."
"The GUI could be updated. It's not as good as it could be and is something the solution should improve in an upcoming release."
"The CLI could be enhanced."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 10 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 11 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Robust, zero-day configuration with wireless assurance and telemetry, with outstanding support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Good centralized management that's stable and easy to scale". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Junos Space Network Director, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Zabbix, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and Cisco Prime. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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