DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs FortiMonitor comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

DX Unified Infrastructure Management and FortiMonitor compete in infrastructure and monitoring solutions. FortiMonitor has the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set that outweighs the initial cost drawbacks.

Features: DX Unified Infrastructure Management includes robust monitoring capabilities, seamless integration, and flexible customization, offering detailed infrastructure insights. FortiMonitor is equipped with advanced analytics, proactive alerts, and diverse integrations, ensuring extensive data visibility and enabling in-depth infrastructure analysis. Its broader feature set contributes to superior long-term insights.

Room for Improvement: DX Unified Infrastructure Management can enhance its analytics depth, expand its alerting systems, and diversify its integration options to match FortiMonitor's capabilities. FortiMonitor could improve its pricing model for initial investments, simplify its feature usage for new users, and enhance customer support efficiency compared to DX Unified Infrastructure Management.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DX Unified Infrastructure Management offers a straightforward deployment model with effective customer service, making onboarding easy. FortiMonitor uses a cloud-based deployment strategy, supported by dedicated service, ensuring scalability. Nonetheless, DX Unified Infrastructure Management is favored for its ease of deployment and responsive support.

Pricing and ROI: DX Unified Infrastructure Management has competitive setup costs and favorable ROI through efficient resource management. FortiMonitor requires a higher initial investment with potentially lower immediate ROI. However, its extensive features are seen as worth the cost over time, making it advantageous for long-term benefits.

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DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs. FortiMonitor

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Categories and Ranking

DX Unified Infrastructure M...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

73rd

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

50th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (22nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (38th), AIOps (25th)

FortiMonitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

21st

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

22nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Alerting and Incident Management (9th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of FortiMonitor is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
FortiMonitor	0.8%
DX Unified Infrastructure Management	0.5%
Other	98.7%

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Mark Tukh

Principal Presale Consultant at Ness Technologies

Great scalability, versatility, infrastructure coverage and ease of implementation

I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten. The number of people needed for deployment depends on the customer, but we usually need at least one person and two to three at other times. The initial implementation takes about two months. The full implementation can be infinite because you may want to implement more. The product does not require a lot of maintenance. To increase the implementation, we push additional services in the first and second years to make it more robust and fully implemented. We usually sell to big enterprises. It can also be affordable for smaller enterprises, but we don't work with them a lot. We have from 2,000 to 10,000 workers. So the product itself can have five, ten or even 20 users.

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JaimeVasquez

Commercial Manager at IT-Experience

Monitoring capabilities keep operations running smoothly and alerts enhance proactive system management

We use FortiMonitor to monitor the infrastructure of our customers. We check on what is happening with their operations, monitor bandwidth, ensure configurations are appropriate for the customer, and identify if anything is going wrong The most valuable features of FortiMonitor are its redundancy…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"You can integrate clouds, hybrid infrastructure, and on-premise infrastructure into one product."

"It provides a comprehensive monitoring solution for our open systems."

"Easy admin functionality. You can quickly do all the admin functionality without reducing cycles."

"It is very scalable."

"Technical support is great."

"MultiWAN and Balance service"

"Monitors the infrastructure asset and also monitors as an IT service."

"It reduced cycles for a lot of quick out-of-the-box functionality. It also allowed us to get away from being stuck in SNMP, VTP V2, based off of agent deployment."

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"FortiMonitor is 100% stable."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"FortiMonitor's dashboard is very informative and user-friendly."

"The solution helps to see client infrastructure. It has many boxes and blinks green or red when the station goes up or down. We have different domains for the device groups that we monitor."

"FortiMonitor has a very intuitive dashboard, which makes it particularly helpful for analyzing traffic, alerts, and other information."

"The tool continuously improves, adapting to support new vendors and technologies. Importantly, it automates the process, triggering alerts when devices require attention, and eliminating the need for manual intervention."

"Overall, I would recommend FortiMonitor to others."

"FortiMonitor is really easy to use for monitoring the logs on FortiGate...It is a stable product."

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Cons

"The company has not kept pace with developments."

"DX UIM's reporting and customization need to be improved."

"We would like the navigation of this solution to be more user friendly for our system administrators."

"Stability."

"There should be wider coverage of storage infrastructure."

"Customers have expressed that support is not as flexible, and it is difficult to obtain necessary information quickly."

"The UIM has no features through goods and services yet. "

"I think it can be improved by a greater provision of specialized technical support, as there are very few trained personnel there."

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"Sometimes, during high CPU usage, we cannot access FortiMonitor and must refresh it."

"There are no AI features in FortiMonitor, which might be an area for enhancement."

"Additionally, there are no AI features in FortiMonitor, which might be an area for enhancement."

"The solution's initial setup process is time-consuming."

"FortiMonitor needs to improve its alert system."

"FortiMonitor's monitoring could be much better. It should be like, in Palo Alto."

"FortiMonitor could be improved by making it more convenient for smaller workloads, such as when configuring a few branches."

"The tool's price in Vietnam is high, making it an area of concern where improvements can be made."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for DX Unified Infrastructure Management isn't cheap at all. It's a complex tool, so you have to pay more. No one is happy with a large bill to pay, but if it's a complex product and you designed a complex solution to be monitored, it'll be your fault that you need to buy an expensive product, and that would be implicit in the design of DX Unified Infrastructure Management. Monitoring is just a small part of it. Sometimes you have to pay a significant amount of money for a complex yet very good solution."

"The license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."

"The product-price ratio is better than other brands such as Fortinet or SonicWall."

"This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."

"CAD $400,000 annually."

"Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."

"In terms of licensing, while it may not be the most expensive option on the market, it's relatively cost-effective. You can obtain licenses at a lower cost, with the calculation being straightforward. For example, if you onboard around 5,000 devices, you'll need approximately 5,000 licenses, as each device typically counts as one license."

"On a scale from one to ten, I rate the pricing a nine since it is a good solution that is available at a cheap price."

"FortiMonitor's price is very high."

"We have a large customer base for Fortinet, and the additional buying power got us really great discounts."

"The price of FortiMonitor is approximately $200 annually for 225 users. The price is competitive."

"There are additional costs needed for certain functionality, such as scalability."

"The tool's pricing model in Vietnam is a bit high. I rate the product price as an eight out of ten."

"Compared to other solutions, FortiMonitor is a very expensive solution."

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Performing Arts

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Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

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Large Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	80

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for DX Infrastructure Manager?

We are an integrating company that offers DX Unified Infrastructure Management to customers. We help them set it up, do the integration, and provide support. Our end customers include financial ins...

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What advice do you have for others considering DX Infrastructure Manager?

I would recommend DX Unified Infrastructure Management to others as it is a good and reliable solution. I would rate it nine out of ten due to its robust functionality and capability to support inf...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Infrastructure Manager?

The pricing of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is high and often a concern for customers. The cost is higher compared to other Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), which is feedback we hav...

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

I have a clear bias because I work for Panopta. We aren't a fit for everyone, but I can confirm that Panopta is a lot less work to stand up and maintain. It's also a lot easier to use and onboard n...

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What do you like most about FortiMonitor?

In FortiMonitor, we're linked up with our Netgear, CactusServer, and NOC. It's really valuable because everything's migrating to one dashboard for us system engineers. We can keep an eye on traffic...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FortiMonitor?

FortiMonitor does save time but not significantly on costs, as there are still expenses related to procurement, installation, and licensing.

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Also Known As

DX Infrastructure Manager, DX Infrastructure Manager for Z Systems and CA UIM for zSystems, CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager), CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager

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Overview

DX Unified Infrastructure Management is the only solution that provides an open architecture, full-stack observability and zero-touch configuration for monitoring traditional data center, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments.

Designed to ensure an optimal end-user experience, this solution provides a modern HTML5 operations console that makes it easy and fast for today’s IT teams to implement, use, and scale – leading to faster time to value.

Broadcom

FortiMonitor is a comprehensive, SaaS-based digital experience monitoring (DEM) platform that helps organizations modernize their performance-monitoring tools. It provides visibility into endpoint application performance and digital experience—no matter where the user resides or where the application is hosted.

Fortinet

Sample Customers

CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex

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