We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs Fortinet Fortimanager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The solutions are similar. Users of both say deployment is easy, like that each products are highly stable and scalable, and have good experiences with technical support. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud users are happier with the pricing of the product than Fortinet Fortimanager users.
"The most valuable feature is the inspection. It inspects before we have any traffic stops intrusion."
"The IPS and firewall function is valuable in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the remote management capability."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has valuable firewall, SSL VPN, and web filtering features."
"FortiGate Cloud boosts productivity because one solution covers all the requirements, features, and management functions. Staff can operate it with less security knowledge, so it decreases the workload of our security specialists. Anyone with training on the console can manage access to users and devices based on standardized structural services."
"I have found centralized administration, cloud UI, and visibility and security on all networks valuable features."
"The solution works well for remote or branch offices."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are the protection of internal and remote systems."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I appreciate the ability to connect via SSH through Fortinet FortiManager to the FortiGates I manage. This feature allows me to gather information about the interfaces without having to physically connect to the device. This is a convenient aspect that I find valuable."
"It can scale well."
"The solution brings device management into one single pane of glass and is a pretty good product."
"Stability is good within the product."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiManager are the overall management it provides and its ease of use."
"Provides good and detailed log management."
"The solution has the best stability for application control and inspections."
"The capacity to execute the solution needs to be improved. I would like to see management and analytics included in the solution."
"The product is not recommended on the basis of technical parameters. It is very tough to authenticate."
"As with any IT vendor, there are software issues."
"The solution should include a commit button that allows for review of changes and deployments before they are submitted."
"I recommend that Fortinet FortiGate Cloud improve their rules for configuration with each other."
"The console or demonstration tool could be more user friendly."
"Fortinet could improve FortiGate Cloud by providing better integration with third-party applications and features."
"Everything related to the graphical user interface should be improved."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"There are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, for example, the ZTP."
"For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"The product is not very stable."
"FortiManager could improve by making it easier to port larger policy packages to the FortiGate firewalls. Sometimes, there's an issue when we install a big package of policies. If you have a couple thousand policies for FortiGate firewalls, it can take a few minutes to receive a response from the remote devices. It's only an issue when you're dealing with thousands of policies and installing them on a large number of devices."
"There may be a communication issue. However, other items may be the culprit, such as network connectivity. It depends on the customer's network."
"Can be difficult to configure."
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 59 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". 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". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF), Fortinet FortiPortal and ExtremeCloud IQ, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, AlgoSec and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. See our Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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