We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's user-friendly."
"The VPN features are the most valuable."
"The solution is quite stable. I haven't had issues with it crashing on me. I don't recall running into any bugs or glitches. It's very reliable so far."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is easy to use."
"It covers all needs of our customers and works well. It is also easy to deploy and troubleshoot."
"One firewall box can contain various top-of-the-line services that are packaged together for easy administration."
"I have found centralized administration, cloud UI, and visibility and security on all networks valuable features."
"FortiGate Cloud's key features are the user interface and ease of access."
"The product is useful for patch management."
"The technical support is good."
"SCCM is a stable solution."
"With the SCCM inventory, we found a lot of rogue applications. We were able to identify them, find out who was running them, and either put them on our application list or remove them."
"Microsoft has done a good job with authentication solutions, such as single sign-on, or open authentication."
"Valuable features include configurations enforcement, compliance data gathering, and deployment of a standardized OS."
"We're a Microsoft-centric organization, so we are happy with the integration between products."
"The most valuable features are Remote Connect, SUP, Cloud functionality, Report, Query, and third-party patching."
"The interface and dashboards should improve in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. Other solutions have better graphical interfaces."
"Currently with the solution, if you want to manage more than one FortiGate you have to use a VM, and a VM can control up to 10."
"It is currently durable, but they may be able to improve it further. They can adapt Cisco technology because of its durability."
"Some configuration changes would be helpful."
"Everything related to the graphical user interface should be improved."
"ACL is an area with shortcomings that needs to be improved."
"The SSL visibility could be better."
"They're constantly doing maintenance and there are unexpected downtimes for the cloud interface."
"I want the system to provide some dependency relations. I would also like to see the relationship between different machines."
"It should provide the ability to remotely connect to mobile devices. There are some solutions that are doing that, but with Microsoft Intune, the only way to remotely connect to devices outside the organization and mobile devices is by using TeamViewer. It is pretty strange for a big company like Microsoft to not have something for that."
"It needs to be able to load faster during deployment."
"SCCM does not scale well, which is one of the reasons we are not going to continue to use it."
"There is no asset management package included."
"It is a bit of an old and outdated product."
"Marketing: Our management doesn't understand that there is a piece of software which helps them automate and manage the entire network, as far as operating systems on computers."
"Cloud-based improvements need to be better managed."
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Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. 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 Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and Fortinet FortiPortal, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium. See our Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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