We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Fortinet FortiOS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The solution brings device management into one single pane of glass and is a pretty good product."
"Centralized configuration is the most helpful feature. I like the ability to create templates and push them to all the devices at the same time. I also like that I can see the the logs with one device to provide zero touch on all other products."
"FortiManager enables us to set unified firewall policies from one centralized dashboard, reducing human error. If you do not have a central dashboard, there's a chance you might set a policy on one firewall and forget to do it for another."
"It is easy to manage a huge number of devices with FortiManager."
"It's a scalable product."
"For the whole security fabric from Fortinet, with a simple click you can see if some workstations or services are affected by an attack. You can really easily quarantine it, check the solution, and fix it."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"The product is a combination of management and monitoring from the same interface."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"I have found the most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the low maintenance."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"It is more robust than SonicWall, particularly on the VPN from site to site."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"All of the features in this solution are effective and efficient."
"The initial setup is straightforward, and it is very customer friendly."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"The solution has some bugs."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"Can be difficult to configure."
"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."
"The information extraction through command lines was could improve to some extent. Although there were some command lines available, there were not enough options. For instance, I needed to obtain the management IP address of my two Fortigates, but the Fortinet FortiManager did not provide me with the IP address on the LAN interface. I attempted to find this information through the command line but was unsuccessful. I also searched for articles on the internet, but could not find a solution. This is an aspect that could be improved or potentially there is a method to access this information that I have yet to discover."
"The solution could improve the log retention and reports."
"It would be great if they can push the Microsoft updates through Fortinet OS and provide a centralized patch management system. They should also include the data loss prevention (DLP) and data leakage prevention features. They could also add network monitoring more effectively."
"The support could be improved, Fortinet's response time is very slow. Setting up the VPN could be made much easier, especially when deployed with Azure."
"The solution's firmware updates have significant bugs and issues."
"The solution is good, but they have poor marketing in Nigeria. They need to market their product better."
"It should also manage the local DSCP network."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"It would be better if AWS instances were available. If I want to upgrade from T2.small to T2.medium, it should be available rather than having a big instance and paying a lot of money for that. The issue is that we had deployed in AWS Cloud, and we were using a very small instance. Recently we wanted to move in-house and deploy it on the big instance because it was struggling with the RAM. If we use T2.small, we cannot upgrade it to the T2.medium. It has predefined instances in the marketplace with a lot of cost differences. If I can increase the RAM, I have to choose the T3.large instance. If I'm paying $270 for the small instance, I have to pay more than double the cost for T3.large. It is about $850, and this is not good. So, it would be better if it was cheaper. I think both AWS and Fortinet should think about that. They should provide it on lower instances as well. If I want to upgrade it from T2.small to T2.medium, it should be available, but it's a problem."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 59 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, AlgoSec and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace.
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