We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Fortinet FortiPortal based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The setup is very simple."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"The most valuable feature is the central configuration for firewall policies."
"The integration is quite good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiManager are the overall management it provides and its ease of use."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"The main benefit of Fortinet FortiManager is the ability to control all the devices from a central location, view their statuses, and manage their configurations and updates from a single management console."
"The firewall and site-blocking features are valuable."
"From a scalability perspective, I found the solution to be completely fine...The solution's technical support is absolutely fine."
"I am very comfortable with it, including it's reporting on threats and through its activities."
"It does a little bit better than some of the other products health-wise and updates-wise. It is really clear that a firewall is getting the signature updates in this timeframe. In some of the other products, usually, you have to go a couple of screens in to see that, but not so much in this product."
"The role-based access controls give us granular control over what features to present to a customer, and the integration into FortiAnalyzer is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is application control."
"I like the tool's controller facility."
"The customer likes it for the graphs, the dynamics and the reporting functionality it offers."
"It would be better if it were easier to run a routing protocol. In the next release, I would like them to enhance some features in the GUI rather than CLI or OSP. For example, whenever a customer generates an ISP directly on the firewall, it's complicated to configure the routing protocol."
"Their EDR products could be better. They need to dedicate more R&D to that area."
"The price always has room for improvement."
"I didn't like the connectivity with FortiManager and FortiSwitch, which was buggy and annoying and had fewer features."
"There may be a communication issue. However, other items may be the culprit, such as network connectivity. It depends on the customer's network."
"Wizards could be improved in pushing policies."
"The solution has some bugs."
"Its licensing model should be improved."
"There can be defects in Fortinet FortiPortal when functioning at high temperatures."
"The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity."
"It's useful for us but if it had more educational reporting, it would good. It's not necessarily lacking but it's an area that could get better."
"Fortinet FortiPortal could improve by providing a learning portal and better security."
"I find their logging a little bit trickier to manage. The logging of events is broken up into a lot of different categories. Instead of breaking up my logs into several different places, I personally like to have all the events in one spot and then filter them down. In particular, I find that troubleshooting on Fortinet takes a little bit longer just because of those functional breakups in the logs."
"The tool should provide a 10-15 days extension for customers when their license expires."
"Fingerprint access security would improve this solution."
"The solution is more expensive than other products."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Fortinet FortiPortal is ranked 10th in Firewall Security Management with 10 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiPortal is rated 7.8. 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 FortiPortal writes "Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offers role-based access controls for granular control ". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec, whereas Fortinet FortiPortal is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, vCloud Director and VMware Aria Operations.
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