"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"Fortinet has the option of synchronization in the cloud, so you can manage everything if you have a cloud account."
"A fully integrated solution."
"The most valuable features are the centralized management of the firewalls."
"The solution is very stable."
"The user interface is very easy to navigate."
"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."
"I like the real-time location monitor or RTLS feature. It is similar to the monitoring feature in Cisco Prime."
"I like that it supports all our Huawei devices. Unlike other network monitoring tools that monitor Huawei devices, it provides more details when it comes to monitoring or management. We can get complete details about the devices, and management is also simple."
"eSight allows me to monitor and solve any problem in the backbone and any switch in real-time."
"The response times from technical support need to be a bit quicker."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions other than Fortinet."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"Fortinet is releasing quite a lot of new versions and I would say that most of the versions are not well tested before they're pushed out. Even the new versions sometimes are a bit buggy before it's all correct."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"The FortiManager is more complex and they can make it easier to use the VPN manager. All other features are okay. However, the VPN manager is more difficult and can cause some issues in the environment, if you do not have the experience to use it."
"eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved."
"Something that could be improved is the lack of integration with Cisco switches. In the next release, I would like to see better reporting."
"It will be better if they can make the simple network topology part more presentable. It would also be better if they had API integration and integration with third-party devices."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 14 reviews while Huawei eSight is ranked 6th in Network Management Applications with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Huawei eSight is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Powerful management for deploying configuration to multiple environments with a single click". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei eSight writes "Useful RTLS feature and good support but needs automation options and better wireless reporting". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and Cisco Prime, whereas Huawei eSight is most compared with Cisco Prime, Cisco DNA Center, Aruba Airwave, Cisco Prime LAN Management and PRTG Network Monitor. See our Fortinet FortiManager vs. Huawei eSight report.
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