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We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiPortal and SaltStack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"I like the tool's controller facility.""I like the product's asset management which gives clear hardware details.""From a scalability perspective, I found the solution to be completely fine...The solution's technical support is absolutely fine.""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 firewall and site-blocking features are valuable.""I am very comfortable with it, including it's reporting on threats and through its activities.""The customer likes it for the graphs, the dynamics and the reporting functionality it offers.""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."

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"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security.""The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack.""The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment.""It is a highly stable solution.""I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this.""We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server.""SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."

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Cons
"So if it's more than a thousand, there could be some scalability issues. It becomes more complex as you go.""The solution is more expensive than other products.""The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity.""The tool should provide a 10-15 days extension for customers when their license expires.""If you are a very small company or a person on your own, it's harder to get any response from technical support.""There can be defects in Fortinet FortiPortal when functioning at high temperatures.""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.""Fingerprint access security would improve this solution."

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"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering.""Web UI.""A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated.""It is difficult to set up.""Its configuration process could be better.""SaltStack's features are minimal.""There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I am satisfied with the pricing for this solution."
  • "Fortinet FortiPortal is relatively expensive, but being an industry-leading firewall, it does come with a cost."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable."
  • "On average, it tends to be cheaper than other enterprise solutions."
  • "Fortinet FortiPortal is not expensive."
  • "Fortinet FortiPortal is expensive in Pakistan."
  • "The licensing costs attached to the solution make it an expensive product."
  • "The solution is quite expensive."
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  • "So much can be done with the Open Source side, and especially for smaller shops. I personally think the pricing for Enterprise is hard to justify."
  • "The pricing for this solution is roughly 20% lower than the competitive products in the market."
  • "The solution is free of cost."
  • "It is an open-source product."
  • "SaltStack is an open-source product."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The firewall and site-blocking features are valuable.
    Top Answer:The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity. A central logging platform must be integrated with the tool. Instead of being a standalone product, it must be merged with the platform to make a… more »
    Top Answer:We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server.
    Top Answer:SaltStack's features are minimal.
    Top Answer:We use SaltStack for configuration management, where we maintain configurations of 150 servers. It also helps with file integrity monitoring.
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    FortiPortal
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    Overview

    FortiPortal gives MSPs a comprehensive set of hosted Wi-Fi and security management features for FortiGate, FortiWiFi, and FortiAP products. With multitenancy, you can securely manage your customers through a centralized management console. This lets you respond quickly to customer requests and easily monitor customer networks. Our virtual appliance can be deployed on a hosted services infrastructure, allowing you to build highly-customized private-cloud services for customers.

    SaltStack is an intelligent IT automation platform that can manage, secure, and optimize any infrastructure—on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge. It’s built on a unique and powerful event-driven automation engine that detects events in any system and reacts intelligently to them, making it an extremely effective solution for managing large, complex environments. And with the newly launched SecOps offering, SaltStack can detect security vulnerabilities and non-compliant, mis-configured systems. As soon as an issue is detected, this powerful automation helps you and your team remediate it, keeping your infrastructure securely configured, compliant, and up-to-date.

    Sample Customers
    Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Government8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Construction Company7%
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    Computer Software Company46%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Cloud Provider8%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    University8%
    Government8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business80%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise51%
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    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise37%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    Firewall Security Management
    March 2024
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    Fortinet FortiPortal is ranked 9th in Firewall Security Management with 10 reviews while SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews. Fortinet FortiPortal is rated 7.8, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiPortal writes "Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offers role-based access controls for granular control ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". Fortinet FortiPortal is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, vCloud Director, VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Automation, whereas SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Satellite.

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