Fortinet FortiManager Reviews

In our use case, we manage the configuration of all the firewalls so we can create different versions. We are able to do a centralized deployment and if any changes are there, we can map them with the authorization policies. If somebody makes a mistake with the configuration we can revert back to the old configuration. With Fortinet FortiManager, we can manage multiple firewalls and devices from a central point.

When we have a specific configuration pushed it does take some time to be deployed on the actual firewall. There might be some bugs or issues in that particular case. Sometimes we need to, if it is in a cluster mode, reboot the firewall. If the configuration does not go properly we have to reboot. These are small changes that will make things seamless. 

When upgrades are deployed, Fortinet FortiManager should identify if a specific device is not matching with other devices. I think it is there, but then in the perspective of alerts and logs, the uneven configuration is there. It should be today's alert. For example, disaster recovery site, there is a firewall. If someone changes it in the primary production area and then they forget to change it in their area, there should be an alert.

I have been using Fortinet FortiManager for the past four years.

It is stable. If Fortinet FortiManager goes down, then accessing an individual firewall is a different process altogether. Obviously, security devices are there, so basically those security points are available. I don't know if a cloud-based Fortinet FortiManager is available right now. But then on-premise, we have to take care of the devices, and the availability of those devices.

It is scalable and there is no issue. You can have available devices and you can scale. The only thing is you need to do capacity planning. How many firewalls are there and the model of Fortinet FortiManager has to be decided? If you do this properly, then there is no issue. 

Technical support is great. When we have sent urgent tickets and they do reply back within fifteen minutes.

We have Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, and WatchGuard. We also work with Juniper.

For people who are not used to operating it, it is a little complex. 

Fortinet Fortimanger is not costly. They have high-end devices and the portfolio is big. Basically, they have a portfolio for all the aspects of security. From that perspective, they are good.

The price point is very good.

I would rate Fortinet FortiManager an eight out of ten.

We use Fortinet FortiManager for centralized management of our Fortinet devices, including switches and firewalls. This single console allows us to manage multiple devices efficiently.

We can push device configurations and policy management through FortiManager.

It has improved our security operations.

FortiManager has automation capabilities that positively impact our operational efficiency.

The most valuable feature is the centralized management console.

Configuring Fortinet without internet access is challenging.

I am currently in the process of integrating Fortinet FortiManager.

Fortinet FortiManager is scalable but scaling is costly.

I am satisfied with the technical support.

Positive

I can complete the deployment myself.

It can be expensive. Some competing solutions in the market, like Sophos and SonicWALL, offer lower costs of up to 40 percent.

I would rate Fortinet FortiManager 8 out of 10.

I recommend it but be aware that Fortinet firewalls managed by FortiManager may require weekly updates due to known bugs on the Fortinet servers.

We use Fortinet FortiManager to manage over 2,000 firewalls. We use the solution for reporting, implementing, and deploying policies and objects to the firewalls.

Fortinet FortiManager has saved us time by allowing us to create a lot of scripts that can be deployed at the same time to all the firewalls.

The firewall configuration has more capabilities than the other firewall management systems that I have worked with.

The reporting details have room for improvement.

I have been using Fortinet FortiManager for six months.

I would rate the stability of Fortinet FortiManager a nine out of ten.

I would rate the scalability of Fortinet FortiManager an eight out of ten.

We previously used Sophos Firewall Central Management and transitioned to Fortinet FortiManager, primarily due to its industry reputation.

Fortinet FortiManager is costly.

I would rate Fortinet FortiManager a ten out of ten.

I recommend Fortinet FortiManager because it can be used for firewall configuration, reporting, PPMs, and deploying scripts.

FortManager is a tool for centrally managing multiple FortiGate firewalls.

Without FortiManager, you cannot manage a complex environment across several sites with multiple firewalls. 

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.

We have used FortiManager for about 14 years. 

I rate FortiManager eight out of 10 for scalability. 

I rate Fortinet support nine out of 10.

Positive

I have worked with Cisco and Aruba. We decided to switch to Fortinet a couple of years back because we determined that Fortinet offered the best solution.

Deploying FortiManager is straightforward. The initial installation is simple and can be completed in a few minutes, but configuring the devices and sending the policy packages to the firewalls can take a few hours. We have around seven engineers maintaining this solution. 

I rate FortiManager six out of 10 for affordability. The pricing is decent. It isn't the most expensive solution. 

I rate FortiManager eight out of 10. I recommend it for those who use FortiGate firewalls. It's a management unit for Fortinet solutions, so if you don't use FortiGate, it makes no sense. 

We use the solution to manage the firewall and the policies and objects associated with it.

The product is easy to use and manage. It integrates all the global devices into one platform.

FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms. Though the solution is easy to manage, we need adequate training to use it.

I have been using the solution for the past two years.

The solution is quite stable.

The solution is scalable. Around 20 to 30 IT employees use the solution in the organization.

It is a cloud-based solution. Around 20 people are needed for the deployment and maintenance of the solution.

Our organization pays a monthly license fee for the solution.

Only IT employees in the organization can use the platform. I would recommend the solution to others. I would rate the product a nine out of ten.

I use Fortinet FortiManager for managing my FortiGate devices.

What I like best about Fortinet FortiManager is that you can use it with FortiGate. You can manage FortiGate devices through it. I also like that Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console.

The Fortinet FortiManager dashboard is good, which is another pro of the product.

Areas for improvement in Fortinet FortiManager are scalability and stability.

I've been working with Fortinet FortiManager for three years. I'm still using the product.

Fortinet FortiManager could be more stable, so it's a seven out of ten for me.

I'd give five out of ten for Fortinet FortiManager, scalability-wise. It's in the middle.

I have experience contacting the technical support for Fortinet FortiManager. I'm giving the team an eight out of ten because I found it challenging to get support. Fortinet FortiManager technical support can be difficult to contact.

Positive

Fortinet FortiManager has a simple setup.

We implemented Fortinet FortiManager because it's just a process of downloading the product.

Fortinet FortiManager is a low-priced product.

I evaluated Cisco and Palo Alto Networks, but I found Fortinet FortiManager better and easier to manage.

I'm using Fortinet products, Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer.

My company has between three to four Fortinet FortiManager users.

Fortinet FortiManager is a product I recommend to others.

I'm rating the product as nine out of ten because it still has room for improvement stability-wise. Its technical support also needs improvement.

My company is a Fortinet partner.

I am a systems integrator and work with customers to integrate the solution. 

The solution has the best stability for application control and inspections. 

The fabric for integrations or connections could be improved. This would make a big difference for some customers. 

I have been using the solution for more than five years. 

The solution is very scalable so I rate scalability a ten out of ten. 

Support has an overall lack of knowledge. We have opened many tickets for support but they don't even answer them. 

Pricing could improve a little bit so I rate it a seven out of ten. 

It is important to select the features you need at the outset. Some customers don't do this correctly so their hardware doesn't perform as well. Take into account the applications you want to run on the solution when selecting features. 

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Our company recommends the solution to customers as a single management platform for multiple Fortinet devices such as FortiAP, FortiSwitch, and FortiGate. 

The solution brings device management into one single pane of glass and is a pretty good product. 

The solution has some bugs that we have to fix for customers. We provide feedback about these issues to Fortinet for future development or updates. 

More software stability is needed to prevent breakdowns. 

I have been using the solution for one month. 

The solution is pretty stable and integrates well with cloud tools. 

More stability and bug fixes are needed to prevent breakdowns. 

The solution is pretty scalable and can support 4,000 devices on a single pane. 

Technical support could be better because it takes them awhile to handle items. More technical resources and knowledge are needed within the technical support department. 

The setup is straightforward. 

It is important to design and test systems to ensure they align with best practices in the security domain. 

We implement the solution for customers. Deployments are quick and take a couple of minutes to a couple of hours depending on use cases. 

The pricing is based on a licensing model by feature. 

The solution is used widely and is good for small or medium-sized enterprises. It can be scaled further for larger enterprises. 

I recommend the solution and rate it a seven out of ten. 

I like the features on offer. For example, SD-WAN. It's one single configuration point for everything, especially when you have a headquarters and branch.

The VPN also is beneficial also.

The correlation with the FortiAnalyzer is very good with FortiManager. 

The solution is very stable.

We find the pricing to be fair. 

I didn't like the connectivity with FortiManager and FortiSwitch, which was buggy and annoying and had fewer features. For example, sometimes you could change something in FortiManager, and then you had to upload another version of the configuration. If you changed something on the suite side, you had a problem. The correlation between FortiManager and the Forti suites was not that good.

I'd like more visibility and more troubleshooting features for the whole VPN. I'd like a better quality of service and maybe more features. We always compare features with what other vendors offer to see if there is added value from a certain product. From what I've seen, for example, with SD-WAN that Cisco used to build, which was similar to the VPN for FortiManager, it was quite easy to implement in comparison. 

I've used this solution for the last four years.

It is a stable product. The performance is good. 

It's scalable if you have many devices. It makes things easier, especially if you want to have a VPN and stuff like that. When you have lots of devices, it's very helpful as a solution.

I work with a variety of Fortinet products, including FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiWiFi with access points.

The pricing is quite reasonable.

I can't speak to exact pricing as I don't handle the licensing aspects. In some cases, where customers have two or three devices, it comes for free.

I'm a Fortinet partner. 

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

We have 20 Forti Firewalls, including FortiManager. 

We use it for firewall management as we have many objects. In FortiManager, we use one type of object and implementation, the different firewalls.

The most valuable feature is having one object on all networks, which allows for implementation only once. We can have that object on one firewall or many, and we don't have to do everything one by one.

It's easy to set up the solution. 

Stability is good within the product.

It is scalable. 

Technical support is helpful and knowledgeable. 

The central management is great.

It's very transparent. If I  am troubleshooting for people who have a problem connecting to the network, then I can just open FortiManager and see all of the history of the connection. It makes it easy if I have to adjust a configuration.

The rules need to be more flexible. I prefer configuring rules and the VPN on the standalone device, not on the manager.

I've used the solution for three years. 

It's quite stable. It's reliable, and the performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

We have found the product to be scalable. It's not a problem if you want to expand it. 

For example, if you want to add another 10 or 15 firewalls, will it have any problems

We have technical support in my local language. The person who assists us is senior and he's a master of FortiManager. He knows many options for configurations.

Their technical support is very responsive. They are very knowledgeable.

Positive

It's easy to set up the product. It's an easy deployment. If I have a new box, we just have to create a template, and I add a new FortiGate to FortiManager, and implementation becomes only standard configuration via FortiManager. We do any password policy, proxy pack, and other features we implement, we do so through FortiManager. Other updates, for example, a hostname or object, is from FortiManager. However, if I create any specific rule on a specific VPN, we configure that on the device.

I'd rate the solution four out of five in terms of ease of implementation.

We bought FortiManager as an option as we bought maybe five firewalls plus a license to FortiManager. The implementation site gave me only one price, which included both solutions. It was basically a package. It's moderately priced. I'd rate it a three out of five in terms of affordability.

We had average security knowledge about management, and we started with a demo project. It was from Fortigate Support. They gave me two or three months free to try out FortiManager. I'd advise people to take the time to test it and see how it works. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.