We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can monitor MPLS network VPN, network configuration, and backups. It's highly scalable for network configuration management."
"The fault management is perfect."
"It is very stable. We have not had any major issues in over 10 years."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"It is easy to navigate."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized management console."
"There is something called zero-touch provisioning, where you can add a new device without any configuration. You just add it to FortiManager and then forget about it."
"The setup is very simple."
"The solution is very stable."
"Without FortiManager, you cannot manage a complex environment across several sites with multiple firewalls."
"Central management system for Fortinet devices that's simple, scalable, and stable, with a straightforward setup."
"The SD-WAN deployment environment, and the SD-WAN templates are particularly useful. Managing the solution is very intuitive. The initial setup of the solution was very straightforward."
"The firewall configuration has more capabilities than the other firewall management systems that I have worked with."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. More of the steps around upgrading could be automated."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"There should be better integration with other Broadcom products, like network performance manager. Currently, for every part of a product, you need a separate server environment. You have something for Spectrum, you have something for network performance, and you have something for NetFlow. There are a lot of islands and server farms with different technologies. They should be redeveloped to get one platform for all."
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"We have had some issues with the spec server and the high availability replication of data. It fails over well, but it does not come back very well. We get duplicated events."
"For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate."
"Their EDR products could be better. They need to dedicate more R&D to that area."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"The price always has room for improvement."
"The reporting details have room for improvement."
"You cannot integrate with other solutions."
"The price is a bit too high."
"If you have more than one FortiMail device, you can't manage it then with FortiManager on FortiGate."
DX Spectrum is ranked 5th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and Nagios XI, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec. See our DX Spectrum vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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