We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Junos Space Network Director 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."This solution enables you to centralize the rules and the configuration of all the equipment."
"FortiManager's ability to scale is good."
"FortiManager's most valuable features are web-based or web-rule-based policies, SD-WAN, and the ease of upgrading to new firmware."
"The firewall configuration has more capabilities than the other firewall management systems that I have worked with."
"The solution is very stable."
"It makes management very easy."
"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 reports feature is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the management from a single pane of glass."
"A centralized platform is crucial for efficiently managing all of our switches, which were previously handled individually, leading to significant challenges."
"The most valuable feature is the technical support, as it is better than others."
"It allows me to do more of the basic firewall features, like traffic management and others, in a single pane of glass."
"FortiManager could be more user-friendly."
"There is a degradation of performance if we activate logs on FortiManager."
"There may be a communication issue. However, other items may be the culprit, such as network connectivity. It depends on the customer's network."
"The GUI could be updated. It's not as good as it could be and is something the solution should improve in an upcoming release."
"The price is a bit too high."
"For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate."
"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."
"Issues arise when customers experience unstable electricity or poor grounding conditions."
"I would like to see Space created to fully functional, where it's got multiple modules, particularly SD-WAN working on Corporate, or maybe become part of the Orchestrator portion."
"The upgrades are very time-consuming and difficult, and they often have to rebuild the product."
"Its interface should be improved and enhanced to offer various functions, with flexible pricing"
"I would like to them include network real-time performance and come up with a dashboard report."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Junos Space Network Director is ranked 12th in Network Management Applications with 4 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Junos Space Network Director is rated 7.6. 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 Junos Space Network Director writes "High scalability network management with centralized control and an intuitive interface that provides efficient monitoring and configuration capabilities". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas Junos Space Network Director is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, Anuta ATOM and Cisco Prime. See our Fortinet FortiManager vs. Junos Space Network Director report.
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