We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime 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."The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."
"Enables oversight in order to tweak and tune."
"If an AP or any wireless device goes into critical mode, Cisco Prime sends an alert. That is the most helpful feature."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."
"The dashboard is a valuable feature. It's very clear, and the metrics make it easy to see the current network situation."
"The solution provides data that allows us to time travel through logs and perform remote operations or troubleshooting."
"Cisco Prime is helpful as it provides us with real-time monitoring. This allows us to be proactive in our environment."
"Cisco Prime has been around for a long time, and it keeps getting better and better."
"FortiManager's most valuable features are web-based or web-rule-based policies, SD-WAN, and the ease of upgrading to new firmware."
"It's very easy to install, and it's easy to discover and communicate with your device."
"The integration is quite good."
"FortiManager's most valuable feature is central management."
"The most valuable features are the centralized management of the firewalls."
"FortiManager offers a full zero-touch provisioning feature that allows us to create a template of our devices and onboard them remotely without visiting the site."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"The firewall configuration has more capabilities than the other firewall management systems that I have worked with."
"The product's pricing can be cheaper."
"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."
"I want the tool to improve data visibility."
"I would rate the scalability of Cisco Prime a six out of ten. To scale up from a hundred to a thousand devices, the platform needs to be rebuilt logically. This process might require a downtime window and may involve changing the hardware or upgrading to a larger appliance."
"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."
"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."
"Cisco Prime's initial setup is complex."
"They could consider offering more flexible pricing options for their customers."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"Its licensing model should be improved."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"It would be better if it were easier to run a routing protocol. In the next release, I would like them to enhance some features in the GUI rather than CLI or OSP. For example, whenever a customer generates an ISP directly on the firewall, it's complicated to configure the routing protocol."
"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 solution has to be enhanced to manage new switches."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
"The interface could be improved. It is split up into different areas, which makes it more difficult to navigate and get the right section of the correct file. The solution is quite expensive, so it would not be suitable for small to medium sized organizations."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". 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". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. See our Cisco Prime vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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