We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager 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."FortiManager's most valuable feature is central management."
"Fortinet has the option of synchronization in the cloud, so you can manage everything if you have a cloud account."
"Centralized configuration is the most helpful feature. I like the ability to create templates and push them to all the devices at the same time. I also like that I can see the the logs with one device to provide zero touch on all other products."
"The reports feature is excellent."
"It's very easy to install, and it's easy to discover and communicate with your device."
"FortiManager's ability to scale is good."
"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 user interface is very easy to navigate."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"It allows us to manage backups in big companies. It is also useful in managing the configuration changes."
"The installation is straightforward."
"The configuration compliance aspect of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager allows for easy comparison of configuration settings across branches, ensuring adherence to security guidelines and best practices. Automation capabilities have greatly impacted workflows, enabling tasks such as configuration backups, template deployment, and firmware upgrades to be automated, thereby streamlining processes and saving time. Compliance reporting features provide valuable insights into network compliance, offering pre-built security audit reports and customizable options to meet specific requirements."
"The features we find most valuable is the configuration backup automation, the configuration compliance, the security vulnerability detection and upgrading devices."
"The most valuable features the solution offers are compliance, reliability, and information about reliability."
"The scanning features have proven to be highly valuable, particularly due to the comprehensive information they provide."
"The feature that I really enjoy is the ability to script changes across all of your devices."
"Having FortiManager work with all of the Fortinet products would be a good improvement."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"The SD-WAN solution is difficult to manage on FortiManager because you need to share some configurations on the firewall side. Sometimes you lose all connectivity with the firewall, so it is challenging to apply the default configuration to the SD-WAN solution."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"I didn't like the connectivity with FortiManager and FortiSwitch, which was buggy and annoying and had fewer features."
"Within the management of some features on FortiManager, specifically the management of user objects used for VPN service, FortiManager is quite weak."
"Our experience has shown that most of the problems we've had with SolarWinds NCM are related to software issues."
"The interface of solar winds could be improved."
"Improvements are needed in the automatic network mapping function."
"Its customer service response could be faster."
"It would be great if they include a network service manager, network performance manager, or a privileged assessment in the next release."
"On NCM, reporting could be a bit better. It's completely become just one report. When I try to create a custom report, the solution just commits old server data."
"The only thing that requires some experience, and training doesn't fix, is how to set up your custom policy-based reports to check compliance."
"The Network Configuration Manager needs to improve the access control list compliance."
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Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. 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 SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Streamlines network configuration and compliance processes through its centralized dashboard, although its compatibility with multi-vendor devices may present limitations". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Aruba Airwave, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenText Network Node Manager i and HPE Intelligent Management Center. See our Fortinet FortiManager vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager report.
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