We performed a comparison between Citrix ADM 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 analytics are a great feature."
"We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."
"The most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"An essential component is the Director, which provides detailed insights into sessions, including identifying session failures, connection issues, user lockouts, etc. It presents a list of problems to address, enabling you to click on them and resolve them efficiently."
"We like the periodic upgrades and backups, also made via ADMs, and it makes our environment much more robust and reliable."
"The product is easy to use and manage."
"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."
"Fortinet has the option of synchronization in the cloud, so you can manage everything if you have a cloud account."
"It is stable."
"FortiManager's best feature is the integration of administrator users."
"The most valuable features are the centralized management of the firewalls."
"The firmware version upgrades are the most valuable feature."
"The central management feature is the most valuable to me."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"Some features of Citrix ADM are available on the cloud, which could really be helpful if they were available on an on-premise version."
"When a new version comes out, sometimes, my existing configuration gets wiped out. They should work on this so that my existing configuration doesn't get impacted with an upgrade to a newer version. There could also reduce frequent firmware upgrade activities and have a stable version so that once we upgrade it, we don't have to upgrade it for two to three years."
"They need to make the solution a little more familiar with easy study guides, learning videos, etc."
"Citrix ADM needs to improve on its additional features and reduce the communication ports."
"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."
"The interface could be improved, some customers struggle with that."
"Citrix is more expensive than Horizon."
"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."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"I didn't like the connectivity with FortiManager and FortiSwitch, which was buggy and annoying and had fewer features."
"It requires a lot of resources. This is the main challenge."
"Can be difficult to configure."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"If you have more than one FortiMail device, you can't manage it then with FortiManager on FortiGate."
Citrix ADM is ranked 9th in Network Management Applications with 9 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Citrix ADM is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citrix ADM writes "A tool for centralized management including inventory and sales tracking". 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". Citrix ADM is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and DX Spectrum, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec. See our Citrix ADM vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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