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."It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"We can monitor MPLS network VPN, network configuration, and backups. It's highly scalable for network configuration management."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"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."
"We look at the traffic to segment the network and it improves and increases the performance. When we have a mobile connection and local laptops are on the same network. We have seen a big performance upgrade."
"It is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"FortiManager's ability to scale is good."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"Provides good and detailed log management."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"Its visualization can be improved. It doesn't have a very advanced GUI. It is very basic and simple, but it does work."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"Integration with some other tools, and integration with some Network Packet Broker, need some improvement."
"The platform is complicated to use."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"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."
"The solution has to be enhanced to manage new switches."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate."
"Wizards could be improved in pushing policies."
"The reporting details have room for improvement."
"The price always has room for improvement."
"FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms."
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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