We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Fortinet FortiOS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, HPE Aruba Networking and others in Network Management Applications."Stability is good within the product."
"It can scale well."
"There is something called zero-touch provisioning, where you can add a new device without any configuration. You just add it to FortiManager and then forget about it."
"Without FortiManager, you cannot manage a complex environment across several sites with multiple firewalls."
"The user interface is very easy to navigate."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"You can configure it at your ease."
"Provides good and detailed log management."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ability to block and make white and black lists. Additionally, the filtering of user access to websites is useful."
"I am satisfied with Fortinet FortiOS. It's a cool product and has a lot of UTM features. It has application control, web filtering, antivirus, IPS/IDS, DNS filtering, and many things in that firewall. It also has a web application firewall WAF feature. On the feature side, it's a good firewall."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ease of use and user-friendly interface."
"FortiOS allows us to set up alarms for blocked websites and SSL verifications. When someone tries to access a blocked site, the solution sends a notification to the IT manager's mailbox."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"The technical support is very good and the assistance they gave was very good."
"There is a degradation of performance if we activate logs on FortiManager."
"The information extraction through command lines was could improve to some extent. Although there were some command lines available, there were not enough options. For instance, I needed to obtain the management IP address of my two Fortigates, but the Fortinet FortiManager did not provide me with the IP address on the LAN interface. I attempted to find this information through the command line but was unsuccessful. I also searched for articles on the internet, but could not find a solution. This is an aspect that could be improved or potentially there is a method to access this information that I have yet to discover."
"The fabric for integrations or connections could be improved."
"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."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
"I prefer configuring rules and the VPN on the standalone device, not on the manager."
"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."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
"A switch should be introduced."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"It would be great if they can push the Microsoft updates through Fortinet OS and provide a centralized patch management system. They should also include the data loss prevention (DLP) and data leakage prevention features. They could also add network monitoring more effectively."
"You can enable and disable certain modules in it. However, with disabling, nobody can really tell us if that module is disabled."
"The threat time interval lags a little, especially if there's a heavy load on the firewall."
"The GUI could be improved to make it more usable, easier to administer, and easier to configure."
"FortiOS could provide a more detailed analysis of the network and connected devices."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. 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 Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, AlgoSec and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection.
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