We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center 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."We can monitor all devices and get the required information using the product."
"It gives us automation capabilities for pushing out the configuration to branch networks. It also provides visibility into the health of user network devices."
"It is a stable solution."
"The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers."
"Has a good processing feature with a high level of accuracy."
"Cisco VXLAN is a protocol that has been around for some time, but the practical implementation and operational capability of Cisco DNA Center bring it to life."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco DNA Center is the AI (Artificial Intelligence) that provides us with valuable information."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"Fortinet has the option of synchronization in the cloud, so you can manage everything if you have a cloud account."
"I pushed templates from FortiManager to our site, and they were deployed successfully."
"The features are good."
"It's very easy to install, and it's easy to discover and communicate with your device."
"It has multiple features in one box, which helps to avoid needing a lot of equipment. This is something that makes them unique."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiManager are the overall management it provides and its ease of use."
"Technical support is great. When we have sent urgent tickets and they do reply back within fifteen minutes."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"There should be an option for automation of template deployment by using the stored data. It is not easy to save configuration information for lots of devices without using other tools. There should be a tighter, better repository of information that can be merged with the templates."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"The features of Cisco DNA Center and Cisco Prime could have more parity."
"Requires more focus on the digital side of things."
"The weaknesses primarily involve pricing and the ongoing need for increased bandwidth and data throughput."
"The tool's deployment is complex. It also needs to improve its GUI."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
"The solution has some bugs."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"Having FortiManager work with all of the Fortinet products would be a good improvement."
"There is a degradation of performance if we activate logs on FortiManager."
"The GUI could be updated. It's not as good as it could be and is something the solution should improve in an upcoming release."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"FortiManager could be more user-friendly."
"There are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, for example, the ZTP."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". 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 DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Zabbix, AlgoSec and Fortinet FortiWeb. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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