We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper 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."It is stable."
"You can configure it at your ease."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"FortiManager's ability to scale is good."
"The firewall configuration has more capabilities than the other firewall management systems that I have worked with."
"Technical support is great. When we have sent urgent tickets and they do reply back within fifteen minutes."
"It's user-friendly."
"If you have more than one FortiMail device, you can't manage it then with FortiManager on FortiGate."
"The GUI is not ideal."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
"For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate."
"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."
"Areas for improvement in Fortinet FortiManager are scalability and stability."
"Within the management of some features on FortiManager, specifically the management of user objects used for VPN service, FortiManager is quite weak."
"Performance issues should be improved. We have problems when we have more mobile connections than local devices. Most of us have two to three devices."
"This is a relatively expensive product."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is ranked 16th in Network Management Applications with 1 review. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is rated 9.0. 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 Topology Mapper writes "Very user-friendly and stable". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Skybox Security Suite, whereas SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is most compared with Cisco DNA Center and Aruba Airwave.
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