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 most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"The most valuable features are for the ADMs and the overall monitoring environment."
"We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"The analytics are a great feature."
"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."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"The product is easy to use and manage."
"I pushed templates from FortiManager to our site, and they were deployed successfully."
"It is stable."
"The product is a combination of management and monitoring from the same interface."
"The most valuable feature is the central configuration for firewall policies."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"It would normally take us a handful of days to install one FortiGate instance on one site. But with this technology, zero-touch deployment, we need just one hour or maybe as little as 30 minutes to install one site. It is much more efficient."
"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."
"They need to make the solution a little more familiar with easy study guides, learning videos, etc."
"The interface could be improved, some customers struggle with that."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"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."
"Deployment is complicated."
"Some features of Citrix ADM are available on the cloud, which could really be helpful if they were available on an on-premise version."
"Citrix ADM needs to improve on its additional features and reduce the communication ports."
"The price always has room for improvement."
"The compatibility with legacy products should be better. It would also be nice if the software could manage other devices from Fortinet and third parties."
"The price is a bit too high."
"When I started, it was a bit difficult, however, now it's okay. It can be a bit complex for basic users."
"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."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"The documentation could be better."
"You cannot integrate with other solutions."
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, DX Spectrum and DataMiner, 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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