We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Fortinet FortiWeb based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."It is easy to set up the solution."
"I like the rapid deployment feature. I also like that it's easy to troubleshoot. FortiManager is amazing because we can have a centralized policy. All our devices are integrated, and we can also engage in troubleshooting. We can use it for different deployments. One fantastic feature is the ability to create a version and deploy it immediately."
"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."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"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."
"It's very easy to install, and it's easy to discover and communicate with your device."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"The reason I recommend this product is because it guarantees that your network will be safe if it is set up properly and you fully utilize most of the functions."
"FortiWeb's ease of deployment is what we liked the most about it. Implementing FortiWeb was extremely fast and easy, which was a significant advantage. It comes with several preconfigured rule sets and templates."
"The most valuable feature is that this product represents a whole solution, including a WAF, and even anti-defacements."
"If I need something from tech support, I can get it answered within the hour."
"I like FortiWeb's usability and ease of configuration. It's simple to configure rules and exceptions inside the attack log. We block everything by default. If something isn't working, we ask the system admin to adjust the template and add exceptions."
"The valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability scanner"
"It can scale well."
"The WAF profiles has been effective at mitigating web-based threats."
"If you have more than one FortiMail device, you can't manage it then with FortiManager on FortiGate."
"The reporting details have room for improvement."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"The documentation could be better."
"It's a difficult process to transfer one interface from one virtual domain to another."
"The CLI could be enhanced."
"I prefer configuring rules and the VPN on the standalone device, not on the manager."
"The product is not very stable."
"Lacks functionalities that are available in other solutions."
"The interface could have the interdependent elements arranged sequentially and wizards that go through most common deployment actions."
"The solution could offer more integration opportunities."
"The product’s stability could be improved."
"FortiGate could be improved on the security end because we've had some incidents with the customer. Otherwise, there is no problem."
"Lacks a VM demo to enable testing prior to purchase."
"It costs too much."
"In my experience, Fortinet FortiWeb could improve the intelligent features to acknowledge whether any threat or incident that's running happened. Then give us the ability to escalate it to layer 2 or layer 3 in the network operations."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. 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 Fortinet FortiWeb writes "Cost-effective, easy to configure, and works very well as a single solution for multiple environments". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Imperva Web Application Firewall.
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