We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Junos Space Network Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."FortiManager enables us to set unified firewall policies from one centralized dashboard, reducing human error. If you do not have a central dashboard, there's a chance you might set a policy on one firewall and forget to do it for another."
"This solution enables you to centralize the rules and the configuration of all the equipment."
"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."
"The product is easy to use and manage."
"Stability is good within the product."
"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 main benefit of Fortinet FortiManager is the ability to control all the devices from a central location, view their statuses, and manage their configurations and updates from a single management console."
"FortiManager's ability to scale is good."
"The most valuable feature is the technical support, as it is better than others."
"The most valuable feature is the management from a single pane of glass."
"It allows me to do more of the basic firewall features, like traffic management and others, in a single pane of glass."
"A centralized platform is crucial for efficiently managing all of our switches, which were previously handled individually, leading to significant challenges."
"There are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, for example, the ZTP."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
"There is a degradation of performance if we activate logs on FortiManager."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"Areas for improvement in Fortinet FortiManager are scalability and stability."
"It requires a lot of resources. This is the main challenge."
"Its interface should be improved and enhanced to offer various functions, with flexible pricing"
"I would like to them include network real-time performance and come up with a dashboard report."
"I would like to see Space created to fully functional, where it's got multiple modules, particularly SD-WAN working on Corporate, or maybe become part of the Orchestrator portion."
"The upgrades are very time-consuming and difficult, and they often have to rebuild the product."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Junos Space Network Director is ranked 13th in Network Management Applications with 4 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Junos Space Network Director is rated 7.6. 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 Junos Space Network Director writes "High scalability network management with centralized control and an intuitive interface that provides efficient monitoring and configuration capabilities". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas Junos Space Network Director is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, Anuta ATOM and Cisco Prime.
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