We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Skybox Security Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The firewall configuration has more capabilities than the other firewall management systems that I have worked with."
"The solution has the best stability for application control and inspections."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiManager are the overall management it provides and its ease of use."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"A fully integrated solution."
"The most valuable feature is the central configuration for firewall policies."
"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."
"Skybox deployment is simple, and it's very useful."
"Correlates logs and threats and prioritizes; provides network maps;p provides change result context and resulting vulnerability."
"We use Network Assurance for network visualisation and troubleshooting."
"The most valuable features of Skybox Security Suite are all the modules that are provided, such as vulnerability assessments and network, and firewall assessments."
"I think that compliance checks and policy compliance are the product's good features."
"Aside from Firewall Assurance, we are using Network Assurance and Change Manager for an overview of the whole network and for documenting requests and the recertification of the ruleset."
"The solution's simplicity of use is its most valuable feature."
"It's very supportive and very user-friendly."
"Having FortiManager work with all of the Fortinet products would be a good improvement."
"The FortiManager is more complex and they can make it easier to use the VPN manager. All other features are okay. However, the VPN manager is more difficult and can cause some issues in the environment, if you do not have the experience to use it."
"The documentation could be better."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"I prefer configuring rules and the VPN on the standalone device, not on the manager."
"Its licensing model should be improved."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
"The solution has some bugs."
"The stability is something that is questionable. I don't know whether it is because of the kind of infrastructure we have or because of the product in itself. We're running it on a virtual machine right now. Maybe once a month, or once in every 45 days, it requires a restart because the application fails to connect. So I have to restart the whole Skybox Manager itself, the Skybox server itself, and then connect to it from our Skybox Manager."
"The solution was quite technical. It would be easier to manage if the solution was more specific about aspects of the solution and provided more advisory around how to use it effectively. It would help users a lot if they were more clear about everything."
"The support could be improved."
"The most recent update was not tested with all of the vendors before it was released, so some of the features are misbehaving."
"The only place where Skybox has room for improvement, and they're working on releasing this, it's just a slow-go, is the UI. The user interface has historically been via a locally installed thick client. They are moving to a web-based console and it's slowly coming out."
"The price is costly, and I hope they can reduce the cost."
"The initial setup with Skybox Security is hard. You need one or two strong security engineers on your team."
"If anything could be improved it would be staying on top of the collector scripts, but I understand that's a very tough challenge."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Skybox Security Suite is ranked 19th in Vulnerability Management with 34 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Skybox Security Suite is rated 7.8. 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 Skybox Security Suite writes "Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use ". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, whereas Skybox Security Suite is most compared with AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and Balbix BreachControl.
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