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, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."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."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"The features are good."
"The most valuable features are the centralized management of the firewalls."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"It is easy to manage a huge number of devices with FortiManager."
"The firmware version upgrades are the most valuable feature."
"FortiManager's best feature is the integration of administrator users."
"It's user-friendly."
"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."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"In the next release, FortiManager should include more protection features."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"The reporting details have room for improvement."
"There are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, for example, the ZTP."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions other than Fortinet."
"Within the management of some features on FortiManager, specifically the management of user objects used for VPN service, FortiManager is quite weak."
"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 Aruba Airwave, whereas SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Aruba Airwave and Huawei eSight.
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