We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and Fortinet FortiGate Cloud 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."It gives us automation capabilities for pushing out the configuration to branch networks. It also provides visibility into the health of user network devices."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it gives some kind of ease in operations, especially since our company is moving from CLI to GUI-based configuration."
"I like the visibility, instant build, network, policies, and the ability to control access. I also like that you can visualize your whole network."
"The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"Cisco VXLAN is a protocol that has been around for some time, but the practical implementation and operational capability of Cisco DNA Center bring it to life."
"It is a stable solution."
"We have many people from the team who manage a lot of devices. By using Cisco DNA Center, it has taken some of that burden away, we are impressed with it. We did the investment in CAPEX, but in the OPEX was very low."
"One firewall box can contain various top-of-the-line services that are packaged together for easy administration."
"It's easy to use and the fact that I can schedule the report to come to my inbox at set times is very convenient for me."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has good pricing compared to other firewall and security products."
"The tool's GUI is user-friendly."
"It’s easy to implement."
"Our customers implement this solution so that they can be assured of security in their environment."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the UTP feature, IPS antivirus, and web filtering."
"The ability to manage everything from the cloud is going to be the most valuable by far with this solution."
"I would like is to have a small information pointer available. It could be a plus feature that I want to implement. When I hover my mouse over the user interface, it should provide a brief explanation. It would be helpful to have it incorporated into the UI."
"Cisco could improve the security side of their solutions."
"Requires more focus on the digital side of things."
"The product has many features that do not work properly."
"Cisco DNA Center was a new technology for us, at the beginning, it was not easy to do, but Cisco did a lot of training with us to a level we could handle everything. The team is managing itself now without the assistance of Cisco."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"DNA Center has been on the market for a few years and they need to update it."
"Integration with analytic tools and API integrations would be ideal."
"In the email security modules they have in their UTM, maybe they can include more extended or expanded features for the email security where users can have their own portal login to release blocked emails, as an example."
"We've not seen any areas for improvement."
"Improving the platform's intuitiveness and consolidating functionalities, such as reporting and firewall features, could enhance user experience and reduce the need for multiple product purchases."
"FortiGate Cloud could be improved with increased granularity for our control."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"They're still trying to digest that Meru acquisition and need a plan."
"ACL is an area with shortcomings that needs to be improved."
"The robustness of the software could be improved."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 57 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, whereas Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and Fortinet FortiPortal. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud report.
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