We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and Fortinet FortiManager 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."The fault management is perfect."
"What I like best is the configuration management functionality."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"It is easy to navigate."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"It has a high-quality graphical interface."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"The capability of handling and monitoring with SNMP and working with the SNMP traps is much better than other products."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"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."
"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."
"The user interface, along with user-friendly planning features, makes it straightforward to configure desired settings."
"It can scale well."
"It is easy to manage a huge number of devices with FortiManager."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"The most valuable feature is the central configuration for firewall policies."
"I would recommend AI capability built-in so it becomes more predictable and we jump ahead of the curve. This is the one really important feature I would really like to see in any product that provides alarms."
"We have had some issues with the spec server and the high availability replication of data. It fails over well, but it does not come back very well. We get duplicated events."
"I would like to see CA move Spectrum, Performance Manager, and some of their other tools moved to a SaaS based model. You see a lot of other manufacturers which are moving toward SaaS based models."
"We have a lot of different monitoring tools in the background, so orchestration has been a little bit of a challenge."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"I would like to see them eliminate the Java console. The user interface for this is a Java applet that runs on your desktop, and it is very problematic for us."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"There's a little bit of complexity to the initial install because you're dealing with operating systems. You have to make sure all the prerequisites are done, anti-virus exceptions, etc. Then there's the bringing it up and then there's discovery of the network and setting that up. It takes time."
"The documentation could be better."
"The areas that need improvement are implemenation and support. In terms of implementation, it mainly needs clear documentation."
"FortiManager would be improved by putting everything into a single console, including Microsoft O365 integration."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"FortiManager could improve by making it easier to port larger policy packages to the FortiGate firewalls. Sometimes, there's an issue when we install a big package of policies. If you have a couple thousand policies for FortiGate firewalls, it can take a few minutes to receive a response from the remote devices. It's only an issue when you're dealing with thousands of policies and installing them on a large number of devices."
"Fortinet is releasing quite a lot of new versions and I would say that most of the versions are not well tested before they're pushed out. Even the new versions sometimes are a bit buggy before it's all correct."
"It requires a lot of resources. This is the main challenge."
DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec. See our DX Spectrum vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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