We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime 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 most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"Cisco Prime, from a management perspective, has good reporting."
"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."
"The dashboard is a valuable feature. It's very clear, and the metrics make it easy to see the current network situation."
"It gives you the ability to upgrade switches remotely, schedule the upgrade time, perform backups, and monitor the health of all networks."
"The installation is easy."
"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"FortiManager's most valuable features are web-based or web-rule-based policies, SD-WAN, and the ease of upgrading to new firmware."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized management console."
"It's very easy to install, and it's easy to discover and communicate with your device."
"The solution is very stable."
"Central management system for Fortinet devices that's simple, scalable, and stable, with a straightforward setup."
"Provides good and detailed log management."
"A fully integrated solution."
"The user interface of Cisco Prime could be more user-friendly and increase its performance."
"This solution could be improved if it could monitor configuration changes."
"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."
"We would like to see the inclusion of detailed alerts."
"The reporting feature of Cisco Prime should be improved."
"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."
"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."
"I would rate the scalability of Cisco Prime a six out of ten. To scale up from a hundred to a thousand devices, the platform needs to be rebuilt logically. This process might require a downtime window and may involve changing the hardware or upgrading to a larger appliance."
"It's a difficult process to transfer one interface from one virtual domain to another."
"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."
"The documentation could be better."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"The solution has some bugs."
"The price always has room for improvement."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". 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". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. See our Cisco Prime vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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