We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Fortinet FortiOS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, HPE Aruba Networking and others in Network Management Applications."The product is easy to use and manage."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"Centralized configuration is the most helpful feature. I like the ability to create templates and push them to all the devices at the same time. I also like that I can see the the logs with one device to provide zero touch on all other products."
"You can configure it at your ease."
"Central management system for Fortinet devices that's simple, scalable, and stable, with a straightforward setup."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"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."
"The fact that is it has a UTM, a Unified Threat Management feature is the most valuable aspect for us. It's an all in one product. It's like our one-stop-shop to the internet."
"I find filtering traffic, filtering web traffic, session traffic, and managing the network as valuable features."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"For ten to 12 years it has been quite secure."
"The interface is good."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"FortiOS's best features are its function as an internet gateway and how easy it is to manage."
"The interface could be improved. It is split up into different areas, which makes it more difficult to navigate and get the right section of the correct file. The solution is quite expensive, so it would not be suitable for small to medium sized organizations."
"FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms."
"The reporting details have room for improvement."
"The documentation could be better."
"Configuring Fortinet without internet access is challenging."
"The price is a bit too high."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"Real-time threat monitoring is not there."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"For monitoring purposes, we don't have any option to monitor the ISP link."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"Lacks flexibility for different scenario configurations."
"The threat time interval lags a little, especially if there's a heavy load on the firewall."
"They're using a lot of application-specific IC, so that may be causing some performance issues. And whenever a Fortinet adds new features, it can affect performance."
"The solution's graphic interface could be a bit more responsive and include notations when changes are made."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. 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 Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, AlgoSec and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection.
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