We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Network Automation and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The conditional access policies that we set up are very useful."
"Technical support, in general, has been quite helpful."
"The solution is scalable. We currently have tens of thousands of users within our organization using the solution."
"For Windows services, there are multiple options within Intune to modernize it to be more internet-facing and dynamic."
"Intune's unified endpoint management platform is invaluable."
"The most valuable includes managing everything from a single console."
"Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly."
"The features I found most valuable in Intune are its user visibility and troubleshooting options."
"The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features."
"It has the best automation features."
"Depending on who's looking at the data, they need to configure that data in different ways, and the dashboards help us to do that better than what was previously available."
"The log audit and historical configurations are the most valuable feature."
"The backup and restore configurations are really helpful for a number of network devices, as you can automate them, then know what changes have been done, who made the changes, etc. So, it's quite helpful in the network management area."
"We use it to back up configurations so the configuration management is valuable for us."
"The most valuable feature of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is compliance management, configuration backup, and configuration management."
"This product has helped us because we can now do many tasks at once. Rather than copy one file to one device, we can do an entire group at one time."
"This solution enables you to centralize the rules and the configuration of all the equipment."
"It is stable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"It can scale well."
"It is easy to manage a huge number of devices with FortiManager."
"There is something called zero-touch provisioning, where you can add a new device without any configuration. You just add it to FortiManager and then forget about it."
"The setup is very simple."
"The most valuable features are the centralized management of the firewalls."
"Deploying an app can be a complex process due to dependencies."
"Lacking ability to leverage more iOS device management internally."
"Intune doesn't provide much control over Windows servers. It's something we struggle with."
"Having a dedicated configuration server that assists in modifying the configuration service, and creating personalized structures, interfaces, and web services could enhance usability."
"The main disadvantage seen today is regarding Linux clients. We have a lot of development resources that have Linux on their clients, and we can't manage them on the same platform, as we do with other clients such as macOS and Windows. So, it should have support for Linux clients. It should also have better support for macOS."
"Intune does not provide real-time visibility."
"For an existing customer who has an SCCM, it would need to be upgraded to an MECM first before I can introduce Microsoft Intune."
"Microsoft Intune lacks the ability to provide seamless remote assistance or remote control."
"It is tedious to scale the solution."
"BMC TrueSight Network Automation can improve by having a better UI. The overall quality of the UI could be better."
"We've been working with BMC support in various ways such as to allow for the high-availability components to the TSIMs to work together. There have been issues there. We've seen randomness in how other pieces of the software work. Integration with the Presentation Server and the TSIMs has been a challenge. The ports that are required for HA to be utilized were not clearly documented anywhere. In fact, they still aren't documented online anywhere, even though we managed to pull it out of some of their support people."
"I'd like to be able to get more devices into compliance with standards, but that means running additional rule sets and that takes time."
"There could be automated processes to retrieve the CVS and create a compliance tool."
"I believe there could be new features in terms of the latest technology."
"For customized compliance, it takes some effort to implement things. If the device configuration is quite complex, then you have to do quite number of customizations in the DNA tool for out-of-the-box compliance. These regular expressions have to be modified based on the requirements of the compliance."
"They need to have a single sign-on."
"FortiManager would be improved by putting everything into a single console, including Microsoft O365 integration."
"Can be difficult to configure."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
"Its licensing model should be improved."
"The compatibility with legacy products should be better. It would also be nice if the software could manage other devices from Fortinet and third parties."
"Issues arise when customers experience unstable electricity or poor grounding conditions."
"Performance issues should be improved. We have problems when we have more mobile connections than local devices. Most of us have two to three devices."
"The documentation could be better."
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BMC TrueSight Network Automation is ranked 18th in Configuration Management with 10 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 59 reviews. BMC TrueSight Network Automation is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Network Automation writes "Helps with patching, OS upgrade, and security vulnerability management". 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". BMC TrueSight Network Automation is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, VMware NSX and OpenText Network Automation, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec. See our BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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