We compared Cisco Identity Services Engine and Fortinet FortiNA (ISE)C based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Cisco ISE seems to be the slightly superior solution because of its expansive integration capabilities.
"From a configuration point of view, it's simple."
"It is scalable because we use a network load balancer at the front of the PSN. It can be extended as we want to multiply. It's scalable to our environment. We have around 8,000 users and we are planning to expand it."
"The interconnection with the ecosystem and the ability to force rules all over the network are the most important features."
"Easy to use and provides good support"
"The interface is pretty easy to use."
"With NAC, the profiling feature is valuable. We're able to see what we have out there in the network and dynamically assign policies to it. We can then use that to enforce TrustSec policy or anything else with NAC."
"Assisting a larger number of users in gaining access and guiding them through the process of getting on Cisco ISE has been seamless."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with StealthWatch and DNA as one fabric."
"The tool provides us with a list of devices that tries to connect to our network. It offers us a lot of network visibility."
"When it works, it's great. It keeps things off the network which are supposed to be off the network."
"This solution is very easy to implement and use. The interface is user-friendly."
"All the features of Fortinet FortiNAC are valuable."
"The most valuable features are usability and security."
"The FortiNAC features I found the most valuable are security and the ability to consolidate wireless networks."
"Fortinet FortiNAC is a stable solution."
"There are some features that are working well."
"The knocks I have against the product are the number of bugs that we encounter, constantly, and the amount of upgrading that we have to do."
"We face many bugs."
"Whenever we see the authentication logs, we can't see what device we're logging into... We can see who logged in, but we can't see the IP address of the device... I'm sure that's available. We just haven't figured out how to properly deploy it."
"It would be helpful for us to know what needs to be deployed, configured, and what changes we need to make to our devices when we don't receive the specific login which is an indication of a lack of connection or incorrect configuration."
"In a future release, I would like to see network access control. That is something that customers seem to be looking for."
"It could be more intuitive in terms of how to configure the policies."
"The solution lacks properly knowledgeable support, especially internationally, and this is why I am exploring other applications."
"If Cisco could grant more control, the features could be more focused on network and security administration, reducing the need for integration with other components."
"Integration is hard in Fortinet FortiNAC, but they are evolving and getting better. For example, with Cisco, Aruba, Huawei, and Extreme devices, Fortinet FortiNAC is working properly, but some other devices have problems."
"The product could be more user-friendly in terms of GUI."
"Its technical support needs improvement."
"We have some stability issues with the solution, the network drops out too often."
"FortiNAC could be more scalable."
"Fortinet FortiNAC's documentation should be improved because there's not much debugging or troubleshooting documentation for the Fortinet FortiNAC."
"Admin UI could be better matched and easier to use; it cannot work as a RADIUS server."
"I would like to be able to compare the configuration backup before and after."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 135 reviews while Fortinet FortiNAC is ranked 4th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 42 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiNAC is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiNAC writes "I like the solution's native integration with other devices from the same vendor". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security, whereas Fortinet FortiNAC is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Forescout Platform, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Fortinet FortiClient and Portnox CORE. See our Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) vs. Fortinet FortiNAC report.
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