We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It can expand easily."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The technical is excellent."
"The technical support is good."
"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"You can configure it at your ease."
"The best feature of Fortinet FortiManager is its ease of use. It is easy to manage the firewall from Fortinet FortiManager. Additionally, the interface is very good."
"FortiManager offers a full zero-touch provisioning feature that allows us to create a template of our devices and onboard them remotely without visiting the site."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"The solution brings device management into one single pane of glass and is a pretty good product."
"It's a scalable product."
"It is easy to manage a huge number of devices with FortiManager."
"It can scale well."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"We cannot directly upgrade the system. The tool's deployment is also very difficult in legacy environments. The tool needs to have bigger ports as well."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"The fabric for integrations or connections could be improved."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"The solution has some bugs."
"FortiManager would be improved by putting everything into a single console, including Microsoft O365 integration."
"Their EDR products could be better. They need to dedicate more R&D to that area."
"Issues arise when customers experience unstable electricity or poor grounding conditions."
"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 solution should be more open to other products."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 59 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". 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 IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec.
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