We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and Fortinet FortiGate Cloud 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."If an AP or any wireless device goes into critical mode, Cisco Prime sends an alert. That is the most helpful feature."
"We use the solution to control the physical service station that is part of the SCADA network. We connect and control them remotely."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat map."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat maps."
"We use Cisco Prime for network mapping and surveys."
"The solution's configuration management tool is amazing because it centralizes and pushes configurations which saves a lot of volume and effort."
"Cisco Prime has been around for a long time, and it keeps getting better and better."
"It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."
"This is a vast system that includes a lot of features."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are management and integration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the remote management capability."
"FortiGate Cloud's most valuable feature is that it's 100% managed."
"The IPS and firewall function is valuable in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud."
"The hardware is reliable, and their support is excellent."
"It’s easy to implement."
"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."
"Some improvements are needed, specifically in the form of more updates and enhancements."
"If you look at some of the wireless site-survey tools that are available in the commercial space, Cisco should include similar solutions, which would help our on-plant engineers when they're doing a site survey."
"Cisco Prime could improve the notifications in the system. Having more details about what is happening would be useful, such as traffic numbers or who is connected. We can see them through the firewall controller, but it would be better if you can see them from one place."
"The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved."
"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."
"If you think about a centralized monitoring system, Cisco Prime is not good because it does not support third-party vendors like Palo Alto or FortiGate."
"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."
"The console or demonstration tool could be more user friendly."
"Its price should be better."
"Everything related to the graphical user interface should be improved."
"The licensing is a little bit confusing and needs to be improved."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"The robustness of the software could be improved."
"As with any IT vendor, there are software issues."
"FortiGate Cloud could be improved with increased granularity for our control."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2. 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 FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and Fortinet FortiPortal. See our Cisco Prime vs. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud report.
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