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."The installation is easy."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."
"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."
"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."
"The product's most valuable features are monitoring and configuration."
"The technical support team is very good."
"The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."
"The interfaces are a valuable feature."
"The intel we get from Fortinet is its most valuable aspect."
"We like the availability of the hardware and the service that we get from FortiGate, as well as the kind of reach that they have as a part of their sales folks."
"The VPN features are the most valuable."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has valuable firewall, SSL VPN, and web filtering features."
"The tool's GUI is user-friendly."
"Everything is valuable, especially the SD-WAN tunneling, filtering of email, application, and browsing. Everything has value."
"The initial setup is relatively easy."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the stability, it's actually tailored for that."
"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."
"Some improvements are needed, specifically in the form of more updates and enhancements."
"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."
"This solution could be improved if it could monitor configuration changes."
"The solution is not easy to configure."
"Cisco Prime's initial setup is complex."
"The product needs to improve its interface and reporting."
"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."
"The interface and dashboards should improve in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. Other solutions have better graphical interfaces."
"In the email security modules they have in their UTM, maybe they can include more extended or expanded features for the email security where users can have their own portal login to release blocked emails, as an example."
"The solution should include a commit button that allows for review of changes and deployments before they are submitted."
"ACL is an area with shortcomings that needs to be improved."
"Having a built-in SOC solution like an XDR platform within the solution would be convenient for customers."
"Things are moving increasingly towards hardware agnostic appliances, an area in which I would like Fortinet to be more focused and fast moving with that product line."
"Everything related to the graphical user interface should be improved."
"Fortinet could improve FortiGate Cloud by providing better integration with third-party applications and features."
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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