We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and Fortinet FortiPortal based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."
"The dashboard is a valuable feature. It's very clear, and the metrics make it easy to see the current network situation."
"The installation is easy."
"Cisco Prime can help customers fix their Wi-Fi issues with scientific and digital data."
"The hardware Cisco provides is excellent. It's a well-made product."
"The solution provides data that allows us to time travel through logs and perform remote operations or troubleshooting."
"The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."
"It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."
"The firewall and site-blocking features are valuable."
"The customer likes it for the graphs, the dynamics and the reporting functionality it offers."
"The role-based access controls give us granular control over what features to present to a customer, and the integration into FortiAnalyzer is the most valuable feature."
"The documentation has been satisfactory."
"I am very comfortable with it, including it's reporting on threats and through its activities."
"I like the product's asset management which gives clear hardware details."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is application control."
"I like the tool's controller facility."
"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."
"I rate Cisco Prime seven out of 10 for affordability. All Cisco solutions are expensive."
"The solution needs to include centralized management that aligns with the Greenfield network and its focus on real-time, scenario-based applications."
"Cisco Prime could improve the graphical user interface."
"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the Access layer."
"Fingerprint access security would improve this solution."
"So if it's more than a thousand, there could be some scalability issues. It becomes more complex as you go."
"If you are a very small company or a person on your own, it's harder to get any response from technical support."
"There can be defects in Fortinet FortiPortal when functioning at high temperatures."
"I find their logging a little bit trickier to manage. The logging of events is broken up into a lot of different categories. Instead of breaking up my logs into several different places, I personally like to have all the events in one spot and then filter them down. In particular, I find that troubleshooting on Fortinet takes a little bit longer just because of those functional breakups in the logs."
"The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity."
"It's useful for us but if it had more educational reporting, it would good. It's not necessarily lacking but it's an area that could get better."
"The tool should provide a 10-15 days extension for customers when their license expires."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while Fortinet FortiPortal is ranked 10th in Firewall Security Management with 10 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiPortal is rated 7.8. 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 FortiPortal writes "Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offers role-based access controls for granular control ". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas Fortinet FortiPortal is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, vCloud Director, VMware Aria Operations and CloudStack.
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