We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"Cisco Stealthwatch provides the solutions analytics and threat detection capabilities that I am looking for. It has also improved the network visibility of our organization."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"Visibility. The ability to look East and West. To see what is passing through your circuits, where it is coming from, and how big it is."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"Technical support is great. When we have sent urgent tickets and they do reply back within fifteen minutes."
"The setup is very simple."
"The SD-WAN deployment environment, and the SD-WAN templates are particularly useful. Managing the solution is very intuitive. The initial setup of the solution was very straightforward."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"A fully integrated solution."
"I pushed templates from FortiManager to our site, and they were deployed successfully."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"There could be better integration on the programming side, which uses Python. StealthWatch could provide a template for Python to manage the switches. For example, it would be nice if StealthWatch bounced a port automatically it detected something anomalous."
"The initial setup is complex, as there is a lot to configure."
"I would like to see more expansion in artificial intelligence and machine learning features."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"Having FortiManager work with all of the Fortinet products would be a good improvement."
"There may be a communication issue. However, other items may be the culprit, such as network connectivity. It depends on the customer's network."
"FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"Issues arise when customers experience unstable electricity or poor grounding conditions."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"The SD-WAN solution is difficult to manage on FortiManager because you need to share some configurations on the firewall side. Sometimes you lose all connectivity with the firewall, so it is challenging to apply the default configuration to the SD-WAN solution."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". 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 Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Junos Space Network Director.
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