We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and Fortinet FortiGate Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two DX NetOps solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"The product’s stability and robustness are valuable."
"Spectrum is very useful for us, because the product lets us monitor and control all the various components of our infrastructure that support our business from an IT perspective."
"Discovery: Scheduled, on-demand, synchronized with eHealth."
"The most valuable feature is the inspection. It inspects before we have any traffic stops intrusion."
"The most valuable FortiGate Cloud feature is logging. It's there seven days a week, and there is no hard limit on logs or size restrictions. This much capacity will show up for that seven days. FortiGate Cloud offers many other valuable features like Fortinet Secure Gateway, SASE, and the Fortinet Security Fabric."
"It covers all needs of our customers and works well. It is also easy to deploy and troubleshoot."
"The most valuable features are management and integration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the remote management capability."
"The tool's GUI is user-friendly."
"We use the solution as a firewall."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are the protection of internal and remote systems."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"I would like to see CA move Spectrum, Performance Manager, and some of their other tools moved to a SaaS based model. You see a lot of other manufacturers which are moving toward SaaS based models."
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"The command-line interface could definitely be improved in future iterations. It's lacking right now."
"Currently with the solution, if you want to manage more than one FortiGate you have to use a VM, and a VM can control up to 10."
"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."
"The product is not recommended on the basis of technical parameters. It is very tough to authenticate."
"They're still trying to digest that Meru acquisition and need a plan."
"FortiGate Cloud could be improved with increased granularity for our control."
"Fortinet should simplify the licensing model. It's too complex for decision-makers to choose from the range of options. Handling the pricing model is a nightmare, so it's difficult to sell the solution."
"The interface and dashboards should improve in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. Other solutions have better graphical interfaces."
DX Spectrum is ranked 1st in DX NetOps with 115 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". 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 ". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, 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 DX Spectrum vs. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud report.
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