We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs Fortinet Fortimanager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The solutions are similar. Users of both say deployment is easy, like that each products are highly stable and scalable, and have good experiences with technical support. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud users are happier with the pricing of the product than Fortinet Fortimanager users.
"The most valuable features are management and integration."
"I have found centralized administration, cloud UI, and visibility and security on all networks valuable features."
"We have found the most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are the firewall and the VPN connection manager. I am not worried about any cyber attacks, the solution is secure and I receive daily summary reports."
"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."
"It's user-friendly."
"The sandboxing feature is very important."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"It's easy to use and the fact that I can schedule the report to come to my inbox at set times is very convenient for me."
"The solution brings device management into one single pane of glass and is a pretty good product."
"The central management feature is the most valuable to me."
"The most valuable feature is the central configuration for firewall policies."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"The setup is very simple."
"It's a scalable product."
"Stability is good within the product."
"FortiManager's best feature is the integration of administrator users."
"The SSL visibility could be better."
"We need some integration or communication between the endpoint and the firewall."
"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."
"It is currently durable, but they may be able to improve it further. They can adapt Cisco technology because of its durability."
"I would like to see better integration with other technologies."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"The solution should allow users to keep the data for longer than the current periods. I can't get any historic data after more than a month. I would like to be able to, after a year, look for trends from the past 12 months. It would make things much easier."
"GUI access could be improved. It should be simpler to access everything from the portal. Once we log in to the portal, we should be able to access all the Fortinet Cloud options."
"The solution has some bugs."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"Issues arise when customers experience unstable electricity or poor grounding conditions."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"The compatibility with legacy products should be better. It would also be nice if the software could manage other devices from Fortinet and third parties."
"FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 59 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". 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". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF), Fortinet FortiPortal and ExtremeCloud IQ, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, AlgoSec and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. See our Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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