We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Fortinet FortiOS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"It's a scalable product."
"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."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"I appreciate the ability to connect via SSH through Fortinet FortiManager to the FortiGates I manage. This feature allows me to gather information about the interfaces without having to physically connect to the device. This is a convenient aspect that I find valuable."
"The features are good."
"The product is easy to use and manage."
"The reports feature is excellent."
"There are a lot of features that we like within the solution. The resources or performance of the firewall is very good. However, the real selling point is the fact that the solution offers so many features, it gives our clients a lot of extras that they can work with. There's a lot on offer."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is the only solution that currently offers VPN for clients."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"The initial setup is straightforward, and it is very customer friendly."
"This is a user friendly solution and offers comprehensive integrations."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ease of use and user-friendly interface."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"Pricing-wise, it could always be less, even though it is less expensive than Palo Alto."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"The CLI could be enhanced."
"FortiManager could be more user-friendly."
"Areas for improvement in Fortinet FortiManager are scalability and stability."
"There are some issues with the performance. We also had some issues while updating the firmware."
"For monitoring purposes, we don't have any option to monitor the ISP link."
"There is no flexibility."
"I can only compare it with SonicWall, and it is missing many advanced features that SonicWall has."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"There are some features for FortiGate using FortiOS that can only be enabled via a command line. These aren't very advanced features they have been part of FortiOS for quite some time but they still aren't accessible from the graphical user interface. It makes it a little bit harder than it should be for us to manage the solution. That's my main concern with the user interface. Another concern we have is some elements for the user interface, if they're not properly configured, it could lead to hardware and performance degradation."
"There is some room for improvement in the support."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 59 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, AlgoSec and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace.
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