We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The user interface, along with user-friendly planning features, makes it straightforward to configure desired settings."
"Fortinet has the option of synchronization in the cloud, so you can manage everything if you have a cloud account."
"The central management feature is the most valuable to me."
"FortiManager enables us to set unified firewall policies from one centralized dashboard, reducing human error. If you do not have a central dashboard, there's a chance you might set a policy on one firewall and forget to do it for another."
"The reports feature is excellent."
"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 most valuable feature is the central configuration for firewall policies."
"Stability is good within the product."
"The most valuable feature is the alert and alarm monitoring."
"Dashboard and the customization of the items and triggers are the most valuable features."
"The basic setup is very easy."
"The flexible licensing model is one of the solution's most valuable aspects. It really allows for great flexibility for companies."
"The overall functionality of Zabbix is very good. The monitoring of bank applications that Zabbix provides is great. The information is displayed on a dashboard that is easily viewed."
"Like other common Linux distributions, some of the most valuable features of this solution are the ease of use and deployment. It's simple and has a lot of packages and a lot of software."
"The most valuable features of Zabbix are flexibility and a single interface for different types of monitoring."
"The solution allows for good integration with other products."
"The GUI is not ideal."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"If you have more than one FortiMail device, you can't manage it then with FortiManager on FortiGate."
"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."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"Troubleshooting for Fortinet products is more difficult than competing products like Cisco and Palo Alto."
"There is a degradation of performance if we activate logs on FortiManager."
"The server monitoring could be better."
"The user interface could be a bit better. They could update it a bit."
"The documentation gets a bit messy between versions and is not too detailed, which is a bit painful for first-timers, especially when they run into issues."
"Sometimes, the documentation is a little bit written in Estonia – a country in Europe. The language barrier and translation to English can sometimes make it difficult to understand what they're trying to get at. It's just a language thing."
"In terms of user-friendliness, large maps could be more interactive. We should be able to click on some areas and move some objects. It would make it simpler to see things while analyzing some dedicated parameters."
"The user web interface is a little bit too basic, we need to link Zabbix to Grafana to have more options, such as graphs and charts. The interface needs to be improved. Additionally, there could be better integration with Grafana API."
"Zabbix technical support is sold separately."
"The solution needs to add features for finding loopholes or problems and their root causes."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 98 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. 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 Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, AlgoSec and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and Nagios Core.
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