We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiPortal and SaltStack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about AlgoSec, Tufin, Palo Alto Networks and others in Firewall Security Management."The most valuable feature of this solution is application control."
"It does a little bit better than some of the other products health-wise and updates-wise. It is really clear that a firewall is getting the signature updates in this timeframe. In some of the other products, usually, you have to go a couple of screens in to see that, but not so much in this product."
"The documentation has been satisfactory."
"I am very comfortable with it, including it's reporting on threats and through its activities."
"I like the tool's controller facility."
"The firewall and site-blocking features are valuable."
"From a scalability perspective, I found the solution to be completely fine...The solution's technical support is absolutely fine."
"I like the product's asset management which gives clear hardware details."
"I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"There can be defects in Fortinet FortiPortal when functioning at high temperatures."
"If you are a very small company or a person on your own, it's harder to get any response from technical support."
"So if it's more than a thousand, there could be some scalability issues. It becomes more complex as you go."
"Fingerprint access security would improve this solution."
"The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity."
"The tool should provide a 10-15 days extension for customers when their license expires."
"I find their logging a little bit trickier to manage. The logging of events is broken up into a lot of different categories. Instead of breaking up my logs into several different places, I personally like to have all the events in one spot and then filter them down. In particular, I find that troubleshooting on Fortinet takes a little bit longer just because of those functional breakups in the logs."
"Fortinet FortiPortal could improve by providing a learning portal and better security."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"It is difficult to set up."
"Web UI."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
Fortinet FortiPortal is ranked 10th in Firewall Security Management with 10 reviews while SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews. Fortinet FortiPortal is rated 7.8, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiPortal writes "Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offers role-based access controls for granular control ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". Fortinet FortiPortal is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, vCloud Director, VMware Aria Operations and CloudStack, whereas SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Satellite.
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