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."I like the rapid deployment feature. I also like that it's easy to troubleshoot. FortiManager is amazing because we can have a centralized policy. All our devices are integrated, and we can also engage in troubleshooting. We can use it for different deployments. One fantastic feature is the ability to create a version and deploy it immediately."
"The user interface is very easy to navigate."
"FortiManager offers a full zero-touch provisioning feature that allows us to create a template of our devices and onboard them remotely without visiting the site."
"It would normally take us a handful of days to install one FortiGate instance on one site. But with this technology, zero-touch deployment, we need just one hour or maybe as little as 30 minutes to install one site. It is much more efficient."
"The integration is quite good."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Technical support is great. When we have sent urgent tickets and they do reply back within fifteen minutes."
"The central management feature is the most valuable to me."
"I like that the firewall gives me a lot of control in terms of outgoing and inbound traffic, and it scores better in deep packet inspections when compared with the Azure Firewall."
"The stability of Fortinet meets our requirements and I'm satisfied with it."
"For my organization, it has become much easier to scan the firewalls because the solution is more user-friendly than competitors."
"The pricing is excellent."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"The technical support is very good and the assistance they gave was very good."
"I am satisfied with Fortinet FortiOS. It's a cool product and has a lot of UTM features. It has application control, web filtering, antivirus, IPS/IDS, DNS filtering, and many things in that firewall. It also has a web application firewall WAF feature. On the feature side, it's a good firewall."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"The price is a bit too high."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"When I started, it was a bit difficult, however, now it's okay. It can be a bit complex for basic users."
"There is a degradation of performance if we activate logs on FortiManager."
"The FortiManager is more complex and they can make it easier to use the VPN manager. All other features are okay. However, the VPN manager is more difficult and can cause some issues in the environment, if you do not have the experience to use it."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"Can be difficult to configure."
"FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"Right now, all the features meet my requirements."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
"Could be improved by supporting an allocation of quota base management regarding user data."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"The support could be improved, Fortinet's response time is very slow. Setting up the VPN could be made much easier, especially when deployed with Azure."
"The solution's graphic interface could be a bit more responsive and include notations when changes are made."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 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 Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace.
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