We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The reports feature is excellent."
"The product is easy to use and manage."
"The solution is very stable."
"It can scale well."
"The user interface, along with user-friendly planning features, makes it straightforward to configure desired settings."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"Fortinet has the option of synchronization in the cloud, so you can manage everything if you have a cloud account."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"It's user-friendly."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"Wizards could be improved in pushing policies."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"I would like to be able to manage other products such as Endpoint and FortiAnalyzer through FortiManager. That is, the integration with other solutions needs to be improved."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
"There is a degradation of performance if we activate logs on FortiManager."
"I prefer configuring rules and the VPN on the standalone device, not on the manager."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"This is a relatively expensive product."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is ranked 16th in Network Management Applications with 1 review. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is rated 9.0. 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 SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper writes "Very user-friendly and stable". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Skybox Security Suite, whereas SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is most compared with Cisco DNA Center and Aruba Airwave.
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