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."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."
"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 solution has the best stability for application control and inspections."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"Provides good and detailed log management."
"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."
"The user interface is very easy to navigate."
"It's a scalable product."
"The most valuable features in Zabbix are those that help us overcome bottlenecks in CPU usage, as well as reduce memory delay. I know that we have only reached the tip of the iceberg of what Zabbix's features can do for us, and we have not used all of them yet."
"Every new asset placed in the environment can be automatically detected, predicting human failures."
"The flexibility of this solution is amazing."
"I have found that the reporting feature in Zabbix is most valuable. Additionally, the solution has given us bandwidth options, we are able to see where problems are. For example, we noticed a problem that occurred because of a bad interface going in the wireless VLAN."
"It can send messages to our ticketing system."
"Health and communication links availability."
"The solution's design has recently changed and it is visually pleasing with more color, for example, there is blue, black, and white."
"The level of discovery-based configuration that lets us auto-configure the monitoring for various systems is a valuable feature."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions other than Fortinet."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
"It would be better if it were easier to run a routing protocol. In the next release, I would like them to enhance some features in the GUI rather than CLI or OSP. For example, whenever a customer generates an ISP directly on the firewall, it's complicated to configure the routing protocol."
"The documentation could be better."
"Performance issues should be improved. We have problems when we have more mobile connections than local devices. Most of us have two to three devices."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"There may be a communication issue. However, other items may be the culprit, such as network connectivity. It depends on the customer's network."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"The user interface could be better."
"In an upcoming release, there should be automated reports which we are currently doing manually. For example, if we collect a report file every day and want to send it to a moderator for review. We are expecting this feature to come out soon but it would be valuable to have now."
"There's a small module of APM, however, it is not an enhanced version. People usually ask for a full-fledged APM solution."
"I would like to remotely connect to the computer, and Zabbix doesn't have this capability."
"When we have a problem, we have to do a lot of research to solve it."
"Zabbix is not easy to configure, and upgrading is also an issue."
"The performance reporting could be improved."
"The solution needs to add remote features."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 100 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 Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios Core and Nagios XI.
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