We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"The product's stability is good."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise. Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"It covers everything we need it to without looking to secondary solutions."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"The solution is very stable."
"You can configure it at your ease."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"The solution is very stable."
"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."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"In the security portfolio from Cisco, the issue is marketing. Cisco is still seen primarily as an enterprise network player rather than being acknowledged as a security vendor."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"It takes too much time to deploy a policy to FMC. It takes around eight minutes. You can't afford any downtime when you're changing policies."
"FortiManager should improve the integration with third-party platforms."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"Can be difficult to configure."
"The solution has some bugs."
"FortiManager could improve by making it easier to port larger policy packages to the FortiGate firewalls. Sometimes, there's an issue when we install a big package of policies. If you have a couple thousand policies for FortiGate firewalls, it can take a few minutes to receive a response from the remote devices. It's only an issue when you're dealing with thousands of policies and installing them on a large number of devices."
"You cannot integrate with other solutions."
"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 price is a bit too high."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec.
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