We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs Fortinet Fortimanager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The solutions are similar. Users of both say deployment is easy, like that each products are highly stable and scalable, and have good experiences with technical support. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud users are happier with the pricing of the product than Fortinet Fortimanager users.
"Everything is valuable, especially the SD-WAN tunneling, filtering of email, application, and browsing. Everything has value."
"The Fortianalyzer is the most valuable aspect of this solution"
"It's user-friendly."
"The solution includes a very stable VPN and IPS."
"The ability to manage everything from the cloud is going to be the most valuable by far with this solution."
"I have found centralized administration, cloud UI, and visibility and security on all networks valuable features."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the remote management capability."
"The most valuable features are the centralized management of the firewalls."
"The features are good."
"The solution has the best stability for application control and inspections."
"There is something called zero-touch provisioning, where you can add a new device without any configuration. You just add it to FortiManager and then forget about it."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"It can scale well."
"The console or demonstration tool could be more user friendly."
"FortiGate Cloud could be improved with increased granularity for our control."
"We are seeking a solution that can monitor our network traffic running through 17 firewalls in Malaysia and Indonesia. We want a solution that can record and monitor all the logs from all the firewalls. We want to consolidate all our firewalls into one portal so we can monitor all the activities from all the firewalls."
"Currently with the solution, if you want to manage more than one FortiGate you have to use a VM, and a VM can control up to 10."
"I recommend that Fortinet FortiGate Cloud improve their rules for configuration with each other."
"It is currently durable, but they may be able to improve it further. They can adapt Cisco technology because of its durability."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"Improving the platform's intuitiveness and consolidating functionalities, such as reporting and firewall features, could enhance user experience and reduce the need for multiple product purchases."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate."
"It's a difficult process to transfer one interface from one virtual domain to another."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"In the next release, FortiManager should include more protection features."
"The areas that need improvement are implemenation and support. In terms of implementation, it mainly needs clear documentation."
"Its licensing model should be improved."
"The price always has room for improvement."
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". 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". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF), Fortinet FortiPortal and ExtremeCloud IQ, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, AlgoSec and Fortinet FortiWeb. See our Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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