We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco Prime can help customers fix their Wi-Fi issues with scientific and digital data."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is its excellent audio and video conferencing with clear quality and no interruptions."
"It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."
"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."
"The solution's configuration management tool is amazing because it centralizes and pushes configurations which saves a lot of volume and effort."
"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."
"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."
"Cisco Prime is user-friendly, so we are comfortable using it."
"This solution enables you to centralize the rules and the configuration of all the equipment."
"The firmware version upgrades are the most valuable feature."
"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."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"The solution has the best stability for application control and inspections."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"I want the tool to improve data visibility."
"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."
"They could consider offering more flexible pricing options for their customers."
"The product needs to improve its stability."
"I would love for Cisco Prime to show bandwidth usage and consumption, but I can't monitor bandwidth usage at a given time."
"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."
"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."
"The product's pricing can be cheaper."
"The GUI could be updated. It's not as good as it could be and is something the solution should improve in an upcoming release."
"The interface could be improved. It is split up into different areas, which makes it more difficult to navigate and get the right section of the correct file. The solution is quite expensive, so it would not be suitable for small to medium sized organizations."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions other than Fortinet."
"Their EDR products could be better. They need to dedicate more R&D to that area."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
"The areas that need improvement are implemenation and support. In terms of implementation, it mainly needs clear documentation."
"Its licensing model should be improved."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". 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 Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper. See our Cisco Prime vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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