We performed a comparison between Citrix ADM 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."We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"An essential component is the Director, which provides detailed insights into sessions, including identifying session failures, connection issues, user lockouts, etc. It presents a list of problems to address, enabling you to click on them and resolve them efficiently."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."
"The analytics are a great feature."
"The most valuable features are for the ADMs and the overall monitoring environment."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"The most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"Everybody is quite happy with the way that the graphical user interface works."
"It has multiple features in one box, which helps to avoid needing a lot of equipment. This is something that makes them unique."
"You can configure it at your ease."
"The solution brings device management into one single pane of glass and is a pretty good product."
"It's very easy to install, and it's easy to discover and communicate with your device."
"FortiManager's most valuable feature is central management."
"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."
"Deployment is complicated."
"Citrix is more expensive than Horizon."
"Some features of Citrix ADM are available on the cloud, which could really be helpful if they were available on an on-premise version."
"They need to make the solution a little more familiar with easy study guides, learning videos, etc."
"When a new version comes out, sometimes, my existing configuration gets wiped out. They should work on this so that my existing configuration doesn't get impacted with an upgrade to a newer version. There could also reduce frequent firmware upgrade activities and have a stable version so that once we upgrade it, we don't have to upgrade it for two to three years."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"The interface could be improved, some customers struggle with that."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
"FortiManager would be improved by putting everything into a single console, including Microsoft O365 integration."
"For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate."
"The product is not very stable."
"It requires a lot of resources. This is the main challenge."
"When we have a specific configuration pushed it does take some time to be deployed on the actual firewall."
"If you have more than one FortiMail device, you can't manage it then with FortiManager on FortiGate."
"The solution has some bugs."
Citrix ADM is ranked 9th in Network Management Applications with 9 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Citrix ADM is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citrix ADM writes "A tool for centralized management including inventory and sales tracking". 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". Citrix ADM is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, DX Spectrum and DataMiner, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec. See our Citrix ADM vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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