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.
"The most valuable feature is the inspection. It inspects before we have any traffic stops intrusion."
"We use the solution as a firewall."
"The sandboxing feature is very important."
"FortiGate Cloud has many features that we like. For example, we're using it for security incident management, threat intelligence, and vulnerabilities check. It's integrated with several Fortinet tools like FortiAnalyzer and FortiSandbox controlled through FortiManager."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has good pricing compared to other firewall and security products."
"The intel we get from Fortinet is its most valuable aspect."
"I have found centralized administration, cloud UI, and visibility and security on all networks valuable features."
"It's easy to use."
"Setup, setting policies, and reporting were all very easy. We had no issues whatsoever getting the solution up and running."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"It can scale well."
"The solution has the best stability for application control and inspections."
"The solution is very stable."
"You can configure it at your ease."
"FortiGate Cloud could be improved with increased granularity for our control."
"There are European and US clouds and sometimes we mix them up. The solution should make determining the clouds more clear, or make one cloud instead of having separate ones."
"ACL is an area with shortcomings that needs to be improved."
"The solution’s pricing and stability could be improved."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"I recommend that Fortinet FortiGate Cloud improve their rules for configuration with each other."
"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."
"It would be better for us if Fortinet provided a private cloud, and they should provide more security on the public cloud. There are some minor issues with security with the public cloud. For example, anyone with a link can access the public cloud."
"Wizards could be improved in pushing policies."
"The solution has to be enhanced to manage new switches."
"Areas for improvement in Fortinet FortiManager are scalability and stability."
"The reporting details have room for improvement."
"When I started, it was a bit difficult, however, now it's okay. It can be a bit complex for basic users."
"Their EDR products could be better. They need to dedicate more R&D to that area."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"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."
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 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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