We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiManager is the ease of manageability and policy-pushing functionality."
"FortiManager's best feature is the integration of administrator users."
"The solution is very stable."
"FortiManager's most valuable feature is central management."
"It is stable."
"Provides good and detailed log management."
"I pushed templates from FortiManager to our site, and they were deployed successfully."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"In terms of customization and integration, we have more flexibility. We can automate configurations, define deletion rules, and customize based on the needs. The client interface allows for further configuration, making it quite comprehensive."
"The most valuable feature is the protocol to manage anything."
"The initial setup was very quick. The first time it was long because I didn't know it yet. I was only using Windows. The first time was very difficult because of the operating system."
"We use it to monitor and manage our servers."
"Setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two or three months."
"The most valuable features in Zabbix are those that help us overcome bottlenecks in CPU usage, as well as reduce memory delay. I know that we have only reached the tip of the iceberg of what Zabbix's features can do for us, and we have not used all of them yet."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is very stable."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"When we have a specific configuration pushed it does take some time to be deployed on the actual firewall."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"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."
"Pricing-wise, it could always be less, even though it is less expensive than Palo Alto."
"Setting up FortiManager can be complex because it involves changes from other devices and a lot of configuration."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
"In the next release, FortiManager should include more protection features."
"The performance reporting could be improved."
"Having a more customizable interface and dashboard would be an improvement."
"Zabbix is powerful, but it is difficult to understand initially. There are many things that can be improved, but we might not be using Zabbix to its fullest extent. The software has more features than we need."
"My company wanted to do an exercise command to access IT from Cameroon. They wanted to access an FSS to a second host with second equipment that was on another coast but it is not possible on Zabbix to do it. They want to directly access from the front-end of Zabbix to access a prompt in Zabbix to an access terminal. In the front-end, there is no way to do that. That would be an important improvement."
"The stability could be better."
"Outside of the normal standard monitoring, I would like to extend patching, importing patching, and supporting patching for Windows Servers."
"The GUI could be more intuitive. Also, we'd like streaming telemetry. Zabbix might have this feature, but I haven't seen it yet. It took us a long time to get started because the documentation isn't very descriptive. We had to go through various sources like YouTube and forums to get this solution working."
"There's a small module of APM, however, it is not an enhanced version. People usually ask for a full-fledged APM solution."
Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 100 reviews. Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiManager writes "Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, AlgoSec and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios Core and Nagios XI.
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