Cisco Defense Orchestrator vs Fortinet FortiGate Cloud comparison

Cisco and Fortinet are both solutions in the Firewall Security Management category. Cisco is ranked #14, while Fortinet is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4. Cisco holds a 1.2% mindshare in Firewall Security Management, compared to Fortinet’s 5.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

Cisco Defense Orchestrator

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and Cisco Defense Orchestrator compete in network security management. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has an edge in pricing and support, while Cisco Defense Orchestrator offers a more comprehensive feature set for enterprise needs.

Features: Fortinet FortiGate Cloud offers centralized management, automated security policy enforcement, and detailed analytics. Cisco Defense Orchestrator provides advanced integration capabilities, real-time threat intelligence, and extensive policy control.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet FortiGate Cloud could enhance integration with third-party apps, improve interface design, and increase data storage options. Cisco Defense Orchestrator may benefit from simplified setup procedures, more intuitive navigation, and reduced complexity for non-expert users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is straightforward to deploy with reliable support. Cisco Defense Orchestrator offers effective deployment backed by extensive documentation and comprehensive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiGate Cloud provides cost-effective solutions with quick ROI for smaller deployments. Cisco Defense Orchestrator justifies its higher cost with enhanced capabilities and long-term value for extensive security management.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Defense Orchestrator

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

14th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of Cisco Defense Orchestrator is 1.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is 5.4%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Vivek Balaji

Technical Director - Cyber Security at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees

Useful guides, excellent support, integration could improve

Cisco Defense Orchestrator has useful guides for the steps that need to follow by users Cisco Defense Orchestrator can improve by providing more support for third-party security components. I have been using Cisco Defense Orchestrator for approximately eight months. The Cisco Defense…

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IgnitiusMolepo

Senior IP Network Defense at MTN

The hub-and-spoke setup is useful because I can manage security from where I am, while the IT engineers in branch offices can handle it on their end.

When we're upgrading, it's sometimes quite challenging, especially firmware. We usually don't upgrade unless we have a bug, and we still feel it's not safe to react instead of being proactive. We often have some delays when updating FortiGuard, too. Nevertheless, I believe that it's okay most of the time with proper management. We also run into some problems using FortiGate as a UTM solution. I feel like maybe they're not giving me a full view of the other components that they have in that box. Their box has some DDoS defense, but I need complete DDoS protection. I must not have light DDoS protection on other UTM boxes because if I'm uncertain about the security posture, it will compromise me. We like having everything in one box because running multiple boxes eats up more resources on the computing level. We need a total solution, not half-half.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is being able to do centralized upgrades on the ASAs. We can select all of those ASAs, and say, "Upgrade these ASAs at this scheduled time." It will copy down the ASA image, ASDM image, and then do the upgrade and failovers, and then put it all back into service as required at a scheduled time. It automates that process for us."

"With Cisco Defense Orchestrator, we can manage the complete Cisco Security solution. It provides a simple and centralized way to manage all products."

"We have quite a few Active Stone by pairs. If they fail over... I'll see that there's a change on it and I'll have a look. The only change on it is that now this one is the standby, it took over the active role. I can go into that firewall and find out what happened... and troubleshoot based on that. That's pretty cool too."

"When we're looking to the policies, it identifies the shadow rules. It notifies us about anything that will supersede other rules."

"For this product, they are very uncharacteristically interested in resolving whatever issue the customer reports. They're really attentive, and they address whatever we bring up as quickly as they can. That's been a very positive aspect of the product."

"The bulk changes feature is definitely the most valuable."

"The ability to see the uptimes on the different VPNs that we have configured for site-to-site."

"The most valuable feature is the Intrusion prevention."

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"This product is easy to manage and easy to use."

"The main feature of FortiGate Cloud is that you don't need open ports for remote administration or management of FortiGate."

"The automated compliance reporting feature is very effective for us and for our clients."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has good pricing compared to other firewall and security products."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the stability, it's actually tailored for that."

"The installation is very simple."

"The product's valuable features include network management and switching devices from anywhere."

"The platform is scalable."

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Cons

"The main thing that would useful for us would the logging and monitoring. I have to check it out, to get the beta, because I don't have access to them... I wanted CDO to be a central place so where I could do everything but right now I don't think that's possible. I really don't want to go back and forth between this and FMC. Maybe the logging portion, when I look at it, will give me some similarities."

"CDO doesn't have a report, an official report that I can check daily. It has another module called FTD, but it doesn't have that specifically for ASA. In the reporting, there are a lot of things that aren't there. There is also room for improvement in the daily monitoring."

"They can centralize all products and provide a correlation about an incident and the response. They can also provide an on-premises solution. Currently, Cisco Defense Orchestrator is just for cloud deployments, not for on-premises deployments. Customers have to manage it on the cloud. We are based in Vietnam, and most of the customers here prefer to have on-premises deployments. Customers, especially from banking and government sectors, do not prefer to do anything on the cloud. Some of the small enterprises use the cloud."

"It should have more features to manage FirePOWER appliances."

"I've found dozens of bugs over the year we've been using it. The more I use it for different things, the more problems I find... Most of the problems have to do with the user interface. A lot of thought and work has gone into the back-end component to make the product do what it's intended to do, but the way it is presented for use hasn't gotten nearly as much thought to make it smart and bug-free."

"There could be some slight improvements to navigation. In some of the navigation you've got to go back to be able to get into where you need to be once you've made a change. If I make a change, I've then got to go back to submit and send the change."

"Cisco Defense Orchestrator can improve by providing more support for third-party security components."

"We had some MX devices that were blocking Windows Update from happening. We found out it was a Meraki issue, but it would have been nice if it had been flagged for us: "Hey, these updates are failing because the MX is blocking it." It wasn't a huge problem, but there was a loss of our time as well as the fact that the updates didn't get pushed out... It would have been nice if CDO had let us know that that was an issue."

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"In terms of stability, it could be improved."

"The solution should allow users to keep the data for longer than the current periods. I can't get any historic data after more than a month. I would like to be able to, after a year, look for trends from the past 12 months. It would make things much easier."

"The new versions of the tool sometimes have bugs, and so we often have to spend a lot of time fixing issues in the solution. I want the patches offered by the product to be improved."

"I had some problems with the performance."

"The solution’s pricing and stability could be improved."

"The only area that requires improvement is the login reports. We aim to integrate it with our local mobile service provider."

"The initial setup is considered to be difficult."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud could improve the dashboards."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"After our free trial was done we got a subscription for three years and it was under $3,000 or so. It's part of the EA we already paid for, so I don't know what it would be if it was a la carte."

"It is about a $100 per year for an ASA 5506 firewall, and from there it keeps going up if you have a bigger box. For example, the 5516 is $200 to $300 per year."

"I work with a lot of clients, and the price or value of the Cisco Defense Orchestrator can vary from one client to another. If you have a lot of Cisco solutions, the price of the Cisco Defense Orchestrator is justified. Whereas if you have some security components from other vendors, such as Check Point or Palo Alto. This solution would be a pretty expensive proposition considering that they don't integrate with them well."

"It is covered under the CIsco Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). So, it is licensed and ours."

"It's around £500 per unit for a three-year license."

"If you compare to what is available on the market, they are in the same range with respect to pricing."

"Every year, the product's prices go up and it has been continuing since the past three years. I have seen that the feedback related to the product from our department is that there is always a need for new devices without which there would be no security."

"I would not say that the product is cheaply priced. If I consider the long-term value for the service I receive, the price of the product is excellent."

"The solution is neither cheap nor expensive."

"It's relatively cheap."

"The pricing is mid-ranged, it's not very expensive but it's not the cheapest or most affordable in the market."

"The license for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is annual."

"It is expensive."

"When comparing this solution to others it is less expensive and there is an annual license required."

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Overview

Cisco Defense Orchestrator (CDO) is a cloud-based management solution designed to ensure streamlined and consistent security policies across the Cisco security portfolio. Specifically tailored to manage all Cisco Secure Firewall form factors (running either ASA or Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software), CDO offers real-time visibility and troubleshooting capabilities, effectively enhancing overall network security.

CDO addresses the challenges of migration, supporting transitions from on-premises to cloud environments and facilitating the shift from ASA to FTD configurations. As organizations embark on their cloud adoption journey, CDO simplifies provisioning workflows for remote branches, reduces operational expenditures related to inventory management, and offers scalability for multi-cloud deployments.

FortiCloud can help with your wireless and security challenges in a number of ways. Our solution addresses common IT difficulties including time-consuming provisioning, high investment costs, complex management, vulnerability to advanced threats, and the need to easily scale with growth.

Sample Customers

Insurance Company of British Columbia, Shawmut

Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data

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