We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The product offers very good security."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"Cisco has always been a premium product. There's a lot of other entry-level solutions. This is more robust."
"Previously, anyone in the organization would see any data point in the wall. They could just go and connect their machine with that data point and could access the network. But now, even if someone came and tried that, they will not be given access."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"In Pakistan, we only use Cisco because they have good local support infrastructure. Huawei and Fortinet don't offer direct support in Pakistan."
"It makes management very easy."
"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."
"The SD-WAN deployment environment, and the SD-WAN templates are particularly useful. Managing the solution is very intuitive. The initial setup of the solution was very straightforward."
"The integration is quite good."
"It can scale well."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"The best feature of Fortinet FortiManager is its ease of use. It is easy to manage the firewall from Fortinet FortiManager. Additionally, the interface is very good."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"We have a very bad experience on the support. They take too much time requesting logs, and they are not coming directly online to resolve the issues."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"Wizards could be improved in pushing policies."
"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."
"There are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, for example, the ZTP."
"The GUI is not ideal."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
"FortiManager would be improved by putting everything into a single console, including Microsoft O365 integration."
"Fortinet is releasing quite a lot of new versions and I would say that most of the versions are not well tested before they're pushed out. Even the new versions sometimes are a bit buggy before it's all correct."
"Areas for improvement in Fortinet FortiManager are scalability and stability."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". 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 IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and AlgoSec.
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