Cisco Prime [EOL] vs Fortinet FortiGate Cloud comparison

"It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."

"Cisco Prime is user-friendly, so we are comfortable using it."

"We use this solution to troubleshoot our wireless systems, specifically regarding signal strength."

"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."

"Cisco Prime is a good tool for inventory monitoring and wireless management."

"Cisco Prime has been around for a long time, and it keeps getting better and better."

"The dashboard is a valuable feature. It's very clear, and the metrics make it easy to see the current network situation."

"The hardware Cisco provides is excellent. It's a well-made product."

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

"FortiGate Cloud boosts productivity because one solution covers all the requirements, features, and management functions. Staff can operate it with less security knowledge, so it decreases the workload of our security specialists. Anyone with training on the console can manage access to users and devices based on standardized structural services."

"The intel we get from Fortinet is its most valuable aspect."

"One firewall box can contain various top-of-the-line services that are packaged together for easy administration."

"It's user-friendly."

"I definitely recommend Fortinet FortiGate Cloud as it is a stable, easy-to-use, and economically viable option for customers."

"The solution is beneficial for managing bandwidth and live configuration."

"The Fortianalyzer is the most valuable aspect of this solution"

"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."

"The solution can be slow at times."

"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."

"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."

"If you think about a centralized monitoring system, Cisco Prime is not good because it does not support third-party vendors like Palo Alto or FortiGate."

"Cisco Prime needs to have lower prices and more customization options."

"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."

"There is room for improvement in the Access layer."

"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."

"We need some integration or communication between the endpoint and the firewall."

"Lacks some security against external attacks."

"They could improve the product features for telemetry and interoperability with third-party monitoring tools."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud should improve its pricing. Also, its support is slow in Vietnam."

"The licensing is a little bit confusing and needs to be improved."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud could improve the dashboards."

"Reporting is an area that can be enhanced."

"The cost is quite high."

"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."

"You need to get special quotes from the company for each order."

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"If we have a license for Cisco DNA, we can use the same license for Cisco Prime."

"I would rate the pricing of Cisco Prime a seven out of ten."

"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."

"I rate the product pricing as seven out of ten."

"The license does not include many of the features that are necessary, which means that you have to pay extra for them."

"The price of FortiGate Cloud is generally cheaper than other similar products."

"The solution is mid-priced when compared to other products."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a one or two. The pricing is suitable for our company."

"The solution's pricing is good compared to that of Cisco and Meraki devices."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is more inexpensive than other vendors."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is a cost-effective solution. I rate its pricing a six out of ten. Pricing depends on the firewall model. If the firewall model's pricing is high, the solution's pricing also increases."