We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco Prime allows us to manage all the wireless controllers and access points."
"The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"The dashboard is a valuable feature. It's very clear, and the metrics make it easy to see the current network situation."
"The solution provides data that allows us to time travel through logs and perform remote operations or troubleshooting."
"Cisco Prime is a good tool for inventory monitoring and wireless management."
"Cisco Prime can help customers fix their Wi-Fi issues with scientific and digital data."
"We use Cisco Prime for network mapping and surveys."
"I pushed templates from FortiManager to our site, and they were deployed successfully."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"It can scale well."
"Technical support is great. When we have sent urgent tickets and they do reply back within fifteen minutes."
"The central management feature is the most valuable to me."
"The capability of centralized management is valuable. We can configure all firewall boxes with the same configuration."
"FortiManager's most valuable feature is central management."
"We look at the traffic to segment the network and it improves and increases the performance. When we have a mobile connection and local laptops are on the same network. We have seen a big performance upgrade."
"They could consider offering more flexible pricing options for their customers."
"I would rate the scalability of Cisco Prime a six out of ten. To scale up from a hundred to a thousand devices, the platform needs to be rebuilt logically. This process might require a downtime window and may involve changing the hardware or upgrading to a larger appliance."
"If you look at some of the wireless site-survey tools that are available in the commercial space, Cisco should include similar solutions, which would help our on-plant engineers when they're doing a site survey."
"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."
"The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved."
"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."
"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."
"Cisco Prime could improve the notifications in the system. Having more details about what is happening would be useful, such as traffic numbers or who is connected. We can see them through the firewall controller, but it would be better if you can see them from one place."
"The dashboard could use some improvement."
"Regional support in African countries needs to be improved."
"There may be a communication issue. However, other items may be the culprit, such as network connectivity. It depends on the customer's network."
"Their EDR products could be better. They need to dedicate more R&D to that area."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions other than Fortinet."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"The presence of Fortinet in our region (Nigeria) needs to be stronger."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". 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 Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. See our Cisco Prime vs. Fortinet FortiManager report.
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