We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiManager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Ease of deployment, once you get your ducks in a row."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"The most valuable feature is having visibility into the data segments throughout our network."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the way the net flow is being merged together in a single pane. That's been extremely useful for us, because can see what's going on with traffic in one single place."
"Stealthwatch has greatly improved our network visibility, in terms of bandwidth, malware, and PCI violations."
"Using this solution has helped us to detect and identify viruses or malicious activity in the network early on."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows you to manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console, and this is a valuable product feature."
"Fortinet FortiManager allows a full view of all the devices on the network from one location."
"The user interface is very easy to navigate."
"For the whole security fabric from Fortinet, with a simple click you can see if some workstations or services are affected by an attack. You can really easily quarantine it, check the solution, and fix it."
"The solution is very stable."
"Technical support is great. When we have sent urgent tickets and they do reply back within fifteen minutes."
"Provides good and detailed log management."
"FortiManager's most valuable features are web-based or web-rule-based policies, SD-WAN, and the ease of upgrading to new firmware."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"I would like to see interoperability with other Cisco products because we have ThousandEyes, Cisco Prime, and others. The interaction among these is important to us."
"Cisco Stealthwatch can improve by having bundled packages for popular add-ons. It would be a lot easier for people implementing it, have let's say a better way to use the product."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"FortiManager could be more user-friendly."
"Issues arise when customers experience unstable electricity or poor grounding conditions."
"The fabric for integrations or connections could be improved."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"We have experienced a series of minor bugs that necessitated contacted technical support on several occasions."
"We have some visibility issues with the reporting."
"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."
"The solution should be more open to other products."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 58 reviews while Fortinet FortiManager is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 61 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiManager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". 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 Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiManager is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Fortinet FortiOS, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix and Junos Space Network Director.
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