FireMon Security Manager vs Fortinet FortiGate Cloud comparison

FireMon and Fortinet are both solutions in the Firewall Security Management category. FireMon is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.8, while Fortinet is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.3. FireMon holds a 16.2% mindshare in Firewall Security Management, compared to Fortinet’s 5.4% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of FireMon users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

FireMon Security Manager

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87% willing to recommend

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

FireMon Security Manager and Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are competitors in the network security and firewall management category. FireMon seems to have an edge for organizations keen on policy optimization and compliance, while Fortinet stands out for its integration and hybrid deployment flexibility.

Features: FireMon Security Manager excels in firewall policy management with features like Rule Optimization, Risk Analyzer, and proactive security intelligence. It identifies redundant rules and conducts compliance checks, supporting multiple firewall brands. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud emphasizes central management for distributed networks, offering SD-WAN, VPN management, and integration with Fortinet tools for enhanced threat intelligence and incident management.

Room for Improvement: FireMon could enhance network mapping and ease of use during upgrades. It lacks seamless firewall change implementation and needs improved alerting and reporting. Fortinet faces issues with integration, update bugs, and requires enhancements in the command-line interface. Licensing discipline, pricing strategies, customization, and support responsiveness need attention for both solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FireMon Security Manager is primarily on-premises, praised for reliable support and training. Its support team is responsive and experienced. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud offers deployment versatility across hybrid and public clouds, beneficial for multi-regional needs, yet its support is sometimes slower compared to FireMon.

Pricing and ROI: FireMon Security Manager is considered expensive but provides a good ROI through automation and security enhancements. Despite high costs, it delivers customer satisfaction. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is seen as more affordable, offering lower initial costs. However, additional costs for features can be burdensome. Both solutions exhibit value for money, with FireMon's pricing reflecting a robust feature set and FortiGate's strategy targeting broader market access.

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Categories and Ranking

FireMon Security Manager

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud

Ranking in Firewall Security Management

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of FireMon Security Manager is 16.2%, up from 16.1% 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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JeffReese

Senior Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 25, 2022

Makes compliance much easier compared to doing it manually, and automates policy changes across environments

People have a tendency to just add rules to firewalls, but they don't go back and take rules away. Some of our customers have thousands of unused rules that have been sitting out there for over a year. In one report, FireMon tells us there are, say, 1,000 rules that can be taken out and it gives us the ability to disable those for a year and to track when we made our changes. After a year, we can go back and eliminate the rules, to bring the configuration down to an almost human-readable level. It also identifies risks in your environment and helps to prioritize fixes. It actually rates the risk level, meaning you look for the red and try to bring everything to green.

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OcheEluma

Vice President of Infrustructure at Core Technologies Limited

Aug 2, 2024

Cost-effective platform with valuable security management functionality

I use the product as a security and networking gateway. I have deployed instances in Azure and AWS as virtual appliances, and my main use cases are for connecting VPNs, routing, and securing connections between the outside and inside of the environment The platform's most helpful features for…

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Pros

"The automation that the platform provides to create tickets reduces human error and more generally, reduces the operational overhead."

"It is a good product. Previously, we were using only spreadsheets to compare the usage, but now with FireMon, we are able to clean up or review the policies to some extent. It is still a work in progress, but we are at a good stage now."

"It gives us the ability to go to one place to look for potential firewall rules that are inappropriate, or which don't meet compliance. Instead of manually searching hundreds of firewalls for a policy, we can go to this one location and find the rules which are now out of compliance."

"Compared to other applications, it is user-friendly. The appearance of the menus and titles is clear and they are easy to follow. Of course, it requires some experience through using it, to go through everything, but it is not very difficult. It is an easy application to use."

"FireMon saves us a lot of time and it's nice because if you're adding a rule that's similar to another rule, it'll tell you so sometimes you can just edit the one and add another source or destination in there without creating a duplicate rule. It enables you to consolidate and have fewer, more meaningful rules. We're saving around 30% of our time."

"It is the single place where we go to review all of our firewall changes. The solution makes it easier for us to track all the changes made. It is a central place where we can look at all the firewall rules, because we have three different firewall vendors. It save us time and creates efficiencies by looking at the general picture."

"The most valuable feature is that everything is recorded in the historical logs, including the firewall rules, headcounts, object-level usage, and the rule documentation. The rule certification details are also there, which means that someone can be held accountable for a specific firewall rule."

"The technical support is very good. They've always been helpful."

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

"FortiGate Cloud's most valuable feature is that it's 100% managed."

"The security features, for example, URL filtering, AMP, and advanced threat protection, are very valuable."

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

"The IPS and firewall function is valuable in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud."

"We use the solution as a firewall."

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

"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."

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Cons

"I ran a report and FireMon suggested that certain tools were not used. When I removed them, while it didn't bring our environment down completely, a lot of our environment started malfunctioning. Our backup system did not work, nor did other things that involve internal and external communication. We are not comfortable with what it did."

"We are looking for more integration with SIEM and other tools."

"It comes as a Linux appliance on a server and we're not a Linux shop, we're more of a Windows shop. It would be great if they could automate or integrate the backups into it and other things through their GUI interface, just to make the management of Linux a little more transparent."

"Its reporting can be improved. I am the only one who works a lot with it, and I am having problems in terms of reporting. In the case of Palo Alto, I'm okay with it, but with some of the Cisco devices, such as routers, when I provide the reports to other teams for review, they always say that the hit count is incorrect. So, I was struggling for a long time to work with them. When working with other teams, they have a lot of questions about reporting, such as how it reports, and we are still struggling with that."

"When it comes to identifying risk in our environment and prioritizing fixes, it is really about the different priorities within the organization. FireMon is not so smart that it can tell what's important to us. It's up to us to figure that out."

"FireMon could be easier to use and flexibility regarding reporting could be improved."

"We have had some stability issues that are affecting operations. We rely heavily on this solution and if it isn't working then we have to create rules manually."

"The training for configuring new users or operators is confusing because the UI is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."

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"I would like to see better integration with other technologies."

"Some configuration changes would be helpful."

"It would be better for us if Fortinet provided a private cloud, and they should provide more security on the public cloud. There are some minor issues with security with the public cloud. For example, anyone with a link can access the public cloud."

"The interface and dashboards should improve in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. Other solutions have better graphical interfaces."

"I would like to see more reporting from the analysis improved in the future."

"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 improvements in pricing could make the product more accessible to a broader range of clients."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud could improve security. Some of my customers do not trust on-cloud solutions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is reasonable."

"Relative to what it offers, the price is fair."

"It's a good value. From a licensing standpoint... it's very simple to understand, and gives us a good bang for the buck."

"Regarding additional costs, if you want things like Policy Optimizer, extra features, that's extra."

"We don't license all of the devices in our network, so it does not provide us with a comprehensive visibility of all devices in a hybrid network at this time."

"The pricing was very good during our initial year, but they increased it this year a little bit. The price is okay. It is not cheap, but it is still average."

"We pay for it yearly."

"FireMon is cheaper than AlgoSec."

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

"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."

"The price fits the needs of our clients and it is adjustable by Defender."

"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."

"We have a yearly license because we have a huge environment, so we need to upgrade regularly. We do it annually because quarterly updates would overwhelm the staff. Cisco was doing it at half-year intervals."

"The solution requires an annual license but the cost is reasonable in comparison to competitors in the same category."

"The solution is relatively cost-effective compared to alternatives."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

22%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FireMon?

I like the Security Manager console where we can see any changes that have been made or pull the results of an assessment and control the policies that we implement.

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What needs improvement with FireMon?

We've had recurring issues managing FireMon's internal backups. Sometimes, the space allocated for the backup is full, and there is no process where it deletes files that are older than I certain d...

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What is your primary use case for FireMon?

We use Security Manager for firewall changes, monitoring, and audits.

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What do you like most about Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has valuable firewall, SSL VPN, and web filtering features.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?

The pricing is rated six or seven. It is not the cheapest.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?

In terms of stability, it could be improved.

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Compared 2% of the time

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Overview

The increasing complexity of networks, driven by the constant influx of new devices, applications, and cloud services, presents a daunting challenge for managing firewall policies and rules. A typical enterprise environment has millions of rules, and just one simple misconfiguration can lead to devastating consequences like compliance violations, outages, and data breaches.

FireMon’s Security Manager is a purpose-built network security policy management (NSPM) platform that automates the management of firewall and cloud security policies to eliminate policy-related risk, accurately and quickly change rules, and meet internal and external compliance requirements.

Reduce Risk Manage risk with real-time visibility and control
Manage Change Avoid misconfigurations, accelerate business, and improve security
Enforce and Maintain Compliance Avoid violations, avoid risk, and avoid fines

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

Convey, MGM Resorts International, Southwest Airlines, Alkami, Costco, Aetna, IBM, Verizon, Wells Fargo

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

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