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Fortinet FortiManager vs HPE Intelligent Management Center comparison

Fortinet and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Network Management Applications category. Fortinet is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.0, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.5. Fortinet holds a 4.7% mindshare in NMA, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 6.4% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.
Fortinet FortiManager
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94% willing to recommend
HPE Intelligent Management ...
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  • 1,115 Comparison Views
83% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiManager and HPE Intelligent Management Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiManager
Ranking in Network Management Applications
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Intelligent Management ...
Ranking in Network Management Applications
8th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Network Management Applications category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiManager is 4.7%, down from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Intelligent Management Center is 6.4%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Management Applications
 

Featured Reviews

HamedWasel - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 15, 2023
Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices
We have over 300 Fortigate sites and we use this solution to manage everything under one interface.  The scripts are very useful. We can push the TCL and CLI scripts to Fortigate. The automation is great between Ansible and Fortimanager. We can integrate the solution with other solutions. There is…
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PR
Nov 20, 2023
Efficient network management providing fast response times, user-friendly navigation and reliable performance monitoring
I use it to oversee the administration of switches within our network infrastructure. The platform allows me to manage users efficiently, perform equipment backups, and generate reports It allows me to manage around five hundred switches in my LAN and handle them remarkably straightforwardly.…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"This solution enables you to centralize the rules and the configuration of all the equipment."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the consolidation and the single point of administration solution."
"The user interface, along with user-friendly planning features, makes it straightforward to configure desired settings."
"The integration is quite good."
"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 product is a combination of management and monitoring from the same interface."
"It is easy to deploy to licenses."
"The solution has the best stability for application control and inspections."
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"The most valuable feature is the interface and its ease of use."
"The most useful feature is infrastructure monitoring including switches and servers."
"One of the notable advantages is its ability to provide quick responses, especially in critical situations."
"It's a very complete product with a lot of functionality."
 

Cons

"It would be better if it were easier to run a routing protocol. In the next release, I would like them to enhance some features in the GUI rather than CLI or OSP. For example, whenever a customer generates an ISP directly on the firewall, it's complicated to configure the routing protocol."
"The SD-WAN solution is difficult to manage on FortiManager because you need to share some configurations on the firewall side. Sometimes you lose all connectivity with the firewall, so it is challenging to apply the default configuration to the SD-WAN solution."
"The documentation could be better."
"FortiManager could improve by making it easier to port larger policy packages to the FortiGate firewalls. Sometimes, there's an issue when we install a big package of policies. If you have a couple thousand policies for FortiGate firewalls, it can take a few minutes to receive a response from the remote devices. It's only an issue when you're dealing with thousands of policies and installing them on a large number of devices."
"Fortinet FortiManager could improve them by adding more portfolio components."
"The reporting details have room for improvement."
"Their EDR products could be better. They need to dedicate more R&D to that area."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
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"I would like to see additional modules included."
"The integration with other network devices needs improvement."
"HPE Intelligent Management Center is a bit slow."
"One notable deficiency is the lack of online support for the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is based on a licensing model by feature."
"I hope that the prices will become more competitive in subsequent releases, as the current pricing is perceived as somewhat elevated."
"The price point is very good."
"The pricing model is affordable."
"Pricing could improve a little bit so I rate it a seven out of ten."
"For the licensing fee, we paid around 10,000 to 15,000 euros."
"The solution requires you to have a license for every device, as well as for any advanced features being used, which makes it costly for high-volume users. However, for a large-scale environment with a lot of customers we have found it to be a worthwhile investment."
"The license model they use depends on the size and is not limited to the users."
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"The price of this solution is not at all cheap, but it's reasonable compared to SolarWinds."
"There are licensing costs and they are quite expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
15%
Educational Organization
8%
Financial Services Firm
5%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiManager?
The most valuable feature is the centralized management console.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiManager?
On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten.
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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiManager?
The graphics interface between Fortinet FortiManager and any Forti products should be standardized. Doing a configuration change directly in the UTM is not the same as doing it via FortiManager for...
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What do you like most about HPE Intelligent Management Center?
One of the notable advantages is its ability to provide quick responses, especially in critical situations.
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What needs improvement with HPE Intelligent Management Center?
Despite its effectiveness in managing numerous switches and network equipment, it lacks diversity in models. It comes across as rather simplistic without additional modules, and while they have int...
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What is your primary use case for HPE Intelligent Management Center?
I use it to oversee the administration of switches within our network infrastructure. The platform allows me to manage users efficiently, perform equipment backups, and generate reports.
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November 2024
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Overview

Networks are constantly evolving due to threats, organizational growth, or new regulatory/business requirements. Traditional management products focus on mitigating company-wide threats through firewall policies, firmware updates, and keeping content security current. FortiManager offers the features to contain threats as well as providing flexibility to evolve along with your ever-changing network.

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) is a comprehensive management platform that was built from the ground up to support the Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security (FCAPS) model. It provides features and functions that are designed for comprehensive management of the network infrastructure. IMC was designed to provide the following functions:

  • Supports the ITIL operational center of excellence IT practices model.
  • Uses a single-pane management paradigm to enable end-to-end business management of IT services
  • Provides scalability by supporting distributed and hierarchical system architectures, through additional operating system and database support.
  • Uses an SOA model to provide full resource, service, and user management.
  • Enables integration of traditionally separate management tools using a modular design.
  • Enables enterprises to expand their infrastructure management in scale and to seamlessly accommodate new technologies at the same time.
 

Sample Customers

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