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Fortinet FortiManager vs Skybox Security Suite comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Fortinet FortiManager's support is satisfactory but challenged by slow responses and varying technician expertise, needing regional improvement.
Sentiment score
8.5
Skybox Security Suite's customer support is satisfactory, with varying quality and notable praise for firewall management's quick resolutions.
After that, I was allowed to work with another engineer who was very good. He was very good both technically and his methods.
We've found them to be very helpful and have been satisfied with their level of support.
We get our support from Fortinet in Belgium, so we can communicate directly with a technician in Belgium.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.3
Fortinet FortiManager needs better documentation, support, stability, integration, and performance, especially in configurations, GUI, and monitoring.
Sentiment score
4.8
Skybox Security Suite needs a web-based GUI, better compatibility, improved reporting, automation, integration, and enhanced customization options.
There are many features that are not mentioned in the documentation.
If I'm defining a subnet, I need to define it in two different locations.
Instead of paying separately and having all of these licenses, it would be nice to centralize everything and maybe reduce the price for a bundle.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Fortinet FortiManager is highly scalable for managing many devices, though costs can rise with increased scalability needs.
Sentiment score
7.6
Skybox Security Suite is scalable for large networks but faces challenges with cost, complexity, and report generation.
We can add a new instance of FortiGate with a simple click.
If they have, for example, 50 devices and suddenly need 100, they just need to scale up.
It has been designed for a large environment.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
6.3
Fortinet FortiManager is competitively priced, scalable for large deployments, with varying perceptions on costs and additional feature fees.
Sentiment score
6.4
Skybox Security Suite's pricing is high, but valued for cybersecurity assurance; careful use case assessment is crucial before purchase.
Fortinet products are the least expensive on the market in the category of firewalls.
Although there is a cost associated with Fortinet FortiManager, its price is undoubtedly justified by the value it provides in terms of the purpose it serves.
It isn't like other solutions where you need to pay for SD-WAN or additional bandwidth.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Fortinet FortiManager is highly rated for stability and reliability, though occasional reboots and minor bugs are reported.
Sentiment score
7.5
Skybox Security Suite's stability is generally rated highly, with some issues on virtual machines and during major updates.
There are no bugs or glitches.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give stability a ten.
I rate the solution's stability ten out of ten.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.3
Fortinet FortiManager excels in automation, centralized management, and ease of use, enhancing network security and performance efficiently.
Sentiment score
8.1
Skybox Security Suite enhances network security with compliance checks, vulnerability management, user-friendly interface, and robust vendor integrations.
FortiManager also delivers the industry’s best scalability to manage up to 100,000 Fortinet devices.
With Fortinet FortiManager, we can manage multiple firewalls and devices from a central point.
The most valuable feature is having one object on all networks, which allows for implementation only once.
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiManager
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (3rd)
Skybox Security Suite
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (37th), Firewall Security Management (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Fortinet FortiManager and Skybox Security Suite aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Fortinet FortiManager is designed for Network Management Applications and holds a mindshare of 4.7%, down 5.8% compared to last year.
Skybox Security Suite, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 0.5% mindshare, down 0.7% since last year.
Network Management Applications
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

HamedWasel - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to set up with good integration capabilities but we've had troubles when moving devices
We've faced an issue when we need to move devices. Templates need to be recreated instead of having the policies, et cetera, cut and pasted over. Everything should just move over when we need to move devices instead of recreating everything from scratch. For the IPSEC tunnels, Fortimanager doesn't have all of the features that are available on Fortigate.
NenadMijatovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use
Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature because it lets you focus on the most critical vulnerabilities. That's the important thing. Here in Serbia, there are not so many companies that have too many firewalls inside one company. So, they usually don't buy this model for Firewall Assurance unless there is some compliance. So you can prove that your firewalls are compliant. So, that model is not so important here in Serbia. It's for bigger companies. So, they usually buy network assurance to build the model of the network and vulnerability management to focus on the most important vulnerabilities. Moreover, Skybox can collect data for many vendors. From the endpoint protection vendors to the network equipment vendors to other security vendors. So, it supports more than one hundred vendors to collect data from them.
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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%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiManager?
The most valuable feature is the centralized management console.
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.
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...
What do you like most about Skybox Security Suite?
Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integrat...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Skybox Security Suite?
Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abr...
What needs improvement with Skybox Security Suite?
There is room for improvement in the product's user interface. It could be more user-friendly.
 

Overview

 

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