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Fortinet FortiManager vs Zabbix comparison

The compared Fortinet and Zabbix solutions aren't in the same category. Fortinet is ranked #3 in NMA , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 4.7% mindshare in the category. Zabbix is ranked #1 in NMS , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 11.1% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Zabbix users who would recommend it.
Fortinet FortiManager
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94% willing to recommend
Zabbix
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95% willing to recommend
 

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiManager
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (3rd)
Zabbix
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
103
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (10th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Network Management solutions, they 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.
Zabbix, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 11.1% mindshare, down 12.4% since last year.
Network Management Applications
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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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ASM Naushad Alam - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 16, 2022
Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes
Our company is a financial organization and we use the solution to check connectivity, CPU utilization, and hard disk utilization for all of our servers. We monitor networks to learn traffic conditions. We use threshold features to compare servers or routers and find each server's size before it…
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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

"Without FortiManager, you cannot manage a complex environment across several sites with multiple firewalls."
"FortiManager's most valuable features are web-based or web-rule-based policies, SD-WAN, and the ease of upgrading to new firmware."
"Centralized configuration is the most helpful feature. I like the ability to create templates and push them to all the devices at the same time. I also like that I can see the the logs with one device to provide zero touch on all other products."
"It can scale well."
"The main benefit of Fortinet FortiManager is the ability to control all the devices from a central location, view their statuses, and manage their configurations and updates from a single management console."
"It would normally take us a handful of days to install one FortiGate instance on one site. But with this technology, zero-touch deployment, we need just one hour or maybe as little as 30 minutes to install one site. It is much more efficient."
"The best feature of Fortinet FortiManager is its ease of use. It is easy to manage the firewall from Fortinet FortiManager. Additionally, the interface is very good."
"It's a scalable product."
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"Dashboard and the customization of the items and triggers are the most valuable features."
"The overall functionality of Zabbix is very good. The monitoring of bank applications that Zabbix provides is great. The information is displayed on a dashboard that is easily viewed."
"Zabbix helps to save time."
"It has good graphs of what is going on within the operating system.​"
"Zabbix is good for discovery."
"Like other common Linux distributions, some of the most valuable features of this solution are the ease of use and deployment. It's simple and has a lot of packages and a lot of software."
"The integration with third-party tools and the alerts are most valuable."
"The flexibility of this solution is amazing."
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Cons

"I would like to be able to manage other products such as Endpoint and FortiAnalyzer through FortiManager. That is, the integration with other solutions needs to be improved."
"This solution needs more experienced technical support staff. There's nothing special about it compared to other vendors."
"It requires a lot of resources. This is the main challenge."
"Performance issues should be improved. We have problems when we have more mobile connections than local devices. Most of us have two to three devices."
"If you have more than one FortiMail device, you can't manage it then with FortiManager on FortiGate."
"In the next release, FortiManager should include more protection features."
"Pricing-wise, it could always be less, even though it is less expensive than Palo Alto."
"When we have a specific configuration pushed it does take some time to be deployed on the actual firewall."
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"My company wanted to do an exercise command to access IT from Cameroon. They wanted to access an FSS to a second host with second equipment that was on another coast but it is not possible on Zabbix to do it. They want to directly access from the front-end of Zabbix to access a prompt in Zabbix to an access terminal. In the front-end, there is no way to do that. That would be an important improvement."
"Sometimes, the documentation is a little bit written in Estonia – a country in Europe. The language barrier and translation to English can sometimes make it difficult to understand what they're trying to get at. It's just a language thing."
"I am having difficulties connecting it to Grafana, as well as some of the other plugins like Kibana."
"If Zabbix had a better dashboard then it would be nice."
"The integration of the product is not so easy, especially when it comes to the application database."
"I'm using the free version of Zabbix, and I'd like to see more customization options, especially for setting trigger thresholds."
"The solution needs to add remote features."
"The server monitoring could be better."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an affordable solution, and its licensing model is based on the number of devices."
"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."
"For us, it is a little bit expensive."
"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."
"Our organization pays a monthly license fee for the solution."
"FortiManager is a bit expensive - I would rate its pricing three out of ten."
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"I was using the free, Community Edition."
"Zabbix is open-source so if one wishes to implement it in-house, they must have qualified professionals to set up and optimize databases, Linux/Unix OS, PHP, Apache, and depending on what is monitored, a full-stack network and systems administrator may be needed."
"The solution is open source so is free."
"It is open source. If you want to have a subscription or official support, you can pay for it. They have different plans, which are not that expensive. The plans are based on per monitoring server, not per monitored equipment. So, it is not at all expensive, and you can also live without the support if you want a cheaper option."
"Zabbix and Grafana are both open source products, we only needed to go to their website and download the application and we began to use them. The solutions are free."
"This solution is completely open-source, so it is quite affordable."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"It is worth every cent to pay or even study to do your own installation."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 31, 2015
Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor
I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
39%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

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.
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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 Zabbix?
The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zabbix?
I use the tool's free version.
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What needs improvement with Zabbix?
I'm using the free version of Zabbix, and I'd like to see more customization options, especially for setting trigger thresholds.
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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.

Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software that provides real-time monitoring and alerting for servers, networks, applications, and services. 

It offers a wide range of features including data collection, visualization, and reporting. 

With its user-friendly interface and customizable dashboards, Zabbix helps organizations ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure.

 

Sample Customers

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