Fortinet

FortiManager

8.0 /10

What is FortiManager?

As part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiManager supports network operations use cases for centralized management, best practices compliance, and workflow automation to provide better protection against breaches.

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Awards & Recognition

FortiManager won the following awards in the Autonomous Networks category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

FortiManager Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love FortiManager?

0% Negative

6% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Explainability

Monitoring

Natural Language

Intent Translation

Single Source of Truth

Mitigation

Outcome-driven

Learning

Security

Assurance

Abstraction

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

FortiManager Reviews

Aditya K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Construction
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Awesome Product to manage Firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates FortiManager from other similar products?

FortiManager helps to centrally manage n number of Fortigate firewalls. Features like pushing the bulk of policies to firewalls, pushing updates, and configuring n number of firewalls from one console make this product stand out from other similar products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We can configure policies and schedule upgrades from one console.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing much to say about this but the license cost is a bit high which bothers us.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I will recommend this product if you have more than 10 FortiGate firewalls in your infrastructure.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Paul Henry T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

A must have for multi-site environment

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates FortiManager from other similar products?

Multi-tenancy and role-based administration with ADOMs

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of this product is its different deployment options (Appliance, VM, and Cloud)

What do you dislike most about this product?

The product could be more user-friendly

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend anyone who has multiple sites with FortiGates deployed to get a FortiManager for a single pane of glass management

Pros

Trustworthy
Friendly Negotiation
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

IMRAN I.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Easy to Use, Features Awesome

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FortiManager from other similar products?

It is one of the best device to centralise everything in your network related to fortinet, I dont think so it can be compared to some other products as each have their benefits but we like fortimanager due to its easy of use and features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Centralization of all fortinet products and automation

What do you dislike most about this product?

there is nothign we dont like in fortimanager

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

At the moment no recommendation from our side we are happy with device

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Less Effective Service
Wastes Time
Less Efficient Service

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FortiManager Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love FortiManager?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Explainability Resolution of conflicting intent, reconciliation of what the user wants and what the network can actually do and actually did.

Monitoring Observes the network and its exhibited behavior including events and performance outliers, performing measurements to assess delivered service levels.

Natural Language Speak the language of the user as opposed to requiring the user to speak the language of the device/network.

Intent Translation Translate user intent into courses of action and requests to take against the network, which will be meaningful to network configuration and provisioning system

Single Source of Truth A single set of validated intent expressions and state information of the system.

Mitigation Minimizing the effects of compromised intents aims at making the intent-based system operationally safe by providing checkpoint and safeguard mechanisms.

Outcome-driven Users do not need to be concerned with how intent is achieved and are empowered to think in terms of outcomes.

Learning Availability in the system of capabilities or means for learning, reasoning, and knowledge representation and management.

Security Mechanisms and practices may consist in intent verification and validation; operations on intents by authenticated and authorized users only.

Assurance Compare the actual network behavior that is being monitored and observed with the intended behavior that is expected per the single source of truth.

Abstraction Supporting different forms of expression of intents and being capable of refining the intent expressions to well-formed and exploitable expressions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

FortiManager Reviews

Aditya K.

Awesome Product to manage Firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Paul Henry T.

A must have for multi-site environment

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

IMRAN I.

Easy to Use, Features Awesome

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

2
Since last award

1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Explainability

Monitoring

Natural Language

Intent Translation

Single Source of Truth

Mitigation

Outcome-driven

Learning

Security

Assurance

Abstraction

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization