FortiManager Reviews & Product Details

FortiManager stands out for its centralized management capabilities, making it easy to oversee multiple FortiGate firewalls. It enables administrators to deploy policies, perform updates, and manage revisions from a single dashboard, eliminating the need for manual configuration on each individual device. The inclusion of automation tools, scripting options, and zero-touch provisioning greatly reduces the time required to manage large networks, while also helping to maintain consistent security policies and minimize errors. With the integrated FortiAnalyzer, users benefit from comprehensive logging, detailed reporting, and FortiView, which offers real-time threat visibility and supports swift incident response. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FortiManager's main disadvantages stem from its complicated and unintuitive user interface, which demands significant training and often hampers efficient policy management and navigation. Pushing policies can be a cumbersome process, as updates must be applied individually to each firewall, making the task time-consuming. Additionally, synchronization delays can lead to inconsistencies, especially during important changes. When used alongside FortiAnalyzer, performance problems may occur, and the handling of different firmware versions is unreliable, frequently requiring upgrades to address bugs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FortiManager simplifies the work of a user who needs to handle more than one FortiGate firewall. In fact, I use the centralised dashboard, policy push, and automation tools a lot — they are really time savers when compared to the manual configuration of each device. The integration with Fortinet’s Security Fabric is also part of the tour de force, as it leads to better visibility over the net. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FortiManager solves the challenge of managing multiple firewalls across sites. Instead of logging into each device separately, I can deploy policies, updates, and changes centrally. This reduces configuration errors, saves hours of work, and keeps policies consistent across the network. It’s especially helpful in large or distributed environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gives great security features and easy usage when you're familiar with the environment, which provide some peace of mind.

The controls and categories also help a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Struggled a bit with the setup, implementation took a bit of a while although the intergration was swift. RBAC could also improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Centralized management, Hierarchical administrative domains (ADOMs) and the Integration with FortiAnalyzer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Difficult to identify the cause of the failed push without go-through the logs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

fortimanager is a single managment console forfortigate and fortiAP , you can manage all your fortiAP (Wi-fi) and Fortigate firewall from fortimanager without accessing indibidual on any fortigate firewall of FortiAP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

connectivity issues between FortiManager and other devices and navigation issue between different tab Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use. Ease of setup. Great auto updates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the task of adding new device pairs could be more manageable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Centralized management: FortiManager provides a central location for managing multiple Fortinet security devices, which can simplify network administration and reduce the risk of configuration errors.

- Improved security: With FortiManager, you can define and enforce security policies across all of your Fortinet devices, making it easier to maintain consistent security across your network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Complexity: FortiManager is a complex platform that may require specialized knowledge and training to use effectively, especially for large and complex networks.

- Limited flexibility: FortiManager is designed specifically for managing Fortinet security devices, and may not be as flexible as other network management tools that support a wider range of devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We can create differents sheets for Fortigates, and we can save configs automatically, and this solution has Fortianalyzer mode for processing log from the firewalls Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's an expensive solution, and Fortinet need to get down his prices.

You must have Fortigate knowlenge to use correctly the platform, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ideal for managing Fortinet products from a single panel. It even allows you to make detailed settings. It is very easy to integrate with Fortinet products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

you need to do some detail configs on the device Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a centralized platform like other firewalls but it's quite handy to use and very simple as compare with other vendors enjoyed working with the same. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing as of now can't remember most of the commands rest all is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.