- 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.

I found FortiManager most helpful in managing Multicloud and also the most useful and critical feature nowadays is the automation of network security policies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

none , I am still using it and does not found any loop hole in it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very helpful and GUI is the best , robust and clean Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For now nothing but sometimes a little or less lag Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It helps to manage all the policies in a centralized way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was a very wonderful experience on working on fortiManger Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. User-friendly GUI - Simple to use

2. Centralized management of all Fortigates which makes it best to use

3. VPN functionality - Easy integration with IPsec tunnels Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance could have been better for Data Plane

The Command line is a little different and needs more time to get adapted to it and some features/control is available only in command line Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most popular feature is centralized configuration monitoring for firewall policies while configuring a FortiGate device without Fortimanager takes hours. With remote deployment with Fortimanager, you can set up a FortiGate and configure it within 30 minutes on average. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fortimanager does not allow to do every feature configured through Fortigate GUIsixxx with the same ease. For example, when the current Line type (DSL, VDSL) changes, it may not get its values when you configure it via fortimanager.

For this, there were cases that we solved by configuring over fortigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FortiManager consolidates all the Fortigate Firewall into a single pane of management, creating templates like policy, profile, firmware upgrade and VPN to be deployed to the particular firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are certain times the like to access the firewall directly. Since you set the Fortigate to be centrally managed by the FortiManager, you cannot change and forced to edit something lead to loss of management link between Fortigate and FortiManager. It would be better if you could change from Fortigate and at the same time you can also synchronize with FortiManager without breaking the management protocol. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.