Fortinet FortiManager (PAYG) Centralized Security Management

What do you like best about the product?

I have been working with Fortinet products for more than 10 years right 5.2.x till now . FortiManager makes it much easier to manage our FortiGate devices. We have more than 300 locations, and the SD-WAN configuration is managed through FMG, which is really helpful and saves a lot of effort. Compared to other centralized management options, I feel FMG stands out the most because it’s reliable and user-friendly. Also For upgradation, its so easy to upgrade all HA devices in each location and also you can create a template for similar device and firmware and push it all together or schedule it as well .

What do you dislike about the product?

BUGS is the only problem I feel. For example, the device goes out of sync often. Also, any changes made in Fortigate get overridden when Fortimanager pushes policies. Other than that, I don’t have many notable dislikes. Overall, it’s one of the best products to manage Fotrinet producst.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Centralised management, revision history in case something goes wrong, and it’s easy to perform firmware upgrades and lot more

What do you like best about the product?

Centralized management in teams to facilitate

What do you dislike about the product?

many times there are compatibility issues with the configuration

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Centralized management

What do you like best about the product?

1. What I like about Fortimanager is its ability to centrally manage multiple FortiGate devices from a single console. It makes administrator much easier by allowing policy changes, device monitoring and configuration updates across different locations without needing to log in to each firewall. This saves a lot of time.
2. The most helpful feature is policy management and configuration consistency. Using templates, ADOMS, and centralized policy packages helps standardize security rules across branches while reducing manual errors.
3. FortiManager allows administrator to track revisions, compare configurations and quickly restore previous versions when needed,

What do you dislike about the product?

1. One downside of FortiManager is that the interface and navigation can take time to get used to especially for new administartors. Sinceit includes many advanced features for centralized management, policy packages, ADOMS and device templates.
2. Anothe challenge is policy synchronization and change management in complex environments. If configurtions are not planned properly, administartors may need extra time to review policy dufferences or resolve conflicts between device-level and centralized changes.
3. Reporting and troubleshooting can also require some experience, particular;y when managing large deployments with multiple devices.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. It also helps solve the problem of inconsistent security policies between branches. With centralized policy packages and templates, configurations remain standardized across all locations, which improves security posture and reduces the risk of human error.
2. Fortimanager keeps revision history, allows configurations comparisons and provides rollback options when needed. This helps during upgrades, troubleshooting and planned changes while reducing downtime risks.
3. Fortimanager helps solve the challenge of managing multiple FortiGate firewalls across different locations from one centralized platforms. Instead of configuring each device separately, administrators can push policies, updates.

What do you like best about the product?

Quality management and policy creation, along with VPN, IPS, and SD-WAN configuration, are all handled through a single control plane.

What do you dislike about the product?

We are repeatedly facing sync issues with Fortigate gateways.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Multiple users can work simultaneously to deploy the policy, and they can also manage it accordingly.

What do you like best about the product?

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.

What do you dislike about the product?

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.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

FortiManager addresses the challenges of decentralized firewall management, inconsistent policies across various FortiGate devices, and manual configuration errors in distributed network environments. By centralizing configuration, policy enforcement, backups, and firmware updates within a single console, and utilizing ADOMs for multi-tenancy, it streamlines network administration and enhances overall efficiency.

What do you like best about the product?

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.

What do you dislike about the product?

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.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

FortiManager is the answer to the problem of handling several FortiGate firewalls located in various places. The process of individually setting up devices was replaced by centrally managing policies and updates. Not only does this method save time and minimize errors, but it also ensures that security policies remain uniform - something that has a direct impact on effectiveness and compliance.

What do you like best about the product?

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.

What do you dislike about the product?

Struggled a bit with the setup, implementation took a bit of a while although the intergration was swift. RBAC could also improve.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security and connections, firewall controls are great.

What do you like best about the product?

Centralized management, Hierarchical administrative domains (ADOMs) and the Integration with FortiAnalyzer

What do you dislike about the product?

Difficult to identify the cause of the failed push without go-through the logs

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

To Manage our clients firewalls in one place

What do you like best about the product?

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.

What do you dislike about the product?

connectivity issues between FortiManager and other devices and navigation issue between different tab

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

it is solving administrative headache to login and manage individual fortinet product like fireall and ap. it is centralized security management we can access and manage all fortigate firewall and accesspoint from this centralized management consloe

What do you like best about the product?

Ease of use. Ease of setup. Great auto updates

What do you dislike about the product?

I think the task of adding new device pairs could be more manageable

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Anti malware anti Spyware detection. Web filtering