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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Centreon

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACentreon, from the French company of the same name, is an IT infrastructure monitoring platform.N/A

    FortiManager

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AFortiManager delivers unified management for consistent security across complex hybrid environments, providing protection against security threats. Key benefits include accelerated zero-touch provisioning with best-practice templates for deployment at scale of SD-WAN and streamlined workflows between the Fortinet Security Fabric and integrations with 500+ ecosystem partners.N/A
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    CentreonFortiManager
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    CentreonFortiManager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CentreonFortiManager
    Firewall Security Management
    Comparison of Firewall Security Management features of Centreon and FortiManager
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    Centreon
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    Ratings
    FortiManager
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Policy planning and rule management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Automated Policy Orchestration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Device Discovery00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Policy Compliance Auditing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Firewall Rule Cleanup00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    CentreonFortiManager
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Icinga
    Score9 out of 10
    Palo Alto Panorama
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HPE OneView
    Score6 out of 10
    Palo Alto Panorama
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CentreonFortiManager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    CentreonFortiManager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Centreon
    It is a good product that is robust. They have a free version that makes the value good. If it cost money then the install and plugins would need polishing. But overall it is a good product that does what it says it does. But definitely not for beginners you do need some knowledge to set it up and get it running
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    Fortinet
    FortiManager is well suited for larger organizations which require unified configurations and IT departments that need quick turn around on firewall related tickets. I believe MSPs can also benefit with the use of the VDOM feature, if strict separation between clients is needed. FortiManager wouldn't be ideal for 1-3 site operations, unless their configurations are extremely complex or have a high number of active users.
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    Pros
    Centreon
    • Monitor
    • Install
    • Stability
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    Fortinet
    • Centralized FortiGate FW Management in a single console
    • Available physical, virtual, or cloud deployment
    • Single console for next-generation FW features
    • Multiple Administrative Domains
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    Cons
    Centreon
    • The install
    • More plugins
    • The alerting
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    Fortinet
    • Various bugs: The software is buggy, and if you don't have a good understanding of it's underlaying operation, you can get confused or stuck when pushing a configuration. There are lots of little quirks you will have to learn, which are not described in any documentation.
    • Conflict resolution: Occasionally, during larger changes, bringing new devices in, pushing a config will fail due to dependencies, conflicts, or other software bugs. This is somewhat time consuming because the error messages provided aren't descriptive
    • CLI Options: Some configuration changes require creating scripts that execute on each device, and can't be done via the GUI
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    Alternatives Considered
    Centreon
    Centreon does a good job against these products. Of courseCentreon can be free and that is what we used. So it is not quite the same the other products are more polished and support is readily available. But Centreon is still good and if you have some knowledge can work just as well
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    Fortinet
    FortiManager is the best choice for managing numerous FortiGate firewalls. It allows for easy integration into ServiceNow and automates simple repetitive tasks that are very straightforward. Role-based access control is easy to enable and you can get quite granular with user permissions. Administrative Domains help segregate firewall management and compliance within the FortiManager console, by almost any classification method that makes sense to your organization.
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    Return on Investment
    Centreon
    • It does monitoring very well
    • Details on issues is good
    • Customization is great.
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    Fortinet
    • Significant reduction in new firewall deployment turn around time, 50% reduction
    • Reduction in time spent on website access related IT support tickets. Avg 5 minutes from response to close
    • Reduction in time spent by IT team for setting up WFH employees to allow working over SSL VPN.
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