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Feature Set Ratings
Firewall Security Management
8.4
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
84%

FortiGate
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center ranks higher in 8/8 features
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center ranks higher in 8/8 features
Policy planning and rule management
8.3
83%
16 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Automated Policy Orchestration
8.7
87%
15 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Device Discovery
8.7
87%
15 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Policy Compliance Auditing
8.3
83%
15 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Attack Path Simulation Testing
7.4
74%
13 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation
9.0
90%
15 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Vulnerability Scans
8.4
84%
12 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Firewall Rule Cleanup
8.1
81%
14 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

9.1
FortiGate
91%
Fortinet FortiGate ranks higher in 11/11 features
Fortinet FortiGate ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies
N/A
0 Ratings

9.1
91%
34 Ratings
Visualization Tools
N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
89%
33 Ratings
Content Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
35 Ratings
Policy-based Controls
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
36 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP
N/A
0 Ratings

9.2
92%
34 Ratings
Firewall Management Console
N/A
0 Ratings

9.4
94%
36 Ratings
Reporting and Logging
N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
36 Ratings
VPN
N/A
0 Ratings

9.6
96%
36 Ratings
High Availability
N/A
0 Ratings

9.3
93%
31 Ratings
Stateful Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings

9.2
92%
33 Ratings
Proxy Server
N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
89%
26 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Fortinet FortiGate is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
81%
16 Ratings

9.1
FortiGate
91%
62 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
N/A
0 Ratings

9.9
FortiGate
99%
4 Ratings
Usability
7.3
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
73%
3 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
6 Ratings
Availability
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
4 Ratings
Performance
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
7.6
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
76%
8 Ratings

8.8
FortiGate
88%
49 Ratings
In-Person Training
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
FortiGate
80%
8 Ratings
Product Scalability
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
N/A
0 Ratings

9.8
FortiGate
98%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
Cisco FMC is best suited for medium to large-scale organizations. FMC can be deployed as a physical or virtual appliance, or from the cloud. Centralized management. It's easier than ever to manage events and policies for these network security solutions. Integration with Cisco Secure Workload (formerly Tetration) helps enable consistent visibility and policy enforcement for distributed and dynamic applications across the network and workload.
Network Security Engineer
Hitachi Systems Micro ClinicComputer & Network Security, 5001-10,000 employees
FortiGate
For FortiGate Firewall, the basic functionality and requirement is met easily as Fortigate is among market leaders in NGFW. There are some extra points that inclined us to use Fortigate as our main Firewall. [Fortinet]Fortigate has a very well refined and functional SD-WAN solution when it comes to load balancing for normal Internet Traffic. SD-WAN - Load balancing of Internet traffic is a USP of Fortigate and makes it stand tall in the competition. Be it 3 or more Internet Links, multiple Subnets/segments of users to distribute and bandwidth load balancing for links and users. SLA based monitoring of Internet Links / MPLS links, makes it even better to choose the links on the basis of performance (Latency, packet loss, Jitter etc). SSL VPN configuration - The deep CLI-level debugging is also very helpful in troubleshooting. Type of tunnel can be easily configured - Full Tunnel or Split Tunnel for SSL. Though, I think Fortigate is one of the best options for small and mid-sized organizations, there are some areas for improvement. First, the CLI interface is very hard to adapt as the commands and directory hierarchy is very different for common syntax and standards.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesPros
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- Great protection and security against the multiple digital virus attacks.
- Provides detailed logs to track any threat and helps to secure the network promptly.
- VPN service for remote access of important organizational applications.
- Best management tool for controlling data and bandwidth resources.
Technical Support Engineer
UfoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
FortiGate
- It is the most reliable NGFW that we have ever been touch with it.
- You can easily upgrade the firewall cluster firmware without user attention!!!
- User IDentity based feature is fantastic and intrusion prevention just works with least false-positive possible.
- Very reachfull and intuitive GUI, just love it
Network Administrator
CalSpas - Lloyd's Material SupplyRecreational Facilities & Services, 501-1000 employees
Cons
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- Stability when managing firewalls, we're having issues with Firewall 01 and Firewall 02 remaining in sync
- Reporting when it comes to access control policy rules - there is no way to export a report of the rules easily. Using a custom Python script on the Cisco forums is the only way to easily export a CSV.
- Support for policy and route-based site-to-site VPN was not available until 6.6.0 and later. This forced us to purchase ASAs to bridge that gap.
- Dashboard reporting - when clicking a link for more information, nothing displays. Currently working with Cisco on the support case, which has been escalated.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Retail Company, 501-1000 employeesFortiGate
- When we switched to Fortinet Fortigate, it took some time getting used to and become familiar with the new interface. Being used to strictly command-line interfaces, a full GUI-based firewall was something brand new. Careful planning had to be done when creating rules to ensure we didn't miss anything. However, once we got used to the new GUI interface, going from one Fortinet product to another was simple, as Fortinet used the same interface for all of its devices.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—FortiGate
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 9.9
Based on 4 answers
Fortinet's products have kept improving with new software releases and they continue to deliver great value. Their support is also very good. I believe that as a small enterprise, their products have given us competitive advantage delivering features and functionality that enable us to innovate and do things better. They also continue to be a leader in the markets they serve.
Manager, IT Operations
Cidel Bank & Trust IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Usability
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center 7.3
Based on 3 answers
Overall usability is an eight for me because it is easy to manage the firewall policies and monitor the devices' health. The configurations are all done in the GUI which makes it more convenient and hassle free. You can also see the devices' health and the progress of the task thru its taskbar.
Systems Engineer
Trends & Technologies, Inc.Computer Networking, 501-1000 employees
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 6 answers
The user interface shared among many simultaneous users is very easy to get around. With shared favorites among users, most tasks are easily bookmarked and can quickly be found and edited. Their strategy for web filter integration is easy to understand and manage as well. With some general direction, setup and maintenance were easy to do and easy to teach others in the organization to do as well.
IS Director
City of Hot SpringsGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees
Reliability and Availability
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 4 answers
We had didn't any hardware failures at our two main office locations and upgraded our units last year after using them for about 5-6 years
Manager, IT Operations
Cidel Bank & Trust IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Performance
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Good performance and really good integration. We have integration with Microsoft AD.
Supervisor IT Operations
Laureate International UniversitiesEducation Management, 10,001+ employees
Support Rating
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center 7.6
Based on 8 answers
We have the direct support of the manufacturer through its service channels, the attention is 24/7, and the response time is acceptable. The support for this tool is almost nil. It all depends on the level of implementation is carried out so that it can fail and request collaboration. Anyway, the manufacturer backs the entire Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC series appliances) solution.
Director of Engineering
BANPAISFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
FortiGate
FortiGate 8.8
Based on 49 answers
We live in Turkey. Fortinet's Turkey office [dealt] constantly with us in our every problem or our experience. In addition, global support teams also supported every ticket we opened in every problem we encountered. They support innovative approaches and evaluate and offer solutions. In this context, they were very supportive of the problems we encountered in previous versions.
Senior Security Supervisor
N11.comRetail, 201-500 employees
In-Person Training
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 1 answer
I received it a couple years afters use it and it was just to confirm my knowledge about the tool.
Supervisor IT Operations
Laureate International UniversitiesEducation Management, 10,001+ employees
Implementation Rating
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 8.0
Based on 8 answers
Make sure that you have the most current version of FortiOS. Make sure all Fortigates are on the same version
Systems Architect
Browns Hill Engineering and ControlsMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
We chose Cisco [Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center)] as our primary network and security partner. We wanted the stability of one vendor for all these products and at the time no other vendor really supplied the entire network and security stack. Cisco also was great at laddering our discounts when purchasing more products from them versus going to competitors for certain products. The most important thing is, with having so much of our network and security products all being Cisco when updating any device/software we know we should have little to no issues afterwards. All due to Cisco's internal controls to test across their product line. This enables us to be more aggressive (at least for security) in keeping our equipment up to date both software and security update-wise.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 201-500 employeesFortiGate
[Fortinet] FortiGate is not only cost effective but it gives the comprehensive security against the APT attacks and gives the complete traffic visibility and granular control. You can easily create the VDOMs (Virtual firewall) within a Fortigate firewall and customize the dashboard as per your requirement if you have multiple VDOMs within a single firewall.
Shift Supervisor
MattsenKumar LLCInformation Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees
Scalability
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 9.8
Based on 2 answers
My environments are pretty small (less than 100 users per location) so no issues here.
Manager, IT Operations
Cidel Bank & Trust IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- It's a very straightforward and user-friendly tool that has enhanced the total detection of malware and other threats t from intrusion into our network.
- Provides stable deep network scanning, security visibility, and protection from unauthorized access.
- The platform modular allows us to deploy across multiple budget cycles.
Director, Technology Services
Pivotal VenturesCivic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees
FortiGate
- Fortigates have an interesting bundle model for support and subscription services that make it an attractive option to deploy Firewall, IDS, Ant-virus, anti-SPAM in a single device. The cost of the bundle is pretty much what you pay for the device, not requiring huge expenditures on it's time to renew the hardware.
Information Technology Manager
Corporation of the Township of EsquimaltGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees