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FortiManager vs. Juniper Security Director

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FortiManager
Score 8.7 out of 10
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FortiManager 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
Juniper Security Director
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Security Director is a portal to SASE, bridging current security deployments with a future SASE rollout. Security Director enables organizations to manage security anywhere and everywhere, on-premise and in the cloud with unified policy management that follows users, devices, and applications wherever they go. Policies can be created once and applied everywhere. Customers can use both Security Director Cloud and on-premises instances simultaneously to securely transition to a SASE…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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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
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Firewall Security Management
Comparison of Firewall Security Management features of Product A and Product B
FortiManager
7.4
1 Ratings
7% below category average
Juniper Security Director
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Ratings
Policy planning and rule management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Policy Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Device Discovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy Compliance Auditing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Firewall Rule Cleanup5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Palo Alto Panorama
Palo Alto Panorama
Score 8.7 out of 10
Palo Alto Panorama
Palo Alto Panorama
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Score 8.8 out of 10
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
FortiManagerJuniper Security Director
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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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Juniper Networks
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Pros
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
Shahab Razak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shahab Razak
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Cons
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
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.
Shahab Razak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shahab Razak
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Juniper Networks
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Return on Investment
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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Juniper Networks
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