FortiManager vs. ServiceNow IT Operations Management

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
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Built on the Now Platform, the ServiceNow IT Operations Management bundle is designed to help users gain visibility across infrastructure and apps, maintain service health, and optimize cloud delivery and spend.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FortiManagerServiceNow IT Operations Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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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
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
-
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
AIOps Features
Comparison of AIOps Features features of Product A and Product B
FortiManager
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Ratings
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
8.8
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Monitoring and Alerting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Performance Analytics00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Incident Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Service Desk Integration00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Root Cause Analysis00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Capacity Planning Tool00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Configuration and Change Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Automated Remediation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Collaboration and Communication00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Threat Intelligence00 Ratings8.01 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
Sumo Logic
Sumo Logic
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Score 8.8 out of 10
ignio AIOps
ignio AIOps
Score 8.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
FortiManagerServiceNow IT Operations Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.2
(7 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
FortiManagerServiceNow IT Operations Management
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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ServiceNow
[...] is changing the way our internal support staff (not only in the IT field) work and enhancing the experience for employees seeking IT assistance through ServiceNow IT Operation Management. We have moved the usual and personalized IT tools and functions from [...] service-desk to ServiceNow IT Operations Management. These advancements have sparked innovation in various aspects of our IT support management, such as enhancing accessibility, managing incidents, optimizing IT workflows and procedures, enforcing service level agreements (SLAs), incorporating AI/ML technology, utilizing virtual agents, streamlining automation, and sharing knowledge throughout the support team via data visualization, monitoring, and reporting. In brief, our collaboration with ServiceNow IT Operations Management is enhancing the effectiveness of our internal system and benefiting our shared clients.
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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
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ServiceNow
  • In platform expertise and workflows, so we don't allows have to build everything from scratch.
  • Tight integration within ServiceNow (especially ITSM) but also brings information and data in from other sources, so I don't feel we are stuck in a proprietary hole.
  • Increased investment in AIOps and automation
  • Relatively fast time to value with out-of-the-box capabilities and automation.
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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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ServiceNow
  • With the introduction of AIOps, we hope triaging outage impact can become more proactive
  • The UI could be greatly enhanced and simplified for daily operations
  • ServiceNow API access licenses are usually very limited bottlenecking use cases to build dashboards out from it
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Usability
Fortinet
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ServiceNow
We achieved in financial what we are aiming for, as our targets are fulfilled, we solved many issues using ServiceNow, Creation of knowledge article improved, Ticket system got customized, overall survey from the customer is 4 out of 5, customization is done without any hustle and integration was very easy.
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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.
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ServiceNow
We wanted it integrated with ITSM and ITBM. Prioir to that we used JIRA for agile development and SysAid for ticketing. So we started with converting SysAid. We went live with Vanilla ITSM. Then we could have a basis for ITOM. However, we needed to migrated from JIRA to ITSM. Only then we felt mature enough to examine ITOM, which required quite a lot of resources. You need networking, motoring, IT and Cyber security team members in your project!!
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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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ServiceNow
  • Makes it MUCH easier to understand impact between application and server
  • Makes it easier to understand impact from a change and what all it affects
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