FortiManager vs SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset

Likelihood to Recommend

FortiManager is well suited for any environment with multiple and dispersed FortiGate firewalls. It will not manage other firewall platforms. Therefore, you either have to use multiple centralized management software, one for each firewall vendor, or invest in alternative tools such as Tufin, AlgoSec, FireMon, SolarWinds, etc. However, you will not get a more inclusive tool for your FortiGate firewalls other than FortiManager.

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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I have found the toolset especially useful for scanning subnets to discover devices, and for setting up temporary real-time monitors when we are troubleshooting or setting up new connections. The most useful aspect has been the ability to apply the tools to help troubleshoot and pinpoint intermittent issues. More general tools like Orion often do not have the granularity to detect issues like intermittent packet loss which are especially impactful to applications like Voice. The toolset gives us another level of capability to dig into issues.

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Manager in Information Technology

Medical Device Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

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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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Network Performance Monitor (built-in): a mini version of the full-blown SolarWinds Orion that is able to retrieve SMTP packets from network-connected equipment and display them in a clear graphical presentation.
Ping Sweep (built-in): a tool that assists you in finding connected nodes in a particular subnet.
Mac Discovery (built-in): helps in discover your nodes and retrieves hardware and software information about them.

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Employee in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Support contracts are difficult to manage or make changes to
Next Generation subscriptions are managed individually, i.e. pegged to specific firewalls
Cumbersome to bring existing firewalls to be covered under a single contract

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Navigation could be better
Please, create the favorite instances links, custom made, that i can create for myself (for those servers that i check the most)
Create RDP button, so i can connect to the instance from the monitoring page

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

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SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset 8.2

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Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Law Practice Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

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SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset 8.2

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Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it

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Engineer in Information Technology

Law Practice Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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I have used both LogicMonitor and Dynatrace and they perform a similar job, they have many of the same basic tools, but where SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset really stands out is in some of the more advanced tools like config compare for switch and router configs, this is not something the other competitors offer.

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Tom Shepherd

Technical Architect

Computerworld GroupInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Allowed for quick migration from legacy firewall platforms
NOC and SOC visibility of entire threat surface
Intuitive user interface
Extremely quick learning curve

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Having a better understanding of the network can help identify vulnerabilities that may otherwise hit with a high costs. Though it may be difficult to calculate the ROI, but having this peace of mind will eliminate other costs in the long term.

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Employee in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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Entry-level set up fee?

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SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset Editions & Modules

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One Time Price	$1,585¹

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FortiManager vs SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset

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