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Fortinet

FortiManager

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

32 Reviews Write a Review

What is FortiManager?

As part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiManager supports network operations use cases for centralized management, best practices compliance, and workflow automation to provide better protection against breaches.

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Awards & Recognition

FortiManager won the following awards in the Autonomous Networks category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

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2 Top Rated Features

2022

FortiManager Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love FortiManager?

0% Negative

2% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Monitoring

Natural Language

Mitigation

Explainability

Security

Single Source of Truth

Outcome-driven

Assurance

Intent Translation

Learning

Intent Lifecycle Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

FortiManager Reviews

Cerina C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2026

Centralized Firewall & Security Policy Management

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FortiManager from other similar products?

The policy-based automation and zero touch provision reducing manual configuration errors at the same time speeding up deployment of new firewalls The configuration revision control , rollback capabilities and change tracking and this helps our firm to track changes and still revert configurations when something breaks which is critical in finance as network changes must be documented and any change must be audited.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Automation which reduces human errors and this improves network stability and security

What do you dislike most about this product?

Only works best in Fortinet environment and is not ideal for multi-vendor environments making firms require additional management tools

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use this tool only if your firm mostly uses Fortinet firewalls and security devices to avoid need for additional management tools

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Mayur W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

Best solution for Mass deployment and for SDWAN.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates FortiManager from other similar products?

FortiManger is only limited to Fortinet Solutions. FortiManger can integrated with Fortinet solutions. It has centralized management console to mange multiple Fortigate Firewalls or other devices also. Unique features of Automation in configuration of HUB and Spoke Topologies VPNs, i.e Overlay VPN configuration. Policies can be pushed from single console to multiple Devices. It is helpful for mass deployment.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its best for Mass deployment of Firewalls like SDWAN deployment.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Policy level configuration from Individual fortigate firewall is not auto updated in fortimanger. That will be better if its possible.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If your requirement is about managing multiple branch firewalls. And want to implement SDWAN. This is the best choice for mass deployment and automate deployment process using centralized policies.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Wilsom B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

The Brain of Your Fortinet Ecosystem

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates FortiManager from other similar products?

FortiManager's ability to centralize and automate network security management within the Fortinet ecosystem is unmatched

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ensuring that Wi-Fi networks in different locations are secured with uniform protocols is straightforward with FortiManager.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It took significant time to train my team on using the system effectively. Moreover, the UI can feel outdated, which sometimes complicates otherwise straightforward tasks.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A good onboarding plan and training are critical to unlocking its full potential.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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FortiManager Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love FortiManager?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Monitoring Observes the network and its exhibited behavior including events and performance outliers, performing measurements to assess delivered service levels.

Natural Language Speak the language of the user as opposed to requiring the user to speak the language of the device/network.

Mitigation Minimizing the effects of compromised intents aims at making the intent-based system operationally safe by providing checkpoint and safeguard mechanisms.

Explainability Resolution of conflicting intent, reconciliation of what the user wants and what the network can actually do and actually did.

Security Mechanisms and practices may consist in intent verification and validation; operations on intents by authenticated and authorized users only.

Single Source of Truth A single set of validated intent expressions and state information of the system.

Outcome-driven Users do not need to be concerned with how intent is achieved and are empowered to think in terms of outcomes.

Assurance Compare the actual network behavior that is being monitored and observed with the intended behavior that is expected per the single source of truth.

Intent Translation Translate user intent into courses of action and requests to take against the network, which will be meaningful to network configuration and provisioning system

Learning Availability in the system of capabilities or means for learning, reasoning, and knowledge representation and management.

Intent Lifecycle Management Allow user intent to comes into being, undergo changes over the course of time, and perhaps at some point be retracted.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

FortiManager Reviews

Cerina C.

Centralized Firewall & Security Policy Management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mayur W.

Best solution for Mass deployment and for SDWAN.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Wilsom B.

The Brain of Your Fortinet Ecosystem

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Monitoring

Natural Language

Mitigation

Explainability

Security

Single Source of Truth

Outcome-driven

Assurance

Intent Translation

Learning

Intent Lifecycle Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement