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FortiManager vs. Juniper Security Director

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FortiManager

6 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FortiManager

    Score8 out of 10
    		N/AFortiManager 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

    Score6 out of 10
    		N/ASecurity 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
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    FortiManagerJuniper Security Director
    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 FortiManager and Juniper Security Director
    Feature
    FortiManager
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Juniper Security Director
    -
    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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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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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
    Incentivized
    Shahab Razak
    Senior Network Architect
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    Juniper Networks
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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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    Juniper Networks
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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.
    Incentivized
    Shahab Razak
    Senior Network Architect
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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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