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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center) are a firewall policy and intrusion detection appliance management system, providing an administrative nerve center for managing critical Cisco network security solutions. It provides complete and unified management over firewalls, application control, intrusion prevention, URL filtering, and advanced malware protection. Easily go from managing a firewall to controlling applications to investigating and remediating…N/A

    FortiGate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterFortiGate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterFortiGate
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    FortiGate and maybe a little bit behind Palo Alto. But I do like the telos is probably has better backing than from a security perspective than Palo Alto. So they're almost even
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    We selected Cisco due to the availability and reputation of their products. We had checked a few others, and found issues that may or may not have affected our company negatively. Cisco's devices, however, have proven to have their own issues and challenges.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    Utilized across the entire organization as a single point of entry to the Internet. It provides a secure solution for internal and external users, ensuring secure access to all applications. The AnyConnect solution provides a secure method for remote users to connect into …
    Incentivized
    Fortinet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterFortiGate
    Firewall Security Management
    Comparison of Firewall Security Management features of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    8.2
    20 Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    -
    Ratings
    Policy planning and rule management8.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Policy Orchestration7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device Discovery8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy Compliance Auditing7.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attack Path Simulation Testing8.815 Ratings00 Ratings
    Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation8.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Scans8.315 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Rule Cleanup9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    -
    Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.538 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings9.439 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.538 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (23 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)