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FortiMonitor vs Nexthink comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

FortiMonitor
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (34th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (40th), IT Alerting and Incident Management (17th)
Nexthink
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) category, the mindshare of FortiMonitor is 2.9%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nexthink is 13.1%, down from 23.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nexthink13.1%
FortiMonitor2.9%
Other84.0%
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2677554 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer III at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Managing diverse networks with detailed alerts enhances device oversight
FortiManager is very helpful in managing our networks. We use it to manage 20 farms and various networks with hundreds of devices. The version we are using provides more detail than the older dashboard. We appreciate the alerting capabilities, which are integrated with SolarWinds to notify our team via SMS.
PS
Assistant consultant at TCS
Proactive analytics have improved device performance and optimized disk space and support workflows
Nexthink offers many features, with the best being Flow, which encompasses almost everything. We have Nexthink Workspace and Spark, allowing integration with Teams so users can find solutions without going to the service desk, rectifying issues in chat. Nexthink Infinity has brought a lot of benefits to us. There has been a very good change from integration. Integrating ServiceNow with Nexthink automates problem ticket and incident generation, enabling the team to proactively know the kinds of problem statements we are receiving. For the integration with Teams, we have not completed it yet, but we are in the planning phase, and once done, we will observe the results. Nexthink has the capability of integrating with most third-party applications, which is a great feature. With the remediation actions we have in Nexthink, it has provided great self-heal capabilities along with proactiveness. By looking at the dashboards and identifying problem statements, we can share this information with the end-user computing teams to fix issues. Nexthink has significantly helped us enhance our DEX score from 74 to 80. When I talk about features that led to the improvement of our score from 74 to 80, there were earlier issues with device performance and reliability not being addressed. Noting these, we identified devices lacking free disk space and low RAM capacity contributing to high memory usage or excessive CPU usage. Disabling unnecessary startup applications brought us to a new DEX score of almost 80.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"FortiMonitor's dashboard is very informative and user-friendly."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"FortiMonitor offers comprehensive monitoring capabilities, allowing me to track network traffic in and out effectively."
"The most valuable feature of FortiMonitor is user monitoring, as we are able to see if the user is following the policy or not from their system, and additionally the solution integrates well with Fortinet FortiGate and has centralized management."
"FortiMonitor is really easy to use for monitoring the logs on FortiGate...It is a stable product."
"It provides the best firewall features."
"With FortiMonitor, you can get all the logs of the traffic information of the destination or the source."
"The tool continuously improves, adapting to support new vendors and technologies. Importantly, it automates the process, triggering alerts when devices require attention, and eliminating the need for manual intervention."
"Real-time analytics is effective as it involves real-time monitoring for proactive issue identification."
"Nexthink has helped out organizations by reducing the number of level one incidents, which has been the most beneficial outcome because we have been more proactive, contacting users and solving issues before they reach the help desk and identifying major issues before they happen."
"Nexthink can pay for itself quickly if you identify and complete the most valuable use cases."
"Nexthink has positively impacted my organization by reducing handle times, reducing ticket volumes, improving employee experience of software, workstation replacements, battery replacements, alerting users about password expiration, any upcoming changes, project changes, targeted campaigns, and more."
"Overall, my experience with Nexthink is that it is great, and I have recommended it to colleagues in my previous organization."
"From my perspective as someone supporting the environment, I have definitely seen Nexthink improve our ability to identify, troubleshoot, and respond to end-user endpoint issues more efficiently."
"I have seen a return on investment with Nexthink with 10,000 tickets avoided in six months, and it has proven to be time-saving and money-saving while reducing employee hassle since we invested in Nexthink."
"It is useful for managing end-user devices. The insights and the data that you get from end-user devices are most valuable."
 

Cons

"Additionally, there are no AI features in FortiMonitor, which might be an area for enhancement."
"FortiMonitor could improve by having compatibility with other operating systems, such as Linux."
"For our type of country, it is always expensive, but it has competitive pricing."
"There is room for improvement in the FortiMonitor report. It is not ideal for showcasing to tech customers or managers, especially when trying to display high CPU usage from logins within a specific range of months or the most recent month."
"FortiMonitor could be improved by making it more convenient for smaller workloads, such as when configuring a few branches."
"Sometimes, we get corruption when upgrading from firmware to the new generation, causing a lot of issues."
"FortiMonitor needs to improve its alert system."
"FortiMonitor's monitoring could be much better. It should be like, in Palo Alto."
"The initial setup needs technical knowledge."
"The next release could use some improvement in the tools that are provided."
"We have found that the stability of this solution is not particularly good, and can cause issues with record integrity."
"In our company, we can't deploy anything from Nexthink the way we can deploy from any other endpoint solutions. It is not possible to create any dashboard in Nexthink...One should be able to schedule monitoring in Nexthink."
"The UI is hierarchical, which makes navigation complex and isn't user-friendly for those unfamiliar with it."
"Nexthink could have better integration with ITSM tools - at the moment, they only integrate with ServiceNow, so adding other tools, like HP SMAX, would be very useful."
"I think Nexthink could be improved regarding its proprietary query language, as it sometimes makes it difficult to create queries."
"It would be helpful if Nexthink could maintain a library for some of the standard EXEs to be named automatically."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of FortiMonitor is approximately $200 annually for 225 users. The price is competitive."
"FortiMonitor's price is very high."
"Compared to other solutions, FortiMonitor is a very expensive solution."
"On a scale from one to ten, I rate the pricing a nine since it is a good solution that is available at a cheap price."
"We have a large customer base for Fortinet, and the additional buying power got us really great discounts."
"The tool's pricing model in Vietnam is a bit high. I rate the product price as an eight out of ten."
"There are additional costs needed for certain functionality, such as scalability."
"In terms of licensing, while it may not be the most expensive option on the market, it's relatively cost-effective. You can obtain licenses at a lower cost, with the calculation being straightforward. For example, if you onboard around 5,000 devices, you'll need approximately 5,000 licenses, as each device typically counts as one license."
"There are certain layers when it comes to pricing. The product has three layers and these layers are associated with certain sources. For example, the top layer have the premium services and the bottom layer has the basic services."
"Nexthink can pay for itself quickly if you identify and complete the most valuable use cases. The tool can do so much that to purely compare the price in a static way to other tools in your arsenal would be a mistake. If you do a more dynamic comparison that’s based on the overall functionality and use cases possible then it comes out cheaper. You need to consider it a relative measurement against potential use cases, size of the organization, maturity of organization, etc."
"I have seen it help improve the user experience scores. This helped clients to save costs on another tool that they were trying to deploy in order to improve the user experience by just deploying some scripts. We were able to identify the issues and help them remediate those using our help. The process does not take much time and it provided background on end user performance. Therefore, they were able to save a lot, e.g., for approximately 50,000 endpoints at two dollars per machine per year, that is about $100,000 in savings."
"With this implementation of the Act and Engage module, I believe that there is a one-time fee for a two-month period, which is for the support team to make additional customizations."
"I would rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten. The tool's pricing model is pay-as-you-use."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Healthcare Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise47
 

Questions from the Community

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
I have a clear bias because I work for Panopta. We aren't a fit for everyone, but I can confirm that Panopta is a lot less work to stand up and maintain. It's also a lot easier to use and onboard n...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FortiMonitor?
FortiMonitor does save time but not significantly on costs, as there are still expenses related to procurement, installation, and licensing.
What needs improvement with FortiMonitor?
There are areas for improvement that FortiManager is addressing. We have not yet upgraded to the latest software versions, being a full revision behind, but we plan to update soon since the current...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nexthink?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it was very easy. It was the best option when it comes to costing.
What needs improvement with Nexthink?
Nexthink is a perfect application for now. It appears to be working very well. No improvements are needed for now. I am also learning how to use more features and what I can do with them, as there ...
What is your primary use case for Nexthink?
My main use case for Nexthink is reinstalling SCCM when Software Center is not working. I can obtain insights into network-related issues or crashes that occur when applications are not functioning...
 

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