Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs N-able N-central comparison

The compared Fortinet and N-able solutions aren't in the same category. Fortinet is ranked #5 in Firewall Security Management , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 4.5% mindshare in the category. N-able is ranked #4 in RMM , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 7.9% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of N-able users who would recommend it.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

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Firewall Security Management (5th)

N-able N-central

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

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Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) (4th)

Mindshare comparison

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and N-able N-central aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is designed for Firewall Security Management and holds a mindshare of 4.5%, down 5.4% compared to last year.
N-able N-central, on the other hand, focuses on Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM), holds 7.9% mindshare, down 12.7% since last year.

Firewall Security Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud	4.5%
AlgoSec	21.1%
Tufin Orchestration Suite	21.0%
Other	53.4%

Firewall Security Management

Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
N-able N-central	7.9%
Kaseya VSA	16.4%
NinjaOne	11.5%
Other	64.2%

Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

Featured Reviews

Firman Sanjaya

Security Engineer at Exclusive Networks

Cloud logs have supported long-term auditing but security vulnerabilities still raise concerns

It depends on the user. When he needs maybe data retention for one year, for three months or more, I recommend Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. If he doesn't want to set the log on FortiAnalyzer, I will recommend him with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. It depends. As I mentioned before, if they don't have a syslog server or any other SIEM, I will recommend it. If they need an audit for one year of data retention, I will recommend it because it's worth the money for one year of log retention. It's straightforward. If I enable Fortinet FortiGate Cloud feature on the FortiGate on-premise or VM, it will copy the configuration on the cloud. Depending on my license, I can configure it or have it as read-only with a limited license. That's one of the main purposes of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for me. The report doesn't have many templates, but the log retention is so good with one-year retention. If you compare it with the FortiAnalyzer or maybe with any other product such as a FortiSIEM template, with the limited license, you only get the 360 template, it's called. I think the security function, I mainly use it for configuration purposes and log retention purposes. The security is the same as the VM or the hardware, I think. The sandbox. I think it has it, but not a lot if you only have the default capability with only 10 files per minute. I think the user needs to be selective with the files that they want to send to the sandbox on the cloud.

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Dimitri V G

Team Manager Fiber & Backhaul Solutions Center & South at Telenet BVBA

Maximizing operational efficiency with comprehensive monitoring and automation capabilities

There are areas in N-able N-central that could be improved. We always started it from the basic purpose of monitoring hardware, where vendors such as HP and Dell try to sell their own services which monitor and provide a dashboard, which is their logic. They want to make their own recurring revenue on that. We notice that SNMP has had a good run and still sometimes is used, but it's becoming an issue to maintain the same capabilities because HP makes it unreliable or even removes certain features that we used to be able to validate redundant array of independent disks. Our service that has been running for 15-20 years suddenly is not working anymore because HP decided in generation 10 plus and above, or generation 10 hardware in servers, storage controllers particularly, they just didn't put the SNMP OIDs anymore. We are now following that market change or business change in hardware monitoring and the future is Redfish, REST API, IPMI type of monitoring with the REST API and Redfish being most common. We have to do the effort ourselves because Enable is not really strategically going there because I assume there's not much money to make to improve that or to convince customers to start with their product. That issue could be better if they would be more prepared for that change and give us customers more tools, preconfigured, pre-available custom services for Redfish, REST API, where we just have to put a few items username, password and address and some dots and commas, but that we don't have to reinvent the wheel, which we are doing at the moment. We are using HP iLO commandlets and REST APIs for Aruba. Dell is making it very hard to monitor their hardware. If it has an iDRAC, I can manage it and monitor it, but if it's something that's less common or due to the portfolio, they have done a good job at not exposing information about health. We would just want to have a red or a green dot that indicates if this device is healthy or not healthy. Since nobody's investing in SNMP because it's a liability in security, they should invest in making a REST API and preferably also do the work on making it easy to pull or push information. That's something that the industry in general and Enable in particular could do a significant job to help us monitor.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution includes a very stable VPN and IPS."

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud provides effective threat protection by blocking unwanted IP addresses and websites, and it is a cost-reduction product."

"The best features in the product offer several advantages; I mainly use it for managing and configuring the appliances, whether it is a switch, firewall, or access point, and all these devices can be managed very easily over one place or one point."

"The installation is very simple."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the stability, it's actually tailored for that."

"It is easy to integrate the tool."

"The cost is reasonable if you compare it to maybe a SIEM or FortiAnalyzer, and if the user just wants to query the log from maybe three months ago or six months ago, I think it's worth the money."

"We use the solution as a firewall."

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"N-able N-central is very scalable."

"The solution's service is good."

"The most helpful features of N-able N-central include providing a single pane of glass for many insights in an environment regarding their patching, their assets, their devices in general, and the active issues that they show."

"N-able N-central has numerous good features. The asset tracking capability is powerful, allowing you to track hardware and software on devices connected to your network. The remote control is smooth, securely enabling remote access to servers and routers. It can be integrated with ticketing systems and other tools like CrowdStrike and N-able EDR for comprehensive network monitoring and security. The automation feature is handy, allowing you to schedule tasks, respond to system triggers, and automate problem resolution, such as handling disk space issues automatically."

"It's a very robust product. They're continuing to invest and put new enhancements into the product. They're very open about what their roadmap is, which is very good for us because then as a business, we can plan."

"The most valuable features of N-central are its ease of deployment and ease of use."

"The transition to N-able N-central was very smooth; we were confident that our migration would not affect any operations, and it was easy to migrate our clients into the new solutions."

"The most valuable feature of N-able N-central is the many options it has."

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Cons

"The platform's analytics and reporting components could be improved."

"There are European and US clouds and sometimes we mix them up. The solution should make determining the clouds more clear, or make one cloud instead of having separate ones."

"For improvement, I'd like to see basic endpoint security management integrated into the firewall with just a license addition."

"We need some integration or communication between the endpoint and the firewall."

"I would like to see better integration with other technologies."

"The solution should allow users to keep the data for longer than the current periods. I can't get any historic data after more than a month. I would like to be able to, after a year, look for trends from the past 12 months. It would make things much easier."

"The SSL visibility could be better."

"If you need to scale, you do need to trade up to a new Fortinet solution."

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"The integration with other applications could be better."

"At this moment, we encounter stability issues with N-able N-central from time to time."

"There is room for improvement in the development of custom monitoring services."

"Involving AI in the platform could improve it further."

"N-central has limited mobile device management (MDM) support, specifically for Android devices. This limitation affected a deal with a client who had numerous Android devices to manage. It would be beneficial if N-central could expand its MDM support to include Android devices."

"The solution's overall integration should be improved."

"N-able N-central could improve the remote access, my technicians have complained about it. They have used other free tools instead to compensate, such as TeamViewer. Additionally, when using remote access on the web, it is lacking reports."

"We have to do the effort ourselves because Enable is not really strategically going there because I assume there's not much money to make to improve that or to convince customers to start with their product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is cheaper than VMware and Cisco in the Bangladeshi market. Its pricing is reasonable."

"The product cost varies based on company budgets, but for us, it's reasonably priced considering the value it provides."

"As with us, our customers need not pay for a license. One brings one's own."

"The solution's pricing is good compared to that of Cisco and Meraki devices."

"We need to pay a yearly licensing fee for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud."

"We have a yearly license because we have a huge environment, so we need to upgrade regularly. We do it annually because quarterly updates would overwhelm the staff. Cisco was doing it at half-year intervals."

"The license for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is annual."

"It's relatively cheap."

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"The pricing and licensing are average, almost six out of ten."

"N-able N-central is not an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	22

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	1

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has valuable firewall, SSL VPN, and web filtering features.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?

I am very satisfied with the price and licensing cost of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, rating it an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?

Some disadvantages include future limitations, issues with FortiAnalyzer, and data residency concerns, which create less control. I think Fortinet FortiGate Cloud could benefit from additional feat...

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What needs improvement with N-able N-central?

The MSP part of N-able N-central has evolved over the years. They have been trying to move from professional or network server and desktop licensing to make it more comprehensive. With professional...

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What is your primary use case for N-able N-central?

We have been dealing with Enable EDR and N-able N-central, which is a management center. It's the NOC solution that we are currently running our asset management on. We are managing tasks in that e...

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What advice do you have for others considering N-able N-central?

There's a new node for N-able N-central which they have addressed. Our outstanding items include reviewing our pricing and partnership level, which can provide additional benefits when we exceed 10...

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Also Known As

FortiCloud, FortiGate Cloud

SolarWinds N-central, SolarWinds MSP N-central

Overview

FortiCloud can help with your wireless and security challenges in a number of ways. Our solution addresses common IT difficulties including time-consuming provisioning, high investment costs, complex management, vulnerability to advanced threats, and the need to easily scale with growth.

Fortinet

N-able N-central is an all-encompassing IT management platform geared towards efficient network oversight. It offers comprehensive tools for monitoring and automation, which are crucial for managed services providers managing complex network environments.

N-able N-central provides solutions tailored to IT management, offering remote connectivity, asset tracking, and integration with systems like CrowdStrike. Its single-pane interface supports extensive device monitoring, script execution, and automation for task scheduling. The platform emphasizes robust patch management and reliable support, making it suitable for client integration and compliance audits. However, improvements are needed in remote access, application integration, and mobile device support. Users suggest investing in Redfish and REST API monitoring due to unreliable SNMP and an increased focus on AI to enhance maintenance recommendations.

What are the key features of N-able N-central?

Intuitive Remote Connectivity: Facilitates seamless access and management from anywhere.
Asset Tracking: Offers robust tracking of hardware and software assets within a network.
Automation: Streamlines task scheduling and resolution processes.
Patch Management: Ensures systems are updated and secure efficiently.
Integration Support: Seamlessly works with systems like CrowdStrike for enhanced security.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Comprehensive Monitoring: Helps manage diverse network environments with ease.
Scalability: Supports expansion in IT management capabilities as businesses grow.
Security Enhancement: Strengthens organizational security through integrated patch management and antivirus capabilities.
Efficient IT Management: Simplifies tasks through automation, reducing manual effort and increasing productivity.

N-able N-central is embraced in industries requiring robust IT management solutions, particularly managed services providers. It's widely used for monitoring systems, remote access, and asset tracking. Industries leverage its automation and integration capabilities to maintain system stability and security, addressing threats without heavy IT infrastructure on clients' premises.

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Sample Customers

Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data

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