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Side-by-side comparison of Cisco Security Manager, Strata Cloud Manager, FortiManager
Product	Cisco Security Manager by Cisco View product	Strata Cloud Manager by Palo Alto Networks View product	FortiManager by Fortinet View product
Overview
What it is	Cisco Security Manager: centralized firewall configuration and VPN lifecycle management. Built for configuration rollbacks. Compare Firewall Management alternatives.	Palo Alto Networks built Strata Cloud Manager for capacity planning. Explore zero-touch onboarding, review cloud deployment and compare similar Network Security products.	FortiManager helps teams with provisioning. Explore features like provisioning and policy management, cloud deployment and the closest Security Operations competitors.
Product type	Centralized Network Security Management Application	AI-Powered Network Security Management Platform	Centralized Fortinet network and security management platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Government, Defense, Enterprise Campus, Financial Institutions	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Service Providers, Financial Institutions, Healthcare	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	On-premises application; On-premises Windows Server deployment	Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered management console	Physical appliance, virtual appliance and FortiManager Cloud; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and FortiManager Cloud
Data residency	On-premises local customer environment	Multi-region cloud hosting (US, Europe, Asia Pacific)	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region
Key features
What it offers	Centralized firewall configuration VPN lifecycle management Intrusion prevention rule deployment Rule optimization and hit counting Approval workflow ticketing Visual network topology Configuration audit trails Large-scale Cisco firewall management	Centralized multi-firewall policy orchestration Predictive AI capacity analysis Automated configuration auditing Reusable configuration snippets Device health telemetry Zero-touch onboarding Firmware lifecycle management Centralized firewall management	Centralized device management Policy management Configuration templates Firmware management Workflow automation Provisioning Audit trails Revision control
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Windows Server hardwareVMware ESXiHyper-V	Cloud platform managing hardware firewallsVirtual firewallsSASE nodes	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more
Compliance	Common Criteria, FIPS compliance support	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cisco ASACisco Secure FirewallCisco Catalyst routersCisco Secure IPSSyslogActive Directory	Palo Alto NGFW (PA-Series)VM-SeriesCN-SeriesPrisma AccessPanoramaServiceNow	FortiGateFortiAPFortiSwitchFortiExtenderFortiAnalyzerFortiManager CloudFortiPortal
Industries	Cross-industryGovernmentDefenseEnterprise CampusFinancial Institutions	Cross-industryEnterpriseService ProvidersFinancial InstitutionsHealthcare	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Regions	Global	Global	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Vendor
Company	Cisco	Palo Alto Networks	Fortinet
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA	Sunnyvale, California, USA
Company size	80,000+	15,000+	10,000+
Founded	1984	2005	2000

Cisco Security Manager

by Cisco

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Strata Cloud Manager

by Palo Alto Networks

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FortiManager

by Fortinet

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Overview

What it is

Cisco Security Manager

Cisco Security Manager: centralized firewall configuration and VPN lifecycle management. Built for configuration rollbacks. Compare Firewall Management alternatives.

Strata Cloud Manager

Palo Alto Networks built Strata Cloud Manager for capacity planning. Explore zero-touch onboarding, review cloud deployment and compare similar Network Security products.

FortiManager

FortiManager helps teams with provisioning. Explore features like provisioning and policy management, cloud deployment and the closest Security Operations competitors.

Product type

Cisco Security Manager

Centralized Network Security Management Application

Strata Cloud Manager

AI-Powered Network Security Management Platform

FortiManager

Centralized Fortinet network and security management platform

Best for

Cisco Security Manager

Cross-industry, Government, Defense, Enterprise Campus, Financial Institutions

Strata Cloud Manager

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Service Providers, Financial Institutions, Healthcare

FortiManager

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Pricing

Pricing model

Cisco Security Manager

Contact Vendor

Strata Cloud Manager

Contact Vendor

FortiManager

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cisco Security Manager

Strata Cloud Manager

FortiManager

Deployment

Deployment options

Cisco Security Manager

On-Premise

Strata Cloud Manager

SaaSCloud

FortiManager

Cloud

Deployment details

Cisco Security Manager

On-premises application; On-premises Windows Server deployment

Strata Cloud Manager

Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered management console

FortiManager

Physical appliance, virtual appliance and FortiManager Cloud; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and FortiManager Cloud

Data residency

Cisco Security Manager

On-premises local customer environment

Strata Cloud Manager

Multi-region cloud hosting (US, Europe, Asia Pacific)

FortiManager

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Key features

What it offers

Cisco Security Manager

Centralized firewall configuration
VPN lifecycle management
Intrusion prevention rule deployment
Rule optimization and hit counting
Approval workflow ticketing
Visual network topology
Configuration audit trails
Large-scale Cisco firewall management

Strata Cloud Manager

Centralized multi-firewall policy orchestration
Predictive AI capacity analysis
Automated configuration auditing
Reusable configuration snippets
Device health telemetry
Zero-touch onboarding
Firmware lifecycle management
Centralized firewall management

FortiManager

Centralized device management
Policy management
Configuration templates
Firmware management
Workflow automation
Provisioning
Audit trails
Revision control

Platform & access

API access

Cisco Security Manager

Strata Cloud Manager

FortiManager

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cisco Security Manager

Strata Cloud Manager

FortiManager

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cisco Security Manager

Strata Cloud Manager

FortiManager

Multi-tenant

Cisco Security Manager

Strata Cloud Manager

FortiManager

Mobile app

Cisco Security Manager

Strata Cloud Manager

FortiManager

Supported platforms

Cisco Security Manager

Windows Server hardwareVMware ESXiHyper-V

Strata Cloud Manager

Cloud platform managing hardware firewallsVirtual firewallsSASE nodes

FortiManager

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more

Compliance

Cisco Security Manager

Common Criteria, FIPS compliance support

Strata Cloud Manager

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR

FortiManager

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cisco Security Manager

Cisco ASACisco Secure FirewallCisco Catalyst routersCisco Secure IPSSyslogActive Directory

Strata Cloud Manager

Palo Alto NGFW (PA-Series)VM-SeriesCN-SeriesPrisma AccessPanoramaServiceNow

FortiManager

FortiGateFortiAPFortiSwitchFortiExtenderFortiAnalyzerFortiManager CloudFortiPortal

Industries

Cisco Security Manager

Cross-industryGovernmentDefenseEnterprise CampusFinancial Institutions

Strata Cloud Manager

Cross-industryEnterpriseService ProvidersFinancial InstitutionsHealthcare

FortiManager

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Regions

Cisco Security Manager

Global

Strata Cloud Manager

Global

FortiManager

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Vendor

Company

Cisco Security Manager

Cisco

Strata Cloud Manager

Palo Alto Networks

FortiManager

Fortinet

Headquarters

Cisco Security Manager

San Jose, California, USA

Strata Cloud Manager

Santa Clara, California, USA

FortiManager

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Company size

Cisco Security Manager

80,000+

Strata Cloud Manager

15,000+

FortiManager

10,000+

Founded

Cisco Security Manager

1984

Strata Cloud Manager

2005

FortiManager

2000