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Product	FortiManager by Fortinet View product	Strata Cloud Manager by Palo Alto Networks View product
Overview
What it is	FortiManager helps teams with provisioning. Explore features like provisioning and policy management, cloud deployment and the closest Security Operations competitors.	Palo Alto Networks built Strata Cloud Manager for capacity planning. Explore zero-touch onboarding, review cloud deployment and compare similar Network Security products.
Product type	Centralized Fortinet network and security management platform	AI-Powered Network Security Management Platform
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Service Providers, Financial Institutions, Healthcare
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual appliance and FortiManager Cloud; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and FortiManager Cloud	Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered management console
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Multi-region cloud hosting (US, Europe, Asia Pacific)
Key features
What it offers	Centralized device management Policy management Configuration templates Firmware management Workflow automation Provisioning Audit trails Revision control	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
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more	Cloud platform managing hardware firewallsVirtual firewallsSASE nodes
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiAPFortiSwitchFortiExtenderFortiAnalyzerFortiManager CloudFortiPortal	Palo Alto NGFW (PA-Series)VM-SeriesCN-SeriesPrisma AccessPanoramaServiceNow
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Cross-industryEnterpriseService ProvidersFinancial InstitutionsHealthcare
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	10,000+	15,000+
Founded	2000	2005

FortiManager

by Fortinet

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Strata Cloud Manager

by Palo Alto Networks

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Overview

What it is

FortiManager

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

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.

Product type

FortiManager

Centralized Fortinet network and security management platform

Strata Cloud Manager

AI-Powered Network Security Management Platform

Best for

FortiManager

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

Strata Cloud Manager

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

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiManager

Contact Vendor

Strata Cloud Manager

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiManager

Strata Cloud Manager

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiManager

Cloud

Strata Cloud Manager

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

FortiManager

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

Strata Cloud Manager

Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered management console

Data residency

FortiManager

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

Strata Cloud Manager

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

Key features

What it offers

FortiManager

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

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

Platform & access

API access

FortiManager

Strata Cloud Manager

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiManager

Strata Cloud Manager

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiManager

Strata Cloud Manager

Multi-tenant

FortiManager

Strata Cloud Manager

Mobile app

FortiManager

Strata Cloud Manager

Supported platforms

FortiManager

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

Strata Cloud Manager

Cloud platform managing hardware firewallsVirtual firewallsSASE nodes

Compliance

FortiManager

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

Strata Cloud Manager

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiManager

FortiGateFortiAPFortiSwitchFortiExtenderFortiAnalyzerFortiManager CloudFortiPortal

Strata Cloud Manager

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

Industries

FortiManager

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Strata Cloud Manager

Cross-industryEnterpriseService ProvidersFinancial InstitutionsHealthcare

Regions

FortiManager

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Strata Cloud Manager

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiManager

Fortinet

Strata Cloud Manager

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

FortiManager

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Strata Cloud Manager

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

FortiManager

10,000+

Strata Cloud Manager

15,000+

Founded

FortiManager

2000

Strata Cloud Manager

2005