AlienVault OSSIM vs Fortinet FortiSIEM comparison

AlienVault OSSIM

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between AlienVault OSSIM and Fortinet FortiSIEM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed AlienVault OSSIM vs. Fortinet FortiSIEM Report (Updated: June 2024).

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AlienVault OSSIM vs. Fortinet FortiSIEM

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Categories and Ranking

AlienVault OSSIM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

11th

Average Rating

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Fortinet FortiSIEM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

10th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the market share of AlienVault OSSIM is 1.0% and it decreased by 60.4% compared to the previous year. The market share of Fortinet FortiSIEM is 4.0% and it increased by 9.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

reviewer1378779

System Administrator at a marketing services firm with 10,001+ employees

Aug 5, 2020

Customizable dashboards and reports, offers abnormal behavior detection, and the support is good

We are using AlienVault for vulnerability scanning and detecting abnormal behavior This product is easy to use. The support is very good and they offer managed services. The dashboards are good. You can customize the dashboards as well as the reporting. There needs to be more focus on the NOC…

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TalhaAktas

Security Manager at BKL

Nov 7, 2019

Seamless integration with FortiGate, and has an easy setup, but is lacking user behavior analytics

We primarily use the solution for integration with FortiGate Firewall. We use it for multiple authentification, malware detection, and protection from DDoS attacks The seamless integration with FortiGate is the solution's most valuable aspect. When compared with some competitors, in terms of…

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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 has a very good open source community, and whenever we have problems, we are always able to resolve it online."

"OSSIM is the only solution that includes the large number of modules that we need: a vulnerability scanner, a network IDS system, a host IDS system."

"The dashboard is the solution's most valuable aspect. It brings everything into one central point where I can actually look at it and go, "Okay, I understand what's going on.""

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"Asset discovery is good."

"The most valuable feature is the logging capability."

"You pay monthly for the solution. I think it's one of the best products. If you compare with other companies, like LogRhythm, etc., the top 8 or 10 CMs, I think Alien Vault has the best price-performance ratio."

"Better than other SIEM solutions because almost everything can be integrated."

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"FortiSIEM helped us discover all the threats at the time that were attacking the IT services of the company. We now have multiple-level authentication."

"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiSIEM are the SD-WAN, Global LAN, and application controls."

"The solution is very stable. It's run for years without the need to do anything except, add new patches when they are available, which are always a good idea to install."

"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSIEM is the user and entity behave as analytics(UEBA). This feature mixes your data and provides useful information based on the behavior of the targeted."

"Our customer did not have security monitoring in the first place. With this solution, it provided security posture management and visibility about the security landscape and threats that they had."

"The most valuable features for us are the built-in reports and alerts, along with the extreme flexibility in reporting and rule generation."

"Real-time monitoring makes life quite easy for me."

"To add workers and even collectors is pretty easy."

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Cons

"I don't like to work on OSSIM because it is unpredictable."

"AlienVault OSSIM could improve by having better integration with some of the newer tools."

"The user interface could be improved."

"It's under heavy traffic. If you have heavy traffic, the system is slow."

"There needs to be more support or some kind of training program so users can self-learn the system more effectively."

"It's so hard to configure and explore something new on it."

"The user interface needs to be friendlier across the board."

"GUI could be improved."

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"The dashboards need to be improved. It gives you so much detail, but sometimes too much detail, especially to an executive, it's too much."

"When our team tried configuring logs for Microsoft SQL, it did not work."

"The solution needs to do a better job with third party integration. Right now, that's lacking on the solution. I specifically am talking about the AWS environment. Most of the AWS environment products do not have that capability to integrate."

"Its training can be improved. Its price also needs to be improved."

"It's difficult to integrate unsupported devices with FortiSIEM compared to QRadar. It's easier to integrate and develop processes in QRadar. It's harder to develop a custom process in FortiSIEM."

"Areas for improvement would be the ease of use and the integration with Fortinet's own products."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users."

"Network detection and response is a separate product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using a free version of the solution. If you purchase a license there are more features available but the price is a little high. The solution should be cheaper to allow more customers to be able to afford it."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"The solution is open source, so it's free to use."

"When comparing AlienVault OSSIM to Microsoft Sentinel, AlienVault OSSIM incurs additional costs due to its licensing price structure. If you are using AlienVault for security purposes at a certain level it can have a higher price point than the current pricing of Microsoft Sentinel."

"The licensing fees for the non-community edition are paid on an annual basis, and there are no costs in addition to this."

"AlienVault pricing is the best. Whatever cost you are paying, you are getting a return on every penny... It's not like your IBM, your QRadar, or Splunk, where the cost is too high."

"We are using the community version, which can be used for free."

"The price of AlienVault OSSIM is too high sometimes for us to present to our customers. The price should be lower. We are on a three-year license to use the solution. We had to pay extra for the support."

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"They have a yearly subscription."

"Pricing is acceptable for more than 90% of our customers, as they normally get discounts."

"FortiSIEM's licensing is based on EPS, and its pricing is competitive in the market."

"Manageable, however would be better as pay as you go versus CapEX."

"The price of Fortinet FortiSIEM is a lot less when compared to other solutions."

"The price of Fortinet FortiSIEM was reasonable compared to other solutions."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is not an expensive solution."

"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The free version license of the product is available for two months."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AlienVault OSSIM?

Asset discovery is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlienVault OSSIM?

The solution is free.

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What needs improvement with AlienVault OSSIM?

The log management could be improved because of the open source. In the configuration of AlienVault OSSIM, users can determine backup frequency, retention policies, and other settings. There is a l...

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What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSIEM?

I don't have the price list of any of the competitors of Fortinet FortiSIEM. I work with the technical part of the tool. There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attach...

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM is a better solution than other products. As a SIEM solution, it can meet all the requirements of customers. The product already offers good integration capabilities with multipl...

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Also Known As

OSSIM

FortiSIEM, AccelOps

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Overview

AlienVault OSSIM, Open Source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), provides you with a feature-rich open source SIEM complete with event collection, normalization and correlation. Launched by security engineers because of the lack of available open source products, AlienVault OSSIM was created specifically to address the reality many security professionals face: A SIEM, whether it is open source or commercial, is virtually useless without the basic security controls necessary for security visibility.

FortiSIEM (formerly AccelOps 4) provides an actionable security intelligence platform to monitor security, performance and compliance through a single pane of glass.

Companies around the world use FortiSIEM for the following use cases:

Threat management and intelligence that provide situational awareness and anomaly detection
Alleviating compliance mandate concerns for PCI, HIPAA and SOX
Managing “alert overload”
Handling the “too many tools” reporting issue
Addressing the MSPs/MSSPs pain of meeting service level agreements

Sample Customers

Council Rock School District

FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.

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