Cisco SecureX vs Fortinet FortiSOAR comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco SecureX
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (18th), Vulnerability Management (16th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (13th), Cisco Security Portfolio (9th)
Fortinet FortiSOAR
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (10th)
 

Featured Reviews

Alon K - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 5, 2022
Gives our customers visibility and they don't have to go multiple management consoles anymore
One of the examples is related to forensics. The forensics are amazing because when you have enrichment, and the solutions talk with each other, when you need it, you have the ability to know everything in the organization: when, why, whatever. With just one click you have information from email, from the endpoint, from the web. Let's say that tomorrow morning, you have a ransom[ware] attack in your organization and you would like to know from which email it came, or where the customer saved the file, even though the incident didn't occur at the same moment. With SecureX, you have Cisco Threat Response inside. [With] one click, you get all of the flow. That's amazing value. That also releases resources for our customers. The customers don't have to connect many systems and try to register the event on each system, or to go to the SIEM and do a correlation. That's the one-stop shop for the customers, and that's amazing.
AB
Jul 4, 2023
A stable solution that has a number of available connectors and is simple to automate
Fortinet FortiSOAR is a platform that allows you to orchestrate a lot of different solutions to automate response and follow all the incidents you are tracking between all your devices and the data collected The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSOAR is the number of available connectors and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is its ability to manage all the applications and visibility. For example, if there is malware, spam, or another component that wants to attack the company in my servers, network, or applications, then SecureX will react to the problem."
"Our customers find the product's third-party integrations valuable. Our customers are also impressed with the tool's capability to pick up third-party threat feeds and use that as part of the decision-making process."
"The forensics are amazing because when you have enrichment, and the solutions talk with each other, when you need it, you have the ability to know everything in the organization: when, why, whatever."
"One of the most valuable features is the simplicity of deploying SecureX. It's very easy to do that and then you gain very detailed visibility into everything that's going on in your network and, obviously, at the device level. There's just a wealth of information that you can pull from all of these products that are part of SecureX. You know exactly if you have an issue or not."
"It has evolved a lot, just that monitoring piece to the current Orchestrator piece. The additional analytics are there. They now have something called Insight, which can basically take data from Microsoft Azure AD and Intune to give us information about our endpoints. This is detailed information about the endpoints, from Secure Endpoint and all these different products. So, it is just constantly evolving. Every time that it evolves, we have more information with more visibility. There are more features that we have that just make everything so much easier, and it is in one place. I don't have to keep going back and forth. I don't have to go to Secure Endpoint and ISE to get the data. I don't have to go to Intune on Microsoft to get the information. It is all in one place."
"Using SecureX, a tool provided by Cisco, we can easily integrate it with many of our other Cisco products such as Cisco ISE and many networking devices."
"SecureX enables us to have all the threat intelligence and threat event data in one place."
"The automation and orchestration tools are the most valuable features."
"The solution is easy to implement and includes 450 built-in connectors."
"The solution's most valuable feature is playbook creation, which allows us to integrate all data ingestion into the same platform."
"It's great that the solution is integrated with FortiAnalyzer."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSOAR is the playbook, which has to be defined to apply the policies."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSOAR is the number of available connectors and the simplicity to start to automate."
"Fortinet FortiSOAR is a very interactive and user-friendly solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It has a quick detection and response time."
 

Cons

"Enhancing automation capabilities could further improve the product."
"I'm not sure that I would call it a bug, but sometimes the solution is a little slow."
"Remediation stuff could be integrated into the product's automation."
"The front-end work controls the new algorithm and the firewall rules. The search feature of these rules could be improved."
"The documentation can be improved and the on-prem integration. The set of applications that it was integrated with wasn't comprehensive."
"They could expand into more areas. The more third-parties that we have tied into it, the better. The capabilities are there. As they just continue to involve the product, the more things that you can look into, then the more analytics that you can get. Also, the more data that we can get, then the better off we will be."
"The automation and orchestration could be simpler. It could be that all the other parts are that easy to use so that these stick out as a negative, but that's the trickiest part for us. The workflows within the orchestration are just a bit more difficult."
"what's missing right now is the multi-tenant capability."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The solution lacks proper documentation, so we have to test and trial each playbook and integration."
"I don't currently see where the solution is lacking features. For us and for our clients it works very well and we're pleased with it."
"The area that needs improvement is integration with multiple third-party vendors."
"The solution doesn't connect well with the network devices."
"The technology and integrations are important so should continue to be enhanced."
"Fortinet FortiSOAR should add more documentation for some use cases."
"I have found that Fortinet FortiSOAR needs a lot of improvement. The Orchestration needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For the value you get, the pricing of the solution is excellent."
"The product is absolutely free to any customer. As such, the only thing one must keep in mind is that as long as he already has one Cisco security product, irregardless of what that product is, SecureX is available for free."
"It comes free with all Cisco products. So, it is a good price."
"Cisco SecureX is more expensive than Trend Micro. However, considering the integration capabilities with other solutions and the quality of technical support, I believe there's justification for the price difference."
"The pricing is competitive, especially for education institutions. Licensing can be a little bit difficult to navigate, especially with resellers with Cisco, but for us it has been pretty easy."
"It is free. It can't get any better than that."
"You can spend less money for another solution, but if you really want to have a good solution you have to pay. We are happy that we are getting such a good solution for what we are spending."
"It would be nice if they had a different pricing model. Most of our budget for projects goes towards Cisco."
"If you compare Fortinet FortiSOAR's price with the prices of the market leader, Palo Alto, then it can be considered a cheaper product."
"Pricing is fine compared to other solutions."
"Since Africa is struggling with foreign exchange, the solution is pretty expensive there."
"Fortinet FortiSOAR is an expensive solution."
"Fortinet FortiSOAR is expensive."
"The price of the product should be lower. The brand value that Fortinet has, it has the reputation of being a reasonably priced product, and they have an enormous customer base in India. Most of the SME market is covered by FortiGate firewalls. It becomes an easy way for consultants, such as us, or even system integrators, to open the door with the Fortinet product lines."
"The solution offers both licensing and subscription models that are similar in price to other products."
"Considering all the features of Fortinet FortiSOAR, I think it has a good price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
36%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Educational Organization
5%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco SecureX?
Integrates well with our existing security infrastructure.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco SecureX?
Cisco SecureX is more expensive than Trend Micro. However, considering the integration capabilities with other solutions and the quality of technical support, I believe there's justification for th...
What needs improvement with Cisco SecureX?
One area for improvement in SecureX could be additional on-premises options for organizations like ours that require more control over certain aspects of the platform. I also think enhancing automa...
What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSOAR?
Fortinet FortiSOAR is a very interactive and user-friendly solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSOAR?
Users have to pay a yearly subscription fee for the solution. Fortinet FortiSOAR's pricing is fair compared to other products like Palo Alto Cortex. Since Africa is struggling with foreign exchange...
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSOAR?
The solution’s pricing could be improved. I know that Fortinet already has an ROI calculator inside FortiSOAR. I also know that Fortinet has already integrated an AI. It would be really good if the...
 

Also Known As

Kenna.AppSec, Kenna.VI
CyberSponse, FortiSOAR
 

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