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CrowdStrike Observability vs Fortinet FortiAnalyzer comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CrowdStrike Observability
Ranking in Log Management
21st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Ranking in Log Management
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
108
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of CrowdStrike Observability is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is 1.5%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer1.5%
CrowdStrike Observability0.9%
Other97.6%
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

HectorRios - PeerSpot reviewer
IT COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS at Américas BPS
Has provided reliable alerts and helped identify infrastructure issues through detailed reporting
The best features of CrowdStrike Observability include the way they show issues to the client or agent, and their data collection method is interesting because they use an agent-less approach in some cases, collecting data from infrastructure such as firewalls. Additionally, they have the agent, but the presentation in the management console is excellent as we have observability end-to-end with the servers and all the services configured in the use cases. The intelligent alerting feature is excellent and configured on our console, being highly effective as it detects real alerts and just warnings or real issues. Identifying performance bottlenecks is important because they collect numerous MD5 or hash keys including movements or playbooks. The way they organize that in the console is excellent, allowing you to have reports detecting issues, which not only includes detection but also provides solutions to those issues.
AP
Engineer at Kahramaa
Management becomes centralized with effective logging
The features that are most effective for me in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are easy to manage. Fortinet FortiManager is also a great product to manage multi-site management options and other tools. The capability of logging in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is great because there is no need to go to each individual box to check the traffic details. We can collect everything in Analyzer and check from a single console.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I find the most effective feature of CrowdStrike Observability to be its cloud vision and attack surface vision, which enhance network traffic analysis."
"The log aggregation and correlation of data are notable features that enhance our operations."
"The price is worth it."
"In the logs and the trajectory, it shows detailed information about where the source of infection comes from, how it travels, and how to reach there."
"The intelligence database provided by CrowdStrike is very impressive."
"The intelligence database provided by CrowdStrike is very impressive."
"CrowdStrike Observability is a signature-less solution where you don't need to update your endpoints or the CrowdStrike Observability agents regularly, and it is completely based on AI and ML search engines."
"The best features of CrowdStrike Observability include the way they show issues to the client or agent, and their data collection method is interesting because they use an agent-less approach in some cases, collecting data from infrastructure such as firewalls."
"The log events are quite useful for us."
"It is a simple and solution."
"Provides detailed log reports"
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since, in our company, we have never experienced the solution crashing or having any other issues."
"I have found incident management and also identifying new threats, analyzing the network traffic, and finding out the issues with the network traffic such as any security issues to be valuable."
"There are customizable workflows that you can work with. You can automate certain tasks in FortiAnaylzer in the incidents and events sections."
"For us in Latin America, the best features of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are the solutions that combine SD-WAN and security in the same box."
"The initial setup is easy; it's a very stable product that we can scale, with generally good support, pretty good documentation, and an interface I like."
 

Cons

"The customer service is not satisfactory for me. The support is only available in English, and my users in LATAM regions such as Peru and Colombia require local language support, which is not currently provided."
"For reporting or log management, having a longer duration for backup without needing to purchase a paid subscription would be beneficial."
"We had some difficulties at the beginning, but at this moment they are improving, so probably in some months I will give them a ten."
"Integration with Huawei should be more straightforward."
"Technical support received a rating of 4 out of 10."
"Integration with Huawei should be more straightforward."
"The pricing is very high and small companies cannot afford it. They should reduce the price because the backend infrastructure is the same."
"We had some difficulties at the beginning, but at this moment they are improving, so probably in some months I will give them a ten."
"The user interface could be a bit more user-friendly."
"The UI can be more user-friendly for new users."
"FortiAnalyzer's price could be lower."
"The FortiAnalyzer is not scalable."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The support engineers are very slow and incompetent."
"Fortinet has a new bug every month, which needs to be improved."
"The pricing could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is not very expensive when customers understand the value of this product and the importance of the information that it provides for security."
"We pay for an annual license."
"The hardware has a one-time cost and maintenance is paid by annual subscription."
"We pay approximately $11,000 for a three-year license to use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. When we compared the price of this solution to others it is not expensive. Palo Alto is a more expensive solution."
"The number of licenses required directly corresponds with the number of devices connected."
"It is acceptable for on-premises, but it is expensive for the cloud."
"The pricing model is subscription-based."
"I believe that these devices were procured with a five-year maintenance and support license up front. I work at a university, so the vendor provides a considerable higher ed discount."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CrowdStrike Observability?
The product at this moment is really good; CrowdStrike Observability is still working to improve it and they are including new features. At this time, I cannot provide an opinion about what else to...
What is your primary use case for CrowdStrike Observability?
We are currently finishing the configuration of the solution, making the playbooks and configurations with the use cases. From CrowdStrike Observability, we use all the solution including XDR and a...
What advice do you have for others considering CrowdStrike Observability?
We did not use Falcon Sandbox or Falcon Exposure Management. We are using a local partner and they have a marketplace, but we are working with a local partner from Google. We are just customers, no...
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
I think technical support should be better. Sometimes support from Fortinet does not help with creating policies or configuration issues and directly routes to the service integrator. A little more...
What is your primary use case for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
I am using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer along with the analyzer for traffic monitoring and event checking. It is effective for analyzing traffic purposes.I use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for event monitoring...
 

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Sample Customers

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General Directorate of Information Technology
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