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Dynatrace vs Fortinet FortiAnalyzer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Dynatrace users achieve faster issue resolution, reduced downtime, cost savings, and improved efficiency, enhancing innovation and performance.
Sentiment score
7.4
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer offers high ROI with competitive pricing, efficiency improvements, and cost savings, especially in markets like India.
ROI is hard to specify; however, incidents like impending ransomware attacks highlight its value, though those are exceptional events.
The impact of the tool is low when the functionalities are inaccessible due to resource consumption.
Fortinet is highly efficient for moderate deployments and provides a secure platform for medium-sized networks and data centers.
I have seen a return on investment with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer due to its competitive pricing and straightforward licensing model based on the amount of log data processed per day.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
Dynatrace support is friendly and knowledgeable but experiences with response times and integration assistance vary among users.
Sentiment score
7.6
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer's customer service is generally well-rated, though opinions on technical support vary regarding responsiveness and expertise.
They have a good reputation, and the support is commendable.
The technical support from Dynatrace is excellent.
Customer service and support for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are quite helpful and responsive.
Technical support is good, and I rate it ten out of ten.
The support service is very slow and incompetent.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Dynatrace efficiently manages large environments, easily scales horizontally and vertically, though some report minor scalability challenges with costs.
Sentiment score
7.3
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is praised for scalability, flexibility, and adaptability, despite cost increases with expansions, across varied environments.
If it's an enterprise, increasing the number of instances doesn’t pose problems.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is scalable, especially for the VM versions, as additional space can be provisioned from the servers as needed.
FortiAnalyzer is a scalable product.
It typically handles three to five years of expansion effectively.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Dynatrace is praised for robust stability, high availability, smooth updates, and minimal issues, with consistent improvements over time.
Sentiment score
8.4
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is highly stable and reliable, with minimal issues, maintained through updates and proper management.
Generally, all are stable at ninety-nine point nine nine percent, but if the underlying infrastructure is not deployed correctly, stability may be problematic.
There have been no stability issues with Dynatrace.
We faced some CPU consumption issues, which caused the machine to slow down and required a restart of FortiAnalyzer.
It remains stable during implementation for one or two years.
It provides a reliable solution for managing network-wide data.
 

Room For Improvement

Dynatrace requires improvements in pricing, setup complexity, user interface, monitoring, AI accuracy, reporting, integrations, and support comprehensiveness.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs UI improvements, better integration, and advanced analytics with AI for effective log analysis and user experience.
The definition of enterprise is loosely used, however, from a holistic security perspective, including infrastructure, network, ports, software, applications, transactions, and databases, there are areas lacking, especially in network monitoring tools.
Dynatrace stands out when making comparisons with other tools.
When licensing, each device is licensed separately, such as the firewall, which can become expensive.
This would help in analyzing various security incidents and events more effectively by delivering a handful of relevant logs instead of thousands.
Enhanced deep inspection features would make troubleshooting easier.
 

Setup Cost

Dynatrace is valued for features and cloud integration but seen as pricey; users desire clearer, flexible pricing models.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer offers competitive pricing, but costs vary by needs, with larger enterprises benefiting from comprehensive security integration.
Dynatrace is known to be costly, which delayed its integration into our system.
If I would ask you to rate price from 1 to 10, where 1 is cheap and 10 is expensive, how many points would you give to it?
Its licensing model is based on the amount of log data processed per day, making it more cost-effective compared to QRadar, which is EPS and device-based.
In terms of pricing, FortiAnalyzer is not expensive.
In the Indian market, Fortinet's pricing is very competitive, allowing us to win most of our deals.
 

Valuable Features

Dynatrace provides AI-driven monitoring with comprehensive performance insights, ease of deployment, intuitive UI, and seamless application integration.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer excels in reporting, log management, integration, and security analysis, enhancing IT teams' network visibility and threat detection.
The integration with Power BI for generating detailed reports is a standout feature.
Graduation features offered by Dynatrace provide a single view and can connect with many other monitoring systems.
The advanced analytics capabilities aid in threat detection by providing visibility into indicators of compromise.
The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to simplify and display logs clearly, providing details like which IPs are accessing the system, the destination, and the policies applied.
The log management is useful as we have connected around two hundred eighty-five walls and around fifteen to twenty plus firewalls with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, making it highly beneficial compared to logging into each individual firewall.
 

Categories and Ranking

Dynatrace
Ranking in Log Management
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
347
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Mobile APM (2nd), Container Monitoring (1st), AIOps (3rd)
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Ranking in Log Management
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
104
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Dynatrace is 5.0%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is 1.9%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Anand_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides a comprehensive view by integrating with other monitoring systems
There may be an issue since there are many tools like Splunk involved in network monitoring. From an IP perspective, Dynatrace is performing well. If they want to develop in network monitoring, they can, as it's part of their product line. It's not rocketry, so they can accomplish it. If I, as an SI, look at it from an enterprise perspective, considering the cost from the client, I prefer not to go with multiple systems, as they don't provide a complete 360-degree view. They need to improve on claims about being an enterprise system. The definition of enterprise is loosely used, however, from a holistic security perspective, including infrastructure, network, ports, software, applications, transactions, and databases, there are areas lacking, especially in network monitoring tools.
Manikandan Kannan - PeerSpot reviewer
Simplifying log management by displaying detailed access information
The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to simplify and display logs clearly, providing details like which IPs are accessing the system, the destination, and the policies applied. This visualization and detail make managing logs more straightforward. In conjunction with our VMware setup, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer enhances organizational efficiency, meeting the standard log retention period for up to a year.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
29%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
The key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones you have listed are great for APM if you need to monitor applications end to end. I have tested them all and have not f...
What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?
While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything els...
Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
The reporting features, which offer customization, real-time insights, and compliance support, are particularly noteworthy aspects.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
There are no extra expenses included aside from the licensing fee for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, which I am paying annually.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
There are some downsides and areas that require improvement in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs to improve in its utilization of AI to enhance its security log analysis.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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