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Elastic Beats vs Fortinet FortiAnalyzer comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Beats
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
108
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1269834 - PeerSpot reviewer
I.T. Manager at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
A great addition to our security monitoring system
We haven't to this point had to scale very large, we want to continue to evolve, but it's a slow process for us. From what I've used so far, and my reading on it, I don't think we're going to have any problems scaling to really whatever size we need.
Manikandan Kannan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology at Techfruits
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of. It's a very robust product."
"The security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is to be able to see everything in our network in a single task. A single menu and the graphical bar charts that it provides to give insights are very useful. It also gives very good metrics on bandwidth utilization, CPU, and device performance. It is very simple and easy to use as well."
"The anti-virus protection it offers our clients is solid."
"It is very stable and reliable."
"The log events are quite useful for us."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to report for several management tasks in a very short time."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to create a customized dashboard."
"We have the most data visibility."
"The analyzer is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"At some level, the documentation, the information as far as the components, it's sometimes a little difficult to find the information necessary to implement aspects."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective."
"I don't find Fortinet FortiAnalyzer to be as robust as Check Point Security Management."
"The solution lacks business intelligence features. It's much too basic."
"One thing we struggled with FortiAnalyzer was integration with SIEM. We also had issues with the new threats and APTs. There were false positives, so we needed to have some ratings related to false positives."
"I think some improvement is required in real-time log monitoring, as sometimes it gets stuck or displays results after a delay."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs to improve its pricing flexibility."
"The only issue is the cost of the licenses."
"The support engineers are very slow and incompetent."
"One area for improvement could be better support for third-party products, as it doesn't have as much visibility with these compared to Fortinet's own products."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It wasn't cheap, but it was cost-effective compared to many of the other solutions."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite an expensive tool."
"The cost of the license is high."
"The cost and pricing should be in accordance with the calculation of log storage capacity for a time period required for historical analysis."
"All Fortinet programs come at a good price."
"I rate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer's pricing as five out of ten."
"The enterprise version of this solution is costly. We have considered FortiAuthenticator for network control, but the pricing was focused on the larger companies and didn't suit our needs as a smaller business."
"The number of licenses required directly corresponds with the number of devices connected."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is very expensive."
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
6%
 

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Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise31
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
The pricing of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is okay. For smaller companies, the pricing is acceptable.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
I don't know what the main room for improvement is for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, but perhaps I don't have much experience, so I cannot answer this question comprehensively.
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I am using Fortinet and Red Hat myself as a consultant. I am dealing with Fortinet products and can provide information about them. I am working with Fortinet products, including firewalls and othe...
 

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