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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 (11th)
 

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.

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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, and it's a very robust product."
"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 security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
"FortiAnalyzer's reporting features like graphs, threat intelligence, and vulnerabilities analysis are helpful. Fortinet knows how to do reporting. You can customize your reports to show exactly what you want to analyze. It's user-friendly and doesn't require a lot of effort."
"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."
"This solution offers one view of incident management which has been the most valuable feature."
"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."
"Log View is the most valuable part for us, as we can view logs from different Fortigates on a single GUI."
"The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"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 have other log analyzers, but we have found with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer when you have a Fortinet environment, it's fully integrated."
 

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."
"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."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective."
"It is very important that FAZ can support FortiController as the architecture designed for the network. FortiController should be registered in FAZ at least for event logs."
"I need some improvements in the support team since it is an area where there are certain shortcomings."
"I feel that Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a little bit heavy, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could be improved by enabling features such as predictive analysis. We should implement AI features, correlation of different logs, and have predictive analysis, including alerts for policy violations."
"The following could be better: operation and maintenance, high-availability architecture, and management link embedded in the transmission link."
"FortiAnalyzer is a good product; but, I keep thinking that FortiAnalyzer isn't really what I'm looking for which is why I am looking to acquire a SIEM solution."
"The solution costs too much."
"I would like to see an improvement in the technical support. Stronger authentication will also be a plus."
 

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 number of licenses required directly corresponds with the number of devices connected."
"We have around 12 devices and yearly we spend approximately $14,000."
"I rate FortiAnalyzer six out of 10 for affordability. FortiAnalyzer pricing isn't steady. It changes each quarter or year. That's one of the main problems in West Abaco because most businesses here are small or medium-sized enterprises. It makes budgeting complicated. You always want to pay the same price on the subscription."
"The price is not expensive when compared to other solutions like Palo Alto."
"The program is expensive."
"Its price is okay for us. Fortinet products are cheaper than other solutions."
"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."
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Manufacturing Company
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Construction Company
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Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise22
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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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