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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 (9th)
 

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.
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

"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."
"There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of, and it's a very robust product."
"The security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
"Overall we are satisfied with all the features the solution provides."
"FortiAnalyzer has a robust ability to find a compromised host on your network, and when you identify a compromised host, you can address it."
"We use the solution for enterprise firewalls, URL filtering, and SD-WAN."
"Storage in SSD helps in generating customized reports."
"What I like the most is the monitoring system."
"The ability to track the activities of our users and some topics about security risks are the most valuable aspects."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are the dashboards and supporting services."
"The reporting and organizing part of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is very interactive, smooth, and easy to use."
 

Cons

"The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective."
"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."
"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 solution should be more price competitive."
"From my point of view, at this time, the solution isn't lacking any features or functionalities."
"The traffic monitoring could be better, and stability could be improved."
"I need some improvements in the support team since it is an area where there are certain shortcomings."
"The technical support isn't very good, I rate it a 2 out of 5."
"The deployment is complex and has room for improvement."
"The FortiAnalyzer is not good at managing multi-version environments."
"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."
"Compared to other products, the price is a little bit high."
"Its price is okay for us. Fortinet products are cheaper than other solutions."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite an expensive tool."
"I do not know the price of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. I did not pay for it, but I know the price of other Fortinet products. They are not cheap. I am from Poland. We have Zloty, not Euro, so for us, everything is expensive."
"I rate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer's pricing as five out of ten."
"I would rate the price of FortiAnalyzer as seven out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
"It is not very expensive when customers understand the value of this product and the importance of the information that it provides for security."
"FortiAnalyzer was in the product itself, but two years ago they split it from Fortinet. We paid the license two years ago."
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Financial Services Firm
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Construction Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise31
 

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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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