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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

"The security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
"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. It's a very robust product."
"There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of, and it's a very robust product."
"We are using this solution, and we are getting good results."
"The solution is stable and there are no bugs or glitches."
"This makes it easy to configure and use. I would recommend it to anyone."
"The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"We use this functionality every day, and obtain reports on things like how many people are using the VPN, which websites are being accessed, and whether hackers are trying to penetrate into our network."
"Separating sections or conditions on Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite clear."
"The event handling solution in the platform is very good and useful."
"The interface is simple and easy to navigate."
 

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."
"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."
"Pricing-wise, it not affordable for the normal customer. Most of the people want to see different types of reporting, but FortiAnalyzer's fee is a little bit difficult."
"The UI can be more user-friendly for new users."
"We are concerned about the compliance of our policy and institutional philosophy."
"With other solutions, such as NetFlow Analyzer, you can really customize your report to what you expect, unlike with FortiAnalyzer."
"The solution does not function well with third-party tools"
"Software reports are good but should match the dashboard and include top-level output instead of just base or low-level devices."
"FortiAnalyzer's price could be lower, but it is cheaper than competitors like Palo Alto, Forcepoint, or Sophos."
"The traffic monitoring could be better, and stability could be improved."
 

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."
"It is expensive for small business customers. It is only available for customers with a high number of firewalls to manage or to report. If a customer has only five boxes of FortiGate, the price of FortiAnalyzer can be more than the five boxes. So, we can't easily put this solution for small business customers."
"When comparing with other solutions such as Checkpoint and Cisco, Fortinet is priced well."
"I would rate the price of FortiAnalyzer as seven out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
"Its worth spending on FortiAnalyzer if you have multiple firewalls in your network."
"Compared to other products, the price is a little bit high."
"We found the price of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer to be reasonable."
"I won't say the solution is too costly since it is available at a fair price."
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Construction Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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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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