We performed a comparison between Elastic Security and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Elastic Security is commended for its adaptability, extensive customization options, and seamless integration with the ELK Stack. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer features exceptional log collection capabilities and customizable reporting. Elastic Security could improve by reducing resource usage, automating threat response, and simplifying the user experience. FortiAnalyzer enables users to centrally manage and analyze logs in real time. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could simplify its reporting module and cloud storage capabilities.
Service and Support: Some Elastic Security users found their support helpful, while others experienced difficulties and delays. Some Fortinet customers were dissatisfied with support, but others said it was helpful and responsive.
Ease of Deployment: Elastic Security generally has a straightforward setup but may require trained specialists. FortiAnalyzer's initial setup is uncomplicated and manageable, typically taking approximately 30 minutes to a few hours. Some IT knowledge may be required.
Pricing: Elastic Security is considered affordable and cost-effective, with pricing based on the size of the monitored environment. While FortiAnalyzer isn't the most expensive option, users say the pricing could be more competitive. FortiAnalyzer's cost depends on the storage requirements, and many customers consider it reasonable.
ROI: Elastic Security has shown mixed results in terms of ROI, with some users expressing concerns about the quality of their premium support. FortiAnalyzer helps customers by providing insight into network traffic and speeding up issue resolution.
"It's a good platform and the very best in the current market. We looked at the Forester report from December 2022 where it was said to be a leader."
"It's very stable and reliable."
"Elastic is straightforward, easy to integrate, and highly customizable."
"The indexes allow you to get your results quickly. The filtering and log passing is the advantage of Logstash."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"It's simple and easy to use."
"ELK documentation is very good, so never needed to contact technical support."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The log analysis and reporting are both quite good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is reporting."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a complete package for managing our equipment."
"The scalability is good. It is also good in the cluster nodes. You can make multiple FortiAnalyzer clusters groups, and you can distribute the logs between these FortiAnalyzer nodes. In other words, you can expand the scale."
"Logging is the best feature."
"The interface is simple and easy to navigate."
"The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"Improvements in Elastic Security could include refining and normalizing queries to make them more user-friendly, enhancing the user experience with better documentation, and addressing any latency issues."
"The price of this product could be improved, especially the additional costs. I would also like to see better-quality graphics."
"There is an area of improvement in the Logs list. The load list may need to be paginated as there are limits."
"An area for improvement in Elastic Security is the pricing. It could be better. Right now, when you increase the volume of logs to be collected, the price also increases a lot."
"Sometimes, the solution isn't the easiest to use."
"The interface could be more user friendly because it is sometimes hard to deal with."
"If you compare this with CrowdStrike or Carbon Black, they can improve."
"The solution does not have a UI and this is one of the reasons we are looking for another solution."
"It's possible that they could add some advanced analytics and some proactive controls for logging analytics. That will help a lot."
"Feature-wise, it is working very well for us. We don't need any additional features. However, its pricing can be improved. For small business customers, price is an important factor."
"They need to make the monitor better."
"The technical support is not very reliable."
"The interface or GUI does not work properly on Microsoft Edge. The behavior or the view is different on Microsoft Edge versus on Chrome or Firefox. When some buttons do not work, I am forced to switch to Firefox."
"The solution is expensive."
"The deployment is complex and has room for improvement."
"It should have customized reports as well. While it currently has them, you need to write a script which is not straightforward."
Elastic Security is ranked 5th in Log Management with 58 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 81 reviews. Elastic Security is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Elastic Security writes "A stable and scalable tool that provides visibility along with the consolidation of logs to its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". Elastic Security is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM Security QRadar and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, Grafana Loki and syslog-ng. See our Elastic Security vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer report.
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