FileAudit vs Fortinet FortiSIEM comparison

IS Decisions and Fortinet are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. IS Decisions is ranked #63, while Fortinet is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.2. IS Decisions holds a 0.2% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Fortinet’s 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IS Decisions users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

FileAudit

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100% willing to recommend

Fortinet FortiSIEM

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82% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

FileAudit and Fortinet FortiSIEM are leading security tools in the file monitoring and SIEM categories. Fortinet FortiSIEM appears to have the upper hand due to its extensive features and perceived value.

Features: FileAudit offers straightforward implementation, critical file monitoring features, and ease of use. Fortinet FortiSIEM provides robust data analysis, comprehensive SIEM capabilities, and advanced threat detection.

Room for Improvement: FileAudit users suggest more advanced reporting features, additional integration options, and enhanced automation capabilities. Fortinet FortiSIEM needs improved support documentation, a more user-friendly configuration process, and streamlined deployment.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FileAudit is known for quick and hassle-free deployment with responsive customer service. Fortinet FortiSIEM, while powerful, is more complex to deploy and requires detailed configuration but receives positive customer service reviews.

Pricing and ROI: FileAudit is budget-friendly with lower setup costs and a favorable ROI. Fortinet FortiSIEM, despite higher initial costs, is seen as offering significant value over time due to its extensive feature set. Both products deliver satisfactory ROI based on user needs.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

FileAudit

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

63rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (54th)

Fortinet FortiSIEM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of FileAudit is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiSIEM is 3.2%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Fortinet FortiSIEM	3.2%
FileAudit	0.2%
Other	96.6%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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AntoSebastin

Cyber Security Consultant - APAC at Logon Software

A scalable SIEM solution for monitoring a user's activity in the file server

The most valuable features of the solution are its quick and simple features related to advanced permissions for files, allowing for what permission needs to be granted to the users when it comes to the monitoring folder in the solution. If someone who has been denied permission to use a particular folder tries to go to that folder, then the administrator gets a notification. In general, the administrator can easily gather and maintain records if a person who has been denied permission to a particular confidential folder tries to access it.

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Oliver Jackson

Network Engineer at Laminar Communications Pty Ltd

Systems monitoring enhanced by firewall and intrusion detection features

My primary use case for Fortinet FortiSIEM is systems monitoring and alerting. I use it for standard functions like log monitoring, incident detection, and notification. My customers are mostly medium-sized enterprises ranging from engineering companies, mining companies, independent schools, and…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Alerting upon file changes is the most valuable aspect of the product."

"It is a good and stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"Our customer acquires the complete report which is kept for future auditing purposes."

"We have found the most important features in Fortinet FortiSIEM to be the correlation, file utility check, latest file, and hash changes. These features are important for us."

"It's very easy for anyone to work with."

"Our customer did not have security monitoring in the first place. With this solution, it provided security posture management and visibility about the security landscape and threats that they had."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is less costly than other products and is available 24/7."

"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSIEM is the user and entity behave as analytics(UEBA). This feature mixes your data and provides useful information based on the behavior of the targeted."

"These aspects make Fortinet FortiSIEM a valuable choice."

"It's easy to manage. There's a web interface and a command line, depending on what the user is comfortable with. There's a large knowledge base available, and the support is timely."

"Technical support is helpful."

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Cons

"Whenever someone cuts and paste, it shows as "file is deleted"."

"The DLP function, including installation of the agent on the workstation and controlling the DLP restrictions, are areas where the product lacks."

"The updates management and central management console could be improved."

"The process of installing Fortinet FortiSIEM and the customization of the alerts take too long."

"The biggest thing that could be better is a quicker response to support cases."

"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"The solution's technical support didn't help our company a lot."

"The reporting feature is not very attractive for the upper management and I am not able to perform complex/nested queries."

"Improvements include making it easier for users to create their normalizers. Fortinet FortiSIEM uses XML for normalizing and parsing, which can be tedious and time-consuming. A simpler way of using regex could be helpful."

"FortiSIEM needs to expand its integration with third-party vendors. I don't know if Forcepoint has been added, but there were limited resources for integrating Forcepoint solutions when we implemented FortiSIEM. It integrates well with other Fortinet products and solutions from established cybersecurity companies like Palo Alto but doesn't integrate with some of the newer vendors."

"Areas for improvement would be the ease of use and the integration with Fortinet's own products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"FileAudit provides a trial license for 30 days, and after that, customers can choose between perpetual licensing or the annual-based licensing option offered by FileAudit."

"We pay for a license for FortiSIEM. We pay for the license and renewal."

"The tool is really expensive. For what the tool does for our team, the price is fair."

"The price of the solution is expensive. The license is scalable. If there are 10 devices it is simple to license."

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive. I rate the tool's price as an eight out of ten. Compared with Splunk or Oracle, Fortinet is cheap."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is very cost-efficient compared to other SIEM solutions."

"Please be cheaper and more simplified."

"Manageable, however would be better as pay as you go versus CapEX."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is cheaper compared to other products."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	23

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FileAudit?

It is a good and stable solution...It is a scalable solution.

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What needs improvement with FileAudit?

The DLP function, including installation of the agent on the workstation and controlling the DLP restrictions, are areas where the product lacks. It would be great if the aforementioned details wer...

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What is your primary use case for FileAudit?

My company uses FileAudit as an SIEM solution, and it is used for monitoring the file server activity to find out what users did in the file server, which may include modifying the file, deleting i...

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What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSIEM?

I am not familiar with the price and cost of Fortinet FortiSIEM. I cannot tell you if it is high, expensive, or low. However, I can say that it is cost-effective as it provides everything needed.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Regarding Fortinet FortiSIEM, I cannot identify any specific areas for improvement because I can find everything I need. For the time being, I cannot find a real point for improvement. Everything i...

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FortiSIEM, AccelOps

Overview

Agentless, remote and non-intrusive, FileAudit offers a simple more user-friendly way to safeguard and secure file access in a Windows environment. FileAudit provides real-time monitoring and alerting on all access (or access attempts). FileAudit also implements contextual functions such as mass access and alteration alerts, tracking source IP address information for remote data access, and providing granular time and date alerting parameters to monitor folder and file access at unusual or unexpected times.

IS Decisions

FortiSIEM (formerly AccelOps 4) provides an actionable security intelligence platform to monitor security, performance and compliance through a single pane of glass.

Companies around the world use FortiSIEM for the following use cases:

Threat management and intelligence that provide situational awareness and anomaly detection
Alleviating compliance mandate concerns for PCI, HIPAA and SOX
Managing “alert overload”
Handling the “too many tools” reporting issue
Addressing the MSPs/MSSPs pain of meeting service level agreements

Fortinet

Sample Customers

CommuniCare Health Centre, DP World, BAE Systems, Moet Hennessy, Ernst & Young, Honda, Volswagon, VTech, GlakoSmithKline, Lockheed Martin, US Navy, University of Alabama, Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia, Total

FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.

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