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 #64, while Fortinet is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.1. IS Decisions holds a 0.3% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Fortinet’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IS Decisions users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

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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)

64th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (52nd)

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 October 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of FileAudit is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiSIEM is 3.3%, 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	3.3%
FileAudit	0.3%
Other	96.4%

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

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

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

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

"The advanced agents used to collect logs have been most valuable. We have also made use of the advanced intelligence this solution offers."

"The Threat Hunting feature provides complete traffic analysis."

"The ability to write my own parsers for the devices that are not supported by Fortinet is the most valuable feature."

"Real-time monitoring makes life quite easy for me."

"Easy alert setup which enables different alerts in different categories."

"It works well with medium to large-scale enterprises."

"It gives us the opportunity to generate notifications based upon rules that get triggered, and the rules could be specific to PCI, HIPAA, GIBA, NIST, and so forth."

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

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Cons

"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."

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

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is a little out of sight and needs more marketing efforts to be popular in the market."

"Network detection and response is a separate product."

"The built-in APIs in Fortinet FortiSIEM are somewhat lacking and could be improved for better integration with external ITSM products."

"The dashboards need to be improved. It gives you so much detail, but sometimes too much detail, especially to an executive, it's too much."

"It lacks a "wizard" that shows a particular user's activity or particular circumstance. I think the interface is intimidating because there's so much information there."

"If there is a configuration on the wrong side of the network or there are changes that result in harm to our IT infrastructure, the solution should immediately fix it."

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

"With FortiSIEM, the issue has to do with the ways we can generate a report. It's not as flexible compared to that with other SIEM tools, like Splunk."

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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."

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

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is not an expensive solution."

"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's products are not expensive, it is less than the competition."

"They have a yearly subscription."

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

"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The free version license of the product is available for two months."

"Pricing is acceptable for more than 90% of our customers, as they normally get discounts."

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

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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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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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