FortiMonitor vs LiveAction LiveNX comparison

Fortinet and BlueCat are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Fortinet is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.7, while BlueCat is ranked #29 with an average rating of 7.8. Fortinet holds a 0.8% mindshare in NMS, compared to BlueCat’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of BlueCat users who would recommend it.

FortiMonitor

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81% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

LiveAction LiveNX and FortiMonitor compete in the network monitoring and management category. Despite LiveAction LiveNX having advantages in customer support satisfaction and cost efficiency, FortiMonitor appears to hold the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set and perceived ROI.

Features: LiveAction LiveNX offers network performance monitoring, traffic analysis, and detailed visualizations, providing significant network insights. FortiMonitor offers infrastructure monitoring, flexible alerting, and strong integration abilities, well-suited for diverse environments.

Room for Improvement: LiveAction LiveNX could benefit from expanding its integration options, enhancing its alert customization, and improving its overall adaptability to various infrastructures. FortiMonitor could focus on streamlining its deployment process, simplifying user interface designs, and reducing the learning curve associated with its advanced features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LiveAction LiveNX is praised for its straightforward deployment and effective customer support, ensuring a seamless implementation process. FortiMonitor provides deployment flexibility with cloud and on-premises options, though it may involve a steeper learning curve. Nevertheless, it is supported by reliable customer service.

Pricing and ROI: LiveAction LiveNX attracts budget-conscious users with a cost-effective setup and favorable ROI, while FortiMonitor, despite higher initial costs, promises a more substantial ROI due to its comprehensive features and operational efficiencies.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

FortiMonitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

21st

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

22nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Alerting and Incident Management (9th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (7th)

LiveAction LiveNX

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

29th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

29th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of FortiMonitor is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LiveAction LiveNX is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
FortiMonitor	0.8%
LiveAction LiveNX	0.7%
Other	98.5%

Network Monitoring Software

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JaimeVasquez

Commercial Manager at IT-Experience

Monitoring capabilities keep operations running smoothly and alerts enhance proactive system management

We use FortiMonitor to monitor the infrastructure of our customers. We check on what is happening with their operations, monitor bandwidth, ensure configurations are appropriate for the customer, and identify if anything is going wrong The most valuable features of FortiMonitor are its redundancy…

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Ashwani Bansal

Senior Solution Consultant at Orange

Network management and diagnostics improved through effective monitoring and reporting capabilities

The solution is handy. I have not used that particular feature. Maintenance is required for the system. If you want to use something on the endpoints or end-user devices, then using LiveAction LiveNX in place of other tools would be quite beneficial. The solution impacts operational costs and resources. On a scale of 1-10, I rate LiveAction LiveNX a nine.

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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

"The most valuable feature of this solution is what the devices are used for. We have big backups for our Cradlepoint solutions, but FortiMonitor is a great routing device and we love working with them."

"The solution helps to see client infrastructure. It has many boxes and blinks green or red when the station goes up or down. We have different domains for the device groups that we monitor."

"FortiMonitor is really easy to use for monitoring the logs on FortiGate...It is a stable product."

"With FortiMonitor, you can get all the logs of the traffic information of the destination or the source."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"FortiMonitor has a very intuitive dashboard, which makes it particularly helpful for analyzing traffic, alerts, and other information."

"Fortinet's customer support is very good."

"The most valuable feature of FortiMonitor is the overall ability to monitor the health of the environment."

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"Its analytical capability is really good."

"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."

"We provide a tool for our customers to manage their reports. It's an extremely highly featured platform capable of producing a lot of data. We spent quite a long time working with customers and LiveAction to create template reports, and they're very good and configurable. You get a lot of data if you don't configure them."

"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."

"On a scale of 1-10, I rate LiveAction LiveNX a nine."

"The product has a very good graphical interface."

"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."

"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."

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Cons

"FortiMonitor needs to improve its alert system."

"Sometimes, during high CPU usage, we cannot access FortiMonitor and must refresh it."

"FortiMonitor could be improved by making it more convenient for smaller workloads, such as when configuring a few branches."

"I think the current features are really good for me, nothing else comes to mind right now. Maybe some small improvements could be made in the customization and configuration part of the UI to make it easier or more intuitive. Customizable UI options, like we saw in the demo, could be helpful for everyone. But in our operational environment, having clear health status and system details is crucial for us system engineers. One feature I'd really like to see is a credential management system. It would help us keep track of who's logged in and how many times, which is important due to user restrictions. Sometimes, we need to manage logins more efficiently, like logging off other users to free up credentials. So having a feature like that would be really helpful."

"We use FortiToken, and it's a pain to use because you have to send things through your phone and then confirm by email. Only after this can you log in. It's dual-factor authentication. I wish that I could just log in or bring up a dashboard where I could log in from."

"There is room for improvement in the FortiMonitor report. It is not ideal for showcasing to tech customers or managers, especially when trying to display high CPU usage from logins within a specific range of months or the most recent month."

"FortiMonitor's monitoring could be much better. It should be like, in Palo Alto."

"The tool's price in Vietnam is high, making it an area of concern where improvements can be made."

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"The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers."

"Maintenance is required for the system."

"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."

"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."

"The only downside to this software is the price."

"The customer service and technical support of LiveAction LiveNX are rated at 4 out of 10."

"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."

"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are additional costs needed for certain functionality, such as scalability."

"The tool's pricing model in Vietnam is a bit high. I rate the product price as an eight out of ten."

"Compared to other solutions, FortiMonitor is a very expensive solution."

"In terms of licensing, while it may not be the most expensive option on the market, it's relatively cost-effective. You can obtain licenses at a lower cost, with the calculation being straightforward. For example, if you onboard around 5,000 devices, you'll need approximately 5,000 licenses, as each device typically counts as one license."

"On a scale from one to ten, I rate the pricing a nine since it is a good solution that is available at a cheap price."

"We have a large customer base for Fortinet, and the additional buying power got us really great discounts."

"The price of FortiMonitor is approximately $200 annually for 225 users. The price is competitive."

"FortiMonitor's price is very high."

"We use the free version."

"It's very expensive."

"The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

26%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	9

Questions from the Community

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

I have a clear bias because I work for Panopta. We aren't a fit for everyone, but I can confirm that Panopta is a lot less work to stand up and maintain. It's also a lot easier to use and onboard n...

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What do you like most about FortiMonitor?

In FortiMonitor, we're linked up with our Netgear, CactusServer, and NOC. It's really valuable because everything's migrating to one dashboard for us system engineers. We can keep an eye on traffic...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FortiMonitor?

FortiMonitor does save time but not significantly on costs, as there are still expenses related to procurement, installation, and licensing.

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What do you like most about LiveAction LiveNX?

The product has a very good graphical interface.

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What needs improvement with LiveAction LiveNX?

The solution could be enhanced by implementing custom patterns for each customer.

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What is your primary use case for LiveAction LiveNX?

The customers use LiveAction LiveNX for network monitoring and management purposes.

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Also Known As

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LiveNX

Overview

FortiMonitor is a comprehensive, SaaS-based digital experience monitoring (DEM) platform that helps organizations modernize their performance-monitoring tools. It provides visibility into endpoint application performance and digital experience—no matter where the user resides or where the application is hosted.

Fortinet

LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.

BlueCat

Sample Customers

SONY, GoDaddy, HCL, ING, ARMOR, billboard

Tampa Electric, Digital First Media, Allscripts, Boxwood Technology

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