We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and Grafana Loki based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It supports SQL for logging and reporting. Log data is inserted into the SQL database for log view and report generation."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is the capturing of traffic for reports."
"We have the most data visibility."
"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."
"The solution allows for a lot of customization."
"Log View is the most valuable part for us, as we can view logs from different Fortigates on a single GUI."
"What I like the most is the monitoring system."
"The event handling solution in the platform is very good and useful."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the tool's GUI. The solution's GUI is very user-friendly."
"Loki also utilizes the same service discovery mechanism as used by Prometheus. So, whatever labeled metadata you see in Prometheus, you have the exact same metadata in the Loki system. Given this level of intricacy and the attempt to address these challenges, I firmly believe that Loki deserves praise for the work."
"I appreciate the capability to process logs from microservices and seamlessly integrate them into Grafana."
"The effectiveness of filters is pivotal for optimizing the search process and extracting the specific information we need from the extensive log data."
"The tool can be used in multi-cluster environments."
"The most valuable feature of Grafana Loki is the dashboards which are really simple to create."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to set up alerts, which becomes necessary when we need to receive notifications for specific events."
"The log collection feature is good and the solution is easily understandable. v"
"Software reports are good but should match the dashboard and include top-level output instead of just base or low-level devices."
"I believe that its technical support is the only aspect that requires significant improvement."
"When somebody is new to the system they find it difficult to perform certain operations, like backups, and to see where the reports are."
"It would be good if the product could provide data about the websites users visit."
"The traffic monitoring could be better, and stability could be improved."
"FortiAnalyzer's price could be lower."
"Though FortiAnalyzer has improved over the last few versions, the user interface still has room for improvement. It's a bit dated-looking."
"The integration between specific tenants and FortiAnalyzer can be simplified when utilizing a multi-tenant EMS for our FortiClient."
"My main concern is the recommended production-grade setup. They suggest using tools like Tanka or Jsonnet. They should simplify the process to increase adoption."
"The solution's scalability depends on the team managing the Grafana instance."
"The solution has shortcomings regarding security monitoring-oriented features that need improvement."
"We had a well-structured dashboard with a functional query. However, an issue arose when the Kubernetes pod restarted. The statistics from our Grafana query would reset, dropping to zero and starting anew. This was particularly noticeable with linear graphs, which are expected to show consistent growth."
"The correlation of requests is not simple in Grafana Loki and can be improved."
"Visualization-wise, Grafana Loki's dashboard looks a little outdated compared to other open-source visualization tools like Chronograf."
"Enhancing speed could be a game-changer, and while it might vary depending on the application, it's a factor worth exploring."
"The product must improve its UI."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 81 reviews while Grafana Loki is ranked 14th in Log Management with 12 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while Grafana Loki is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Grafana Loki writes "Effective for Logging, recovery from node failures is fast and single UI supports metrics, logs, and even tracing". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, LogRhythm SIEM and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, whereas Grafana Loki is most compared with Graylog, Wazuh, syslog-ng, Splunk Enterprise Security and Datadog. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. Grafana Loki report.
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