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Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer offers competitive pricing, high efficiency, and cost savings, making it a valuable investment for organizations.
Sentiment score
7.0
Users find Splunk Cloud beneficial for cost savings, quick issue resolution, improved visibility, and notable ROI, despite some drawbacks.
The impact of the tool is low when the functionalities are inaccessible due to resource consumption.
Pre Sales/ Cybersecurity Engineer at Contacta
Fortinet is highly efficient for moderate deployments and provides a secure platform for medium-sized networks and data centers.
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer due to its competitive pricing and straightforward licensing model based on the amount of log data processed per day.
Technical Engineer - Technical Security at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Splunk Cloud Platform has impacted operational costs; it's a bit expensive, but it provides value for money.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
FortiAnalyzer's customer service is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, though some report delays and inefficiencies with support levels.
Sentiment score
5.7
Splunk Cloud Platform's support is inconsistent, with premium users satisfied but others experiencing delays and varying response quality.
Customer service and support for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are quite helpful and responsive.
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Technical support is good, and I rate it ten out of ten.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
The support service is very slow and incompetent.
Network Security Engineer at Ensure Support Services Limited
Premium support is costly and may not always provide a satisfactory experience.
Sr Manager at Continued
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.2
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer suits diverse needs with proper sizing, excelling in virtual environments but limited by hardware and cost.
Sentiment score
7.3
Splunk Cloud Platform impresses with scalability but faces cost concerns, praised for adaptability and easy resource expansion.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is scalable, especially for the VM versions, as additional space can be provisioned from the servers as needed.
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
FortiAnalyzer is a scalable product.
Technology Consultant at 1ware
It typically handles three to five years of expansion effectively.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is stable and reliable, handling large logs well, though rare performance issues may occur with OS mismatches.
Sentiment score
7.9
Splunk Cloud Platform is praised for 99.9% availability, minimal issues, and quick resolution, ensuring high user-rated stability.
We faced some CPU consumption issues, which caused the machine to slow down and required a restart of FortiAnalyzer.
Pre Sales/ Cybersecurity Engineer at Contacta
It remains stable during implementation for one or two years.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
It provides a reliable solution for managing network-wide data.
Technical Engineer - Technical Security at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users recommend enhancing FortiAnalyzer's interface, integration, support, and AI while addressing high costs and setup complexity.
Splunk Cloud users face high costs, limited training, integration challenges, insufficient documentation, performance issues, and complex setup.
When licensing, each device is licensed separately, such as the firewall, which can become expensive.
Network &Security Engineer at Natioanal Drug Authority Uganda
This would help in analyzing various security incidents and events more effectively by delivering a handful of relevant logs instead of thousands.
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Enhanced deep inspection features would make troubleshooting easier.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
Splunk Cloud Platform needs improvement in its security offerings, specifically in cybersecurity.
Sr Manager at Continued
Integration is a bit difficult due to the coding required for the integrations.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find Fortinet FortiAnalyzer pricing varies, with competitive rates but high costs for extensive licensing and setups.
Splunk Cloud Platform's high cost and complex licensing challenge small organizations and complicate budgeting due to unbundled features.
Its licensing model is based on the amount of log data processed per day, making it more cost-effective compared to QRadar, which is EPS and device-based.
Technical Engineer - Technical Security at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
In terms of pricing, FortiAnalyzer is not expensive.
Technology Consultant at 1ware
In the Indian market, Fortinet's pricing is very competitive, allowing us to win most of our deals.
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Splunk Cloud is considered too expensive, with its two product offerings both being costly.
Sr Manager at Continued
If I were to rate the price for the product from 1 to 10, I would rate it nine.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Valuable Features

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer offers centralized analysis with real-time logs, customizable dashboards, and automation for effective network management.
Splunk Cloud Platform offers advanced search, dashboards, real-time analysis, AI insights, multi-cloud monitoring, and reduces maintenance workload.
The advanced analytics capabilities aid in threat detection by providing visibility into indicators of compromise.
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to simplify and display logs clearly, providing details like which IPs are accessing the system, the destination, and the policies applied.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
The log management is useful as we have connected around two hundred eighty-five walls and around fifteen to twenty plus firewalls with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, making it highly beneficial compared to logging into each individual firewall.
Senior Manager at ITX360 (Pvt) Ltd
The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its robustness and ability to ingest logs.
Sr Manager at Continued
The real-time search capability of this product enhances operational decision-making.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (12th)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (3rd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is designed for Log Management and holds a mindshare of 1.7%, down 2.2% compared to last year.
Splunk Cloud Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.
Log Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer1.7%
Wazuh9.4%
Splunk Enterprise Security7.1%
Other81.8%
Log Management
Data Visualization Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.0%
Tableau Enterprise11.3%
Qlik Sense5.6%
Other82.1%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

Manikandan Kannan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology at Techfruits
Simplifying log management by displaying detailed access information
The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to simplify and display logs clearly, providing details like which IPs are accessing the system, the destination, and the policies applied. This visualization and detail make managing logs more straightforward. In conjunction with our VMware setup, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer enhances organizational efficiency, meeting the standard log retention period for up to a year.
JA
Sr Manager at Continued
Needs better cybersecurity features but offers robust log ingestion
Splunk Cloud Platform needs improvement in its security offerings, specifically in cybersecurity. It has not kept pace with competitors over recent years, and integration with the Cisco ecosystem after Cisco's acquisition of Splunk has also been slow. The product should incorporate more readily available features, especially in security monitoring. The federated search feature is costly. Extracting meaningful insights beyond essential log data proves challenging due to the product's reliance on manual processes. Users must manually configure detections, develop logic for insights, and manage dashboards. While the product boasts numerous out-of-the-box capabilities, these often require extensive modification to align with specific user needs, limiting their practical applicability. Splunk Cloud Platform doesn't inherently provide visibility as a standalone product. It's a platform for building custom visibility solutions. We need to feed it data and then write logic to define what insights we want to extract. While pre-built solutions might be available in the marketplace, Splunk doesn't offer out-of-the-box visibility. If we know our requirements, we can utilize code and research to create custom dashboards, but it requires effort and expertise. The pre-built reports in Splunk Cloud Platform are generic and require manual adjustments to extract specific, granular information, which requires the user to be knowledgeable.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business58
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise31
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise42
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
The reporting features, which offer customization, real-time insights, and compliance support, are particularly noteworthy aspects.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
The pricing of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is okay. For smaller companies, the pricing is acceptable.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
I don't know what the main room for improvement is for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, but perhaps I don't have much experience, so I cannot answer this question comprehensively.
What do you like most about Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
If I were to rate the price for the product from 1 to 10, I would rate it nine.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved. The challenges I have encountered while integrating Splunk Cloud Platform include that integration is a...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

General Directorate of Information Technology
Mindtouch
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