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Fortinet FortiSandbox vs NetWitness Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSandbox
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (3rd), Threat Deception Platforms (7th)
NetWitness Platform
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (37th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (29th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Fortinet FortiSandbox and NetWitness Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Fortinet FortiSandbox is designed for Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and holds a mindshare of 9.7%, up 9.5% compared to last year.
NetWitness Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Log Management, holds 0.3% mindshare, down 0.4% since last year.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Abdelhamid Saber - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced network security with adaptable integration and really good support
We use FortiSandbox for scanning files and images that pass through our networks. It integrates with different devices, such as five adapters and other Fortinet devices It is time-saving and more secure. It saves us from a lot of antivirus and anti-malware issues. The adapter is beneficial as it…
MOTASHIM Al Razi - PeerSpot reviewer
It is a stable solution, but they should make the user interface easier to understand
The solution's initial setup takes work. We have to organize multiple paths and many features. The deployment process takes less than a week. But it takes a month to complete if we want to make the solution smarter by integrating it with various devices. I rate the process as a six out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The scanner office document as well as PDF are useful. The most valuable thing is that you can emulate different operating systems without having the danger of getting something infected. It emulates several operating systems, and as a result, you either get the file or you don't get the file."
"The adapter is beneficial as it allows integration with various devices, not just Fortinet."
"The solution has the highest stability...The solution's setup is not complex as they are already included in Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox is scalable."
"The analysis engine is a very valuable feature."
"It is an easily scalable solution."
"The GUI makes administration tasks straightforward."
"It's fully scalable. There is no limit. Of course, the license limits per day the number of terabytes. In my opinion, it's very flexible."
"The most valuable features are its ingestion of logs and raising of alerts based on those logs."
"The most valuable feature of RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets are the alerts and correlations tools."
"It gives the capability for the incident response team to correlate logs to identify any kind of problem like malware and incidents in a general sense, both for logs and packets."
"The most valuable feature is the security that it provides."
"It's quite economical compared to other solutions in the market."
"The development of use cases on the SSA console is quite user friendly. This means that the security analyst or the researcher does not have to learn another language."
"Setting up NetWitness is straightforward. There are multiple connectors, including standard and specialized connectors. One purpose of the connectors is the enhanced capability integrate the custom applications. NetWitness comes with E6 appliances and application images that we use for the initial configurations and for the OS stack information. From there, you can consider the correlation rules, integrate the different log sources, and easily create correlation rules and backlog reports."
 

Cons

"Most people are confused about how to use the right integration of the right Fortinet product."
"The integration is limited. The solution needs to offer better integration with multiple vendors."
"The initial setup is not too complex but could be easier."
"If we can have more dashboards, it would be good."
"The product is good but it could be speedier. In addition, it's quite complex."
"The reporting tools could be improved in Fortinet FortiSandbox."
"There could be more templates and a higher number of simulated VMs to configure more use cases. Sometimes we need to configure many use cases in many different environments, and if the number of VMs that we configure is limited, we have to remove some and reconfigure the environment if we need another environment."
"The licensing can be very confusing. It needs to be simplified."
"Technical support could be improved."
"Health monitoring of the event sources and devices."
"The initial setup is complex. There are other solutions that are easier to implement."
"The system architecture is complex and sometimes it’s hard to troubleshoot potential problems."
"The initial setup was complex because it takes a lot of time to complete the implementation."
"We have encountered issues with unresolved crashes."
"Security needs improvement."
"The implementation needs assistance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product's pricing a five or six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."
"FortiSandbox is a subscription that can be purchased from Fortinet directly. Only using FortiSandbox as features purchased as a subscription in the cloud."
"Altogether, it is about €10,000 for the Sandbox and Email Gateway."
"The price of Fortinet FortiSandbox is expensive."
"The price is competitive."
"The price of Fortinet FortiSandbox is not expensive."
"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"It is an expensive solution."
"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."
"The tool is very expensive, so I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. The solution has an annual subscription."
"It provides tools to assist in selecting the appropriate license and usage scenarios."
"This is a pricey solution; it's not cheap."
"It’s cheaper to run virtual machines in a VMware environment."
"We are on an annual license for the use of the solution."
"The new pricing and licensing mechanisms are fair. I would advise always to get the full solution (i.e., not only Logs)."
"Many clients are not able to purchase the packet capability because there is a huge amount of data, and the cost depends on the number of EPS (Events per second), as well as the number of gigabytes of data per day."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSandbox?
The real-time analysis capability of FortiSandbox is beneficial for email analysis.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSandbox?
I think it's affordable. For the six to seven months of usage, the cost has been reasonable.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSandbox?
We sometimes face a delay in email scanning due to not having multiple virtual machines. Improvements could be made in dynamic scanning, scanning all email components such as URLs and attachments, ...
What do you like most about NetWitness Platform?
The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?
The pricing is comparable to others, and I consider the cost to be intermediate. Specific cost details are unknown to me.
What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?
There is currently no need for improvement in the SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ), though there could be potential enhancements by integrating with AI.
 

Also Known As

FortiSandbox
RSA Security Analytics
 

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Sample Customers

Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG
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