Fortinet FortiSIEM vs SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer comparison

"Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users."

"The product is quite well-organized. The GUI makes it easy to navigate."

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

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

"The most valuable feature is auto-discovery. When you send logs from any device to port 514, it helps register those devices automatically."

"FortiSIEM helped us discover all the threats at the time that were attacking the IT services of the company. We now have multiple-level authentication."

"We find the solution to be stable."

"It provides extensive logging and record-keeping for internal networks, cloud applications, and services as well as perimeter physical network security."

"The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."

"For managing the traffic, it provides you a response about whether the traffic is down, up, or heavy, which is a very powerful feature. It has a good response time. We have been using this solution for many years, and we don't have any problem with this solution."

"With SolarWinds, we are now able to accurately gauge bandwidth consumption."

"The support is excellent."

"The performance analysis is a valuable feature. With the performance analyzer, we can see the realtime monitoring, the realtime performance, and historical performance on specific components like virtualization storage, CPU, servers and network equipment."

"It doesn't cost too much."

"So far, it is a very stable product."

"What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."

"The deployment of the platform took some time to set up and configure."

"I would like to see easier implementation in the future."

"An improvement would be if FortiSIEM's licensing was based on the number of nodes rather than the EPS."

"The solution's interface could be modernized and improved."

"The only drawback is the licensing model. It can get expensive if you want to integrate more solutions."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users."

"They need to integrate better with Cisco and Palo Alto."

"FortiSIEM needs to expand its integration with third-party vendors. I don't know if Forcepoint has been added, but there were limited resources for integrating Forcepoint solutions when we implemented FortiSIEM. It integrates well with other Fortinet products and solutions from established cybersecurity companies like Palo Alto but doesn't integrate with some of the newer vendors."

"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is the dashboarding. The user interface also has room for improvement because it's currently clunky."

"It can be complex to set up and configure."

"I would like to see better customization capabilities."

"Technical support could be improved with quicker response times."

"One area that we struggle with is the price. Because the price of this solution is so high, we are largely unable to introduce it into the local market, and only the banking sector has the means to afford it."

"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."

"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."

"As people always complain about the pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, it's an area for improvement in the solution. People find it expensive. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is support, as it could be better."

"We pay for a license for FortiSIEM. We pay for the license and renewal."

"The price of the solution is expensive. The license is scalable. If there are 10 devices it is simple to license."

"Please be cheaper and more simplified."

"The solution is available for both, perpetual and subscription licenses."

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

"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."

"The price is competitive."

"The tool is really expensive. For what the tool does for our team, the price is fair."

"The pricing is really good."

"SolarWinds' pricing structure is the primary reason why some customers opt for another solution such as ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. In NTA, you are charged per port, meaning that if you have a 24-port switch you will be charged for 24 individual nodes. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, on the other hand, charges per switch, such that if you add a switch, the entire switch will count as one single node."

"Licensing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is paid yearly, and there are no additional costs that you need to pay apart from the standard licensing fees because you don't need to purchase another solution to make SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer work. Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is more expensive than other solutions."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."

"Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."

"The solution's licensing is high-priced."

"The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."