Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Reviews

Our company uses the solution to capture our Forti Firewall into a centralized box and auditing folder that is analyzed at least once per year. Four staff members use the solution, produce detailed reports, and manage operations. 

We initially implemented the solution on-premises at our data center in Colombo City. Now, we are implementing things to the cloud so our next plan is to secure cloud-level protection. 

Technical reports clearly identify system checks, locations and areas, how many times things escape, which firewall is affected, and source IDs. 

Software reports are good but should match the dashboard and include top-level output instead of just base or low-level devices. Currently, we need to look into web URLs to analyze information. We are planning to move to the next level because we need threads for other devices such as HDMI or VGA output. 

I have been using the solution for four years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

The management side requires an additional user account that is maintained and AD authenticated by the analyzer. It would be easier to integrate features without this required account that limits scalability from the management side. 

A few years ago, we were implementing and had a session expired issue because the application session had expired on the national channel level. We contacted local agents who reached out to support. The help desk successfully sorted out and fixed the issue. Support is located in India and uses the English language. 

The setup is straightforward with a very easy deployment program. Some IT knowledge is helpful but it is not hard to setup or manage the solution. 

Base features used to be priced lower but now are a bit higher. We have some requirements and combine more than 100 showrooms to the SDN with the MLPS connection. Compared to other products, the price is a little bit high. 

I rate pricing an eight out of ten.

We did not evaluate other options. 

The solution has good availability and provides good information. A few features can be improved to a degree.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

I have been using the solution in my company since after we set up and configured the tool, we managed the migration. Sometimes, I have to take care of my customers. My customers are using the product well.

The product can be used as a full-time solution and as a reasonable antivirus product. With the firewall, it protects the systems from ransomware attacks.

The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for five to ten years. I use the solution's latest version.

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

If I consider my company's customers, some are government organizations.

I get support for the product from the solution's website. I also get local support from a solution company that deals with our organization's support team. The product's support team is very good and knowledgeable. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

Positive

For installation, I approached a technology company in Vietnam that provides the required team support.

The solution is deployed on the cloud, but it isn't easy to operate in Vietnam since money is collected every year.

The solution's deployment is difficult since you need knowledge about networks, rules, policies or else you may get confused when you collect information from your customers.

The tool offers protection to my network. The costs related to the licensing part of the solution for each year keep increasing every year. In other countries, the product may seem cheap, but in Vietnam, the costs are high. There is not enough money for businesses to pay for the tool.

For cybersecurity, my company normally uses the asset list and applies it to some applications like an antivirus or IDS system.

One of the product's tasks is to provide a firewall to check the effects of a customer's network from outside.

The automation of reports that is possible with the product is good, especially because Fortinet has a lot of products for the customers in the market, including those like the government, banking, and other small businesses. Many people in Vietnam use Bitbucket since they don't have much money. With the setup of the firewall, the traffic gets controlled. When you start the firewall very high, I believe the 30 percent time taken to assess risks is very high. The product becomes slow, and it may have an impact on the server.

The solution has impacted our company's operational costs by reducing them by 30 percent.

The performance offered by the product is high only when the network traffic is normal.

It is one of the best firewall products.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is utilized to gather logs from all Fortinet products and generate reports.

The most valuable feature is the capability to gather logs and generate reports. Without this solution, the firewalls exhibit limited proficiency in displaying logs.

The integration with other vendors for log collection could be enhanced.

The licensing cost has room for improvement.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for over three years.

I rate FortiAnalyzer's stability a nine out of ten. We have had instances of data loss or source loss.

For our needs, FortiAnalyzer is scalable because we are not dealing with thousands of firewalls.

The technical support is good.

The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment took a couple of days.

For the deployment, we needed to create the server for deploying the FortiAnalyzer image and create the policy rules. We also had to complete the basic configuration of FortiAnalyzer. Following that, we configured all the resources and logs within FortiAnalyzer to collect and correlate the logs, which are then used to generate reports.

We used a consultant for the implementation.

We pay for an annual license, but we have the ability to determine the payment schedule with our distributor.

The cost of the license is high.

I would give Fortinet FortiAnalyzer a rating of six out of ten. I am not satisfied with the solution as it falls short of a proper SIEM. Therefore, we would prefer to allocate more funds towards a SIEM in order to effectively collect logs.

I use the solution for the configuration process.

Logs are the most useful feature of the solution. The solution is easy to use and easy to integrate. It helps to configure multiple devices at once.

The solution provides details like category, IP address, and location. It would be good if the product could provide data about the websites users visit.

It will be better if the product can build its UI like Cisco Meraki’s.

I have been using the solution for around seven years.

I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

Compared to most other solutions, it is easier to scale Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. We also use FortiAnalyzer VM, so the scalability is pretty flexible. Around 1000 employees in our organization use the solution.

It is a bit of a challenge to return devices. Once we return the device to Fortinet, they will send us a replacement. This process takes a bit of time. The cost of sending the device is very high. With that money, we can buy a smaller device.

The initial setup was very simple.

We need three employees to maintain the solution.

The product’s price is much better than its competitors.

We need to have a license for individual devices to use the solution. We end up in a loop when we try to access the websites and different routes. We also have to provide the options ourselves for all our queries. The process would be better if reports and records were more readily available.

Cisco Meraki is an online portal that provides organized and in-depth reports. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Our organization uses Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for logging purposes, including looking and digging deeper into the logs. The second use of the solution is for reporting, especially when we need some bandwidth utilization report with specific applications being used. We even use the solution's alerting functionality, especially during scenarios when our interface goes down.

The solution's most important feature is how it allows us in our organization to monitor the traffic. The log analyzer is the most important and best feature of the solution, in my view.

Our organization desired a feature in the solution, but it was unavailable. Our organization wants the solution to be able to provide us access to a centralized dashboard that displays a log view for all firewalls under Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. We also wanted to be able to monitor the utilization of our internet proactively through the dashboard. Since such a facility is unavailable, we approached the technical team, who informed us that this task is not within their purview. The solution's failure to offer a centralized dashboard with certain essential capabilities is an area where the solution can improve. It would be highly beneficial if the solution offered a centralized dashboard to its users.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for two and a half years. Since we use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 6.2.0 in our company, I would say that we are not working on the latest version of the solution. Also, we are customers of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since, in our company, we have never experienced the solution crashing or having any other issues. In short, the solution works fine.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten. Approximately five administrators and some others to whom I have given read-only access use the solution.

Since I am quite satisfied with the technical support of the solution, I rate it a nine out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup process was quite good because the solution was user-friendly, and anyone could access and track the solution. Even though I rate this solution an initial setup somewhere between seven to eight out of ten, to be more specific, I rate it an eight. Also, in our company, we have deployed the solution on the cloud.

In our organization, we would say that the solution is worth its money. The solution comes into the picture when there is some drastic failure in our environment, and we need it while trying to find out what went wrong. So, the solution can give an in-depth analysis of such problems.

I won't say the solution is too costly since it is available at a fair price.

I would recommend the solution to those seeking a detailed view of what is going on in their environment. Also, I wish that a centralized dashboard is made available in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer so that a company does not have to look for a better alternative elsewhere since a centralized dashboard would suffice their requirements. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Our company is partners with Fortinet and we provide log monitoring services to our customers. More than one hundred people in our company use the solution. 

The solution provides good standardized reports and is easy to troubleshoot. 

The solution should include the ability to customize reports so that customers receive greater value and high level reporting. 

I would also like to be able to view a real-time log. 

I have been using the solution for seven years. 

The solution is stable. I rate it an eight out of ten. 

The solution is scalable. I rate it a seven out of ten. 

Technical support is very good. 

Positive

The initial setup is very straightforward and is accomplished via quick installation.  

We install the solution for customers. One of our technicians handles base deployment which can take two or three years depending on our customer's needs. 

The hardware has a one-time cost and maintenance is paid by annual subscription. 

Customers contracts are on a monthly basis and include log monitoring services, maintenance, and technical support provided by two technicians. 

The solution is not that expensive and I rate it a five out of ten. 

The solution pairs very well with other Fortinet products.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

We use the product to review firewall logs.

The solution works fine. Separating sections or conditions on Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite clear.

The product should be integrated with other third-party solutions for context exchange.

I have been using the solution for the past two years.

The solution is stable. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.

The solution is scalable. Around 20 to 30 IT employees in our organization use the solution. I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten.

The product is easy to set up.

Around 120 employees work in the technical and maintenance department. I would recommend the solution to other users. I don’t know whether FortiNAC can be integrated with the Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We have some customers that have more than just two branches, and we use FortiManager to manage the network and have FortiAnalyzer in case we have an attack or need more information to understand when something happens. If you have some sort of loss, it's very difficult to identify what is happening without this solution's help.

The solution helps prevent attacks, and in the event of an attack, it can act as a forensic device, which is very useful. We find it helpful for diagnostic purposes. 

It helps, when you have several smaller firewalls, to manage the monitoring. 

The solution is scalable. 

It is very stable and reliable. 

It can be a difficult solution to sell. 

The solution is expensive.

The customer needs to have extensive knowledge in order to use the solution properly.

I've used the solution for a few months. We started using it last year around August. It's been around seven months or so. 

The solution is stable and reliable. I'd rate it nine out of ten. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

We have different customers and are managing the network. We might have 500 people using the solution and maybe eight to ten customers utilizing the solution. 

The solution is expensive. However, the issue is the cost. It will be expensive to scale. That said, if you want to expand, you can. I'd rate the scalability nine out of ten. 

We did not previously use a different solution.

We have seven people available to handle the deployment and maintenance of the product. They are engineers.

The solution can be a bit expensive. I cannot speak to the exact costs. There are no hidden fees attached to the service. 

We are a Fortinet partner. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. I would rate the product eight out of ten.

While I do not use it often, I find it can be difficult to identify when we have an issue to identify what happened. It would be helpful if there was some sort of business intelligence tool attached to it. Or, perhaps it is due to the fact that we may lack a certain level of training in this area.