Fortinet vs SolarWinds

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Fortinet
Based on 1508 reviews.
SolarWinds
Based on 352 reviews.
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Overview
Fortinet, Inc. is an American multinational corporation founded in 2000 by brothers Ken and Michael Xie. The company sells high performance network security products and services including their flagship integrated network security solution, the FortiGate firewall. Fortinet distributes its systems and subscription-based services using the channel partner sales method via more than 20,000 partners worldwide.
SolarWinds Inc. develops enterprise information technology infrastructure management software for IT professionals. In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $112.5 million in 2009. In 2012, SolarWinds' total revenue reached $269 million. In June 2014, the company purchased the Swedish web-monitoring company Pingdom.
Sample Customers
Fortinet FortiSIEM
FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
General Directorate of Information Technology
Fortinet FortiManager
Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
Fortinet FortiGate IPS
Riverside Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Dell SecureWorks, Credit Bank Zagreb
FortiMonitor
SONY, GoDaddy, HCL, ING, ARMOR, billboard
SolarWinds NPM
Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor
Air Rarotonga
SolarWinds Network Automation Manager
Maalem Financing Company, School City of Hammond
SolarWinds AppOptics
TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista
SolarWinds Security Event Manager
NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.
Solarwinds Papertrail
Product Hunt
Loggly
Lenovo, Pizza Hut, Care.com, USGA, Citrix, Neustar, Lucidchart, Samsung, Sendgrid, AKQU, Ebates, EA
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Holy Cross Energy, West Texas A&M University, Medium Enterprise Industrial Manufacturing Company
SolarWinds Kiwi Log Viewer
1. Atlassian 2. Cisco 3. Dell EMC 4. Google 5. IBM 6. Intel 7. JPMorgan Chase 8. LinkedIn 9. Microsoft 10. Oracle 11. PayPal 12. SAP 13. Siemens 14. Spotify 15. Tesla 16. Twitter 17. Uber 18. VMware 19. WeWork 20. World Bank 21. Xerox 22. Yahoo 23. Zynga 24. Accenture 25. Amazon Web Services 26. ATT 27. Cloudflare 28. Facebook 29. Gartner 30. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 31. Salesforce 32. ServiceNow
SolarWinds IT Operations Manager
1. Aetna 2. Adobe 3. ADP 4. Airbus 5. Amazon 6. American Express 7. Aon 8. ATT 9. Autodesk 10. Bank of America 11. Barclays 12. BASF 13.Bayer 14. BlackRock 15. Boeing 16. Cisco 17. CocaCola 18. Comcast 19. Dell 20. Disney 21. Equinox 22. ExxonMobil 23. FedEx 24.Ford 25. GE 26. Google 27. HP 28. IBM 29. Intel 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kraft Heinz 32. Lockheed Martin 33. McDonald's 34. Merck 35. Microsoft 36. Morgan Stanley 37. Nike 38. Oracle 39. PepsiCo 40. Pfizer 41. Prudential Financial 42. Qualcomm 43. SAP 44. Siemens 45. SoFi 46. Starbucks 47. Tesla 48. Toyota 49. Visa 50. Walmart 51. Wells Fargo 52. World Bank
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