We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiSandbox based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"It works efficiently for encrypted traffic analysis."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"You have access to a report as to what behaviors the example file entered in the registry."
"FortiSandbox helps us handle unknown threats. Every vendor is competing for who can detect an unknown threat the fastest. Fortinet is competitive in the market."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox is faster than other sandbox solutions."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox puts suspicious files in quarantine, analyzes for virus risks, and lets them out of quarantine if it detects no risk."
"The analysis engine is a very valuable feature."
"The main benefit of Fortinet FortiSandbox is that it allows organizations to detect and prevent unknown threats from entering an infrastructure."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is very good because it catches a lot of threats in emails."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"There could be better integration on the programming side, which uses Python. StealthWatch could provide a template for Python to manage the switches. For example, it would be nice if StealthWatch bounced a port automatically it detected something anomalous."
"The initial setup was complex."
"I would like to see better filters."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"The ability to be natively integrated into Port Aggregator would be beneficial because it would reduce just one more component that's needed in order to have that type of view."
"If you were to compare prices between vendors and manufacturers, you would see that the lowest equipment in the Sandbox line is quite expensive for a new customer."
"If updated, Fortinet FortiSandbox could cover other risks."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox should improve its performance and security accuracy to keep competitive with other solutions, such as IBM."
"The initial setup is not too complex but could be easier."
"The use cases in Fortinet FortiSandbox are not good. It is difficult to upload a custom VM for Fortinet FortiSandbox. The integration of Fortinet FortiSandbox with other Fortinet or FortiGate firewalls is not good. VMs are already installed in the hardware and are working fine, but we tried to approve the custom VM many times but did not succeed."
"It would be better if it had support for Mac and Linux."
"Not practical for real-time web traffic analysis because users won't wait for the FortiSandbox to complete its analysis before accessing content"
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiSandbox is complex. You cannot only deploy Fortinet FortiSandbox without deploying the stack of Fortinet solutions. The implementation and integration are challenging tasks with the device and placement in the network. We needed to do POC and offloading testing."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 58 reviews while Fortinet FortiSandbox is ranked 4th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 36 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiSandbox is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSandbox writes "Light and powerful solution design; useful to have". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiSandbox is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Trellix Network Detection and Response, Check Point SandBlast Network, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Trellix Advanced Threat Defense.
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