We compared Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and USM Anywhere based on our users' reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Fortinet FortiAnalyzer features exceptional log collection capabilities and customizable reporting. FortiAnalyzer enables users to centrally manage and analyze logs in real time. USM Anywhere is highly regarded for its extensive reporting capabilities, thorough vulnerability assessment, seamless file integration, and user-friendly management features. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could simplify its reporting module and cloud storage capabilities. USM Anywhere users have suggested improvements in self-service plugin management, database optimization, and third-party threat intelligence integration.
Service and Support: Some Fortinet customers were dissatisfied with support, but others said it was helpful and responsive. Some users say that USM Anywhere's customer service is knowledgeable and responsive, while others have faced delays and incomplete answers.
Ease of Deployment: FortiAnalyzer's initial setup is uncomplicated and manageable, typically taking approximately 30 minutes to a few hours. Some IT knowledge may be required. The initial setup for USM Anywhere is generally considered to be straightforward if the user has technical knowledge. Vendor assistance is also available during the deployment phase.
Pricing: While FortiAnalyzer isn't the most expensive option, users say the pricing could be more competitive. FortiAnalyzer's cost depends on the storage requirements, and many customers consider it reasonable. USM Anywhere is seen as more cost-effective than premium solutions like IBM QRadar and Splunk, with pricing considered reasonable and relatively low.
ROI: FortiAnalyzer helps customers by providing insight into network traffic and speeding up issue resolution. USM Anywhere has garnered favorable feedback regarding its ROI.
"We have the most data visibility."
"The features that our customers have found most valuable are their different type of reports including the drill down report, as well as the flexibility to connect to any number of appliances which can be connected to it centrally."
"The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"The initial setup is easy, and the deployment is fast."
"Support is helpful."
"The program is stable and it gives me great visibility."
"What I like the most is the monitoring system."
"The most valuable features are customizing reports, and the ability to drill down to display critical information in real-time."
"Reports are customized, so you can present them to executives or engineers."
"AlienVault has an advanced component within one package. With this, we can cover more area with one solution."
"Using the communication within the security device, it is easier to create plugins."
"It brought our logs into one place for review and set up alarms based on changes we were missing due to lack of having one place for everything to go."
"The solution is stable."
"It allows for a lot of out-of-the-box features: vuln scanning, HIDS/HIPS, and IDS."
"The IDS and the threat intelligence are very useful. They are very intuitive and data-rich."
"The setup is very easy and straightforward."
"The pricing could be better. They could work to make it more competitive on the market."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could improve by having better integration with other vendors."
"The traffic monitoring could be better, and stability could be improved."
"They can include integration with devices, such as firewalls, endpoints, from other vendors. They can include graphic monitoring of everything in the network, not just Fortinet products. It would also be good to include customizable reports and customizable views of the reports."
"Pricing-wise, it not affordable for the normal customer. Most of the people want to see different types of reporting, but FortiAnalyzer's fee is a little bit difficult."
"The solution should be more price competitive."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could improve the user interface, and the experience of users receiving the reports and tracking could be better."
"We would like to see some improvement on the upgrade process around this solution. There are sometimes communication issues when a new version of the firewall is implemented, and it fails to report back to this product."
"There are many reports included but would be nice to have better access to the data."
"Its reporting tools need improvements. It would be good if they can provide integration with other ticketing systems. Currently, we only have integration with Slack and Jira. It is also a bit slow, and its replication engine can be improved."
"Different functions to customize reports should be added."
"AlienVault must improve their correlation feature. Some of the events do not match with the correlation rules and some of the correlation events are false-positive."
"The reporting aspect could be improved. While there are a lot of different options available, there are still pieces which are missing."
"It was easy on PoC, but when we got to the product it was different story. We had to learn the product again and got feeling that the PoC was a different product."
"It should be able to communicate with other security solutions to stop threats."
"The vulnerability scanning feature is one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings and needs to improve. The tool has vulnerability scanning, but it is not that efficient."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 7th in Log Management with 87 reviews while USM Anywhere is ranked 17th in Log Management with 113 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while USM Anywhere is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of USM Anywhere writes "Easy to use and affordable". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Grafana Loki, Graylog and Datadog, whereas USM Anywhere is most compared with Wazuh, AlienVault OSSIM, IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. USM Anywhere report.
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