We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiSIEM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"The solution reduces the amount of time it takes to detect and remediate threats."
"It has been pretty stable since we deployed it, and everything seems to be working fine."
"Using this solution has helped us to detect and identify viruses or malicious activity in the network early on."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"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."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"Visibility. The ability to look East and West. To see what is passing through your circuits, where it is coming from, and how big it is."
"I like FortiSIEM because it integrates natively with our other Fortinet solutions and the Fortinet Fabric, but it also integrates with Cisco, Palo Alto and other security fabrics."
"The event correlation is pretty robust. The GUI is pretty good."
"I like the various options, including the option for CMDB and the easier access to create rules, playbooks, or use cases. It's also easier to use for creating dashboards and reports."
"There are things like dashboards and reports (pre-configured and custom) that let me know that things are operating the way they should be, and when they are not."
"It's very easy for anyone to work with."
"The solution is easy to use and user-friendly."
"We have many application systems, and I can set up Fortinet FortiSIEM for users to monitor their systems."
"It works well with medium to large-scale enterprises."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"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."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"I would like to see more and cleaner reporting. For example, if I pull up Steven and I want to look and maybe compare him to what you've done in the past week, and compare that to the past six months, the point would be to see what the difference in activity looks like over this time. I don't see that capability in reporting to date. You see that trend but you don't really see a straightforward comparison. That right there is key to what we want to see about the normal activity."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"One thing I would like to see improved is if it could automatically be tied through ISE, instead of you having to manually get notifications and disable it yourself."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"There could be more AI features included in the product."
"There is no proper guide for integration or configuration."
"The log collection and configuration management are not great."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM could improve to extend to several locations or sites."
"The dashboard needs to improve."
"Its training can be improved. Its price also needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users."
"The dashboards need to be improved. It gives you so much detail, but sometimes too much detail, especially to an executive, it's too much."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 65 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6. 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 FortiSIEM writes "It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh and LogRhythm SIEM. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Fortinet FortiSIEM report.
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