We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSIEM and Meraki Dashboard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"Our customer did not have security monitoring in the first place. With this solution, it provided security posture management and visibility about the security landscape and threats that they had."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users."
"This solution offers extensive customization options, making it possible to adapt it precisely to their requirements."
"Analytics is the most valuable feature. The business service summaries in the dashboards and the correlations for the SIEM are also valuable features."
"The most valuable features for us are the built-in reports and alerts, along with the extreme flexibility in reporting and rule generation."
"It's easy to manage. There's a web interface and a command line, depending on what the user is comfortable with. There's a large knowledge base available, and the support is timely."
"Real-time monitoring makes life quite easy for me."
"FortiSIEM provides a single PIN to monitor SOC and NOC. It's a nice tool for integration and monitoring. It provides multiple categories for monitoring based on security designations like low, medium, and high."
"We like the visibility this solution gives us of the infrastructure."
"It's a simple, functional solution."
"The hardware of Meraki is very good quality."
"I like that Meraki Dashboard is a user-friendly product."
"It is very stable and we have been using it for five years."
"Some of the features I have found valuable are the ease of access, simple configuration, and monitoring."
"We find that Meraki has all the features you need to be able to enable complex network protocols for AV equipment. We deal with a streaming product over IP, and Meraki is fantastic at that."
"The most valuable feature is knowing the wireless and switch are healthy."
"There could be more AI features included in the product."
"The log collection and configuration management are not great."
"The support of the product changed recently, and I don't think it's for the better. They should work to improve the support they offer to clients."
"I would like to see easier implementation in the future."
"When our team tried configuring logs for Microsoft SQL, it did not work."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM could improve by having better integration and extensions. This would benefit by allowing us to give more rules."
"If there is a configuration on the wrong side of the network or there are changes that result in harm to our IT infrastructure, the solution should immediately fix it."
"The tool is useful for managing devices and monitoring their current state, but it falls short in troubleshooting network issues, particularly with access points. It does not provide a complete understanding of the root causes of the issues. As a result, network engineers have had to use additional tools to complement it and conduct assessments. The only way to improve the tool would be to enhance its capability to identify and resolve network issues effectively."
"It is not appropriate for large, enterprise businesses."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve integration with non-Cisco platforms."
"Meraki lacks their own software for connecting to the VPN which creates some issues."
"Not a lot of training is available."
"I am concerned about the fact that once your licensing expires the devices stop working and become a brick."
"Third-party switches do not necessarily integrate easily with the system and this could be improved to allow for better adaptation."
"I would like to see an alert event feature to monitor what users are downloading and how to block some applications."
Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 10th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 65 reviews while Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews. Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6, while Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh, Microsoft Sentinel and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, whereas Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. Meraki Dashboard report.
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