We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiClient 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."
"Stealthwatch has greatly improved our network visibility, in terms of bandwidth, malware, and PCI violations."
"It works efficiently for encrypted traffic analysis."
"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."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"The most valuable feature we got out of Stealthwatch is to be able to, while troubleshooting, go deep into one of our interfaces and verify what the bandwidth is and if there's any activity there that's causing problems."
"The beginning of any security investigation starts with net flow data."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the way the net flow is being merged together in a single pane. That's been extremely useful for us, because can see what's going on with traffic in one single place."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its integration capabilities. The processing is fast and the reporting is also very good."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I use the tool to connect server to an ISP Data Center."
"The initial setup of this solution is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is dual authentication and the VPN is secure."
"Compared to other similar solutions, it is faster in connecting."
"This solution makes it easier to work from home."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"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."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"The pricing could use improvement."
"The user interface could be more inviting."
"Everybody else is doing AI, machine learning, self-healing, next-generation features. It needs more next-generation features. Everybody else is doing AI, machine learning, self-healing, next-generation features. It needs more next-generation features."
"The filtering process could be improved."
"There is room for improvement by increasing the solution's knowledge base."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"We would like Fortinet to add the function or the possibility to use all FortiClient features for free."
"Technical support is awful. Their online response time is not prompt. They should not respond after four or five days. Their support guys are not competent enough. Small issues are taking time."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. 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 FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.
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