We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution allows for a lot of customization."
"FortiAnalyzer's reporting features like graphs, threat intelligence, and vulnerabilities analysis are helpful. Fortinet knows how to do reporting. You can customize your reports to show exactly what you want to analyze. It's user-friendly and doesn't require a lot of effort."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is to be able to see everything in our network in a single task. A single menu and the graphical bar charts that it provides to give insights are very useful. It also gives very good metrics on bandwidth utilization, CPU, and device performance. It is very simple and easy to use as well."
"One of the greatest advantages of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to integrate with a variety of software and solutions, providing comprehensive visibility into the network. The solution's strength lies in its capability to work with Fortinet's own products, such as the FortiAP access point, which allows for deep monitoring, automation, correlation, and incident management. However, this functionality is not present when utilizing other products, such as those from Cisco, limiting the visibility and benefits that can be gained."
"The event handling solution in the platform is very good and useful."
"I like its simplicity. It is straightforward. We get reports and emails about the logs, and that's it."
"The product can scale."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are the GUI and there is automation that can be done with playbooks and mini-books."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well."
"We are very happy with the stability of the solution."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs."
"The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."
"Software reports are good but should match the dashboard and include top-level output instead of just base or low-level devices."
"The deployment of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is not complex, but integrating it with firewalls can take some time, depending on the number of firewalls."
"The solution lacks business intelligence features. It's much too basic."
"Their pricing model is not the best and needs work."
"The technical support is not very good."
"The user interface could be a bit more user-friendly."
"It should have customized reports as well. While it currently has them, you need to write a script which is not straightforward."
"The technical support is not very reliable."
"Technical support could definitely be better."
"SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard."
"I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs."
"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release."
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Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 86 reviews while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is rated 7.8. 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 SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, Grafana Loki and Elastic Security, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh, Graylog and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server report.
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