We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and syslog-ng 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 does what it is supposed to. I want it to do reports for Fortinet and it does it well."
"The product works well with other products."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is the capturing of traffic for reports."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is reporting."
"Technical reports clearly identify system checks, locations and areas, how many times things escape, which firewall is affected, and source IDs."
"The report templates are valuable. It works very well, and integrations also work well."
"Initial setup is ok."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Syslog-ng has a separate config file in addition to the core configuration."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"Syslog-ng provides easy access to all my logs. It helps me show managers and other clients precisely where an incident occurred. I also like it because you can integrate syslog-ng with multiple solutions to allow real-time monitoring."
"The ability to extract and store the logs is the most valuable feature of syslog-ng."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the use of compound search for searching logs at a specific time, by a specific user, or specific behavior."
"The integration with other vendors for log collection could be enhanced."
"In future releases, we'd like to see more granular reporting. The reports on offer right now are pretty short."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer cannot receive any queries. They should add this feature in the future to help manage solutions."
"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."
"Their in-house technical support is extremely slow to respond. We have our own in-house team to manage issues so clients don't have to wait over two weeks for a response to issues."
"The solution is expensive."
"The solution could use more graphics and be more specific in the dashboard. This way, I'm able to understand everything and effectively understand what's going on, including what's incoming and outgoing. Right now, I have to look up everything. I need a dashboard so that I can see specific items right there in one place."
"The support could be better for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer here in Mexico."
"The filtering has room for improvement."
"There is always the potential for additional integration and protocol extensions."
"It's hard to find people who know how to use syslog-ng. I often find problems with configurations, and solutions aren't integrated correctly with syslog-ng. For example, there might be data with extra decimals, or the collector agents are incorrectly named. It isn't a problem with the solution; it's a lack of professionals."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"There is room for improvement in terms of observability."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 85 reviews while syslog-ng is ranked 18th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while syslog-ng is rated 8.6. 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 syslog-ng writes "It's a user-friendly open-source solution that can replace or augment a commercial product in some cases". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, Grafana Loki and VMware Aria Operations for Logs, whereas syslog-ng is most compared with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, Graylog, Grafana Loki, Logstash and Snare. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. syslog-ng report.
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