We performed a comparison between ArcSight Logger and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 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."In our country we are a little bit private in terms of solutions, so we are just starting to use the basic data capture. Now some users can start to use additional features that come with Micro Focus ArcSight like user behavior analytics for investigating."
"The ability to customize the solution in great detail is its most valuable features. We can customize the use cases and also have the ability to do scripting. We can personalize our dashboard as well. The scalability the solution offers is quite impressive."
"It's a robust, mature product and you can do some really complex operations and analytics."
"The most valuable feature is the level of detail that you can see about certain events, even when they do not come up in the console."
"ArcSight provides the basic information that we want."
"The ESM use cases are the most valuable. It enables us to use the big data collection inside our company. We are able to create use cases for whatever it suits and I find that the most interesting part of any SIEM solution."
"It's a brilliant log collection tool, and it can handle hundreds of thousands of servers in a single shot to ingest the data."
"The technical support team is good...It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features of the solution are report generation and traffic logs."
"The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"The solution is easy to use and easy to integrate."
"The interface is simple and easy to navigate."
"I have found incident management and also identifying new threats, analyzing the network traffic, and finding out the issues with the network traffic such as any security issues to be valuable. I also like the compliance reports."
"It is easy to integrate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer with other products. You have a better overview of what's going on."
"It's a very stable product."
"The anti-virus protection it offers our clients is solid."
"The solution could be improved in maintenance settings."
"It is really difficult to work in ArcSight Logger, as it is very slow."
"ArcSight has been sold two or three times, and the quality has decreased."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex."
"It's not a new product and is a bit complex. So, it requires a person dedicated to working on it and to know about it in and out. It is a huge product, and the search operation is a bit complicated for a new user or someone who has not used it for long. So for that person, it becomes a bit difficult."
"It would be better if the product is cheaper."
"I had some latency issues for two months. I had to increase our storage capacity significantly to reduce the latency."
"I would like to see better scheduling in the next release of this solution."
"It is very important that FAZ can support FortiController as the architecture designed for the network. FortiController should be registered in FAZ at least for event logs."
"The solution could embed monitoring."
"The technical support is not very good."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is not in the cloud environment like some of the other products. There could be a possibility of extending its functionality to the cloud environment. If possible, they could have a deal with or integrate with other firewall manufacturers, like Palo Alto and Cisco, and mix the information. It is a difficult functionality. I don't know if any product in the market provides such functionality."
"The traffic monitoring could be better, and stability could be improved."
"The technical support is not very reliable."
"The upgradation process is slow"
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer can improve by introducing integration with other Fortinet solutions with automation with one interface would be helpful."
ArcSight Logger is ranked 28th in Log Management with 31 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 87 reviews. ArcSight Logger is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ArcSight Logger writes "A scalable and stable solution that enables users to see all the event logs in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". ArcSight Logger is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security, Wazuh and Grafana Loki, whereas Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Grafana Loki, Graylog and Datadog. See our ArcSight Logger vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer report.
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