We performed a comparison between Dynatrace and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Dynatrace is highly regarded for its advanced AI engine and ability to automatically identify infrastructure. It also offers session replay and impressive visualization features. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer features exceptional log collection capabilities and customizable reporting. FortiAnalyzer enables users to centrally manage and analyze logs in real time. Some Dynatrace reviewers feel the learning curve is a little steep, and the documentation could be clearer. Users say that Dynatrace should offer more security options and improve integration with other tools. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could simplify its reporting module and cloud storage capabilities.
Service and Support: Users generally found Dynatrace's customer service to be helpful and available, but some said that the response times and documentation have room for improvement. Some Fortinet customers were dissatisfied with support, but others said it was helpful and responsive.
Ease of Deployment: Dynatrace's setup is simple, efficient, and requires minimal technical configuration. It takes a few hours at most. FortiAnalyzer's initial setup is uncomplicated and manageable, typically taking approximately 30 minutes to a few hours. Some IT knowledge may be required.
Pricing: Users say Dynatrace is expensive. Some noted that the licensing model is complicated and not transparent. Some said they struggled to accurately predict the number of units needed. While FortiAnalyzer isn't the most expensive option, users say the pricing could be more competitive. FortiAnalyzer's cost depends on the storage requirements, and many customers consider it reasonable.
ROI: Dynatrace offers a solid ROI by decreasing downtime and saving customers money by consolidating tools. FortiAnalyzer helps customers by providing insight into network traffic and speeding up issue resolution.
"Performance has improved substantially since we started using it."
"Dynatrace makes it so much easier to proactively solve problems before they become big headaches, and easily pinpoint the root cause of an issue."
"Some of the main benefits are being able to quickly identify when transactions start to slow or run into issues, or hiccups if you will."
"It is a platform that is very well-suited for marketers, but also for technology people. That is the key: the dashboard."
"It highlights areas that we could be doing better and increases our performance metrics by showing the biggest pain points."
"You don't have to configure it. It just needs to be installed."
"Reduces troubleshooting time by finding problems before the system is launched."
"The view it provides for default analysis is very nice. The way in which it showcases how the metrics have been captured and how lucidly that they are displayed. This is a good thing to have from a technical and non-technical perspective."
"The feature I find most useful is the handy dashboard."
"There are customizable workflows that you can work with. You can automate certain tasks in FortiAnaylzer in the incidents and events sections."
"The product can scale."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"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 very stable and reliable."
"The most valuable features are customizing reports, and the ability to drill down to display critical information in real-time."
"Separating sections or conditions on Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite clear."
"There was complexity to AppMon and getting everything set, but more specifically getting the dashboard setup."
"As we move into using more AWS native architectures, it should support everything that we want to do. We don't want to adopt another tool."
"The web-based UI needs to be improved."
"It does not have mature enough dashboards."
"I was hands on in the setup of the solution. Initially, it seemed a little daunting."
"Documentation could be improved. E.g., you don't know how to properly use Dynatrace because documentation is almost lacking behind the features being deployed."
"Every time we spin up an EC2 instance, we have to slap an agent on it and that is more work. So, if it could go agentless, that would be great."
"I am unable to use Synthetic to automate user login."
"I feel that Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a little bit heavy, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Software reports are good but should match the dashboard and include top-level output instead of just base or low-level devices."
"I'm looking for something more efficient to analyze different foreign things. That's why FortiSIEM could compete with FortiAnalyzer."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer cannot receive any queries. They should add this feature in the future to help manage solutions."
"It should have customized reports as well. While it currently has them, you need to write a script which is not straightforward."
"FortiAnalyzer's price could be lower."
"The integration with other vendors for log collection could be enhanced."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer can improve by introducing integration with other Fortinet solutions with automation with one interface would be helpful."
Dynatrace is ranked 4th in Log Management with 342 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 87 reviews. Dynatrace is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dynatrace writes "AI identifies all the components of a response-time issue or failure, hugely benefiting our triage efforts". 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". Dynatrace is most compared with Datadog, New Relic, AppDynamics, Splunk Enterprise Security and Azure Monitor, whereas Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, Grafana Loki and ManageEngine Log360. See our Dynatrace vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer report.
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