We performed a comparison between AlienVault OSSIM and Fortinet FortiSIEM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of AlienVault OSSIM are case management, ease of configuration, and investigation."
"The open vault component and the checking of vulnerabilities are the most valuable features. The page management helps with this. If you know how your device is vulnerable at least you can do something about it."
"With AlienVault you get everything in one box."
"The threat policies of the solution are always very advanced and the best in the market. They are very persistent in terms of keeping up with security protocols."
"There are a lot of people you will find using OSSIM since they are also offering OTX as a service"
"You pay monthly for the solution. I think it's one of the best products. If you compare with other companies, like LogRhythm, etc., the top 8 or 10 CMs, I think Alien Vault has the best price-performance ratio."
"The paid version of the solution has reporting and better scalability options."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the data correlation and vulnerability assessment."
"We find the solution to be stable."
"It's easy to manage. There's a web interface and a command line, depending on what the user is comfortable with. There's a large knowledge base available, and the support is timely."
"Real-time monitoring makes life quite easy for me."
"The advanced agents used to collect logs have been most valuable. We have also made use of the advanced intelligence this solution offers."
"FortiSIEM sends an email or SMS notifications to admins when there are significant incidents. It's a highly efficient way of responding to incidents."
"Technical support is helpful."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the anomaly-reporting alarms."
"The solution is not scalable."
"AlienVault OSSIM’s configuration and integration could be a little easier."
"Sometimes technical issues take very long to get resolved."
"I don't like to work on OSSIM because it is unpredictable."
"We need more dashboards and we need more customization for dashboards."
"It's under heavy traffic. If you have heavy traffic, the system is slow."
"The incidence reporting could be better."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Does not have load-sharing or high-availability, and these are important things to implement. I can do the same things in another way, but not naturally having these features makes it complicated."
"It's difficult to integrate unsupported devices with FortiSIEM compared to QRadar. It's easier to integrate and develop processes in QRadar. It's harder to develop a custom process in FortiSIEM."
"Our team tried configuring MS SQL database logs with Fortinet FortiSIEM, but it did not work for some time."
"We need to see incident reports about the event log, without events from the administrator or through human interaction."
"The nodes on our network did not comply with the SIEM solution. They use a different format parking log."
"There is no proper guide for integration or configuration."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
"It lacks a "wizard" that shows a particular user's activity or particular circumstance. I think the interface is intimidating because there's so much information there."
AlienVault OSSIM is ranked 14th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 28 reviews while Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 65 reviews. AlienVault OSSIM is rated 7.4, while Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of AlienVault OSSIM writes "An easy-to-scale open-source solution used for monitoring events on devices ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSIEM writes "It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors". AlienVault OSSIM is most compared with Wazuh, Elastic Security, USM Anywhere, Splunk Enterprise Security and AWS Security Hub, whereas Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Wazuh and SCOM. See our AlienVault OSSIM vs. Fortinet FortiSIEM report.
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