We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"The feature most valuable for us is to gain visibility of what is actually floating through, so we can stop it based on whether it's good or bad traffic."
"It provides good visibility to the customers. People are still evaluating it, but it provides visibility and helps them to take action to remediate and mitigate the issues that are highlighted on the dashboard. It has good integration with the Cisco switching platform."
"Using this solution has helped us to detect and identify viruses or malicious activity in the network early on."
"We find that Stealthwatch can detect the unseen."
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow. The beginning of any security investigation starts with NetFlow data."
"It seems to be more scalable than we thought."
"It’s easy to use."
"It’s really easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiClient is dual authentication and the VPN is secure."
"This solution is very stable."
"It is very simple to use. I've used some of the others in the past, such as Cisco AnyConnect, which was a nightmare. I've used a couple of others, but FortiClient is very simple to use."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The solution offers great stability."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"Many of these tools require extensive on-premises hardware to run."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"We would like the solution to make more advances in the way that Extreme Networks has been doing."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"The licensing feature of the product requires improvement since whenever the license expires, the tool logs out its users automatically, irrespective of whether they are on the network or not, which can be problematic for me."
"The solution could improve by providing analytics or detailed reports."
"We'd like to see a deployment wizard to help implementation become streamlined."
"The solution's access control could be improved."
"I would like to see endpoint detection and response included."
"I think that FortiClient can enhance the multifactor authentication."
"I heard that Fortinet is going to enhance the firmware to have mobile versions. One is like Linux long-term support SCS and one with new features, but there is no support here. We spoke with the vendor multiple times, and they said that they will release these features soon."
"The deployment status is not good in Mac devices and sometimes in Windows-based devices using GPO, like Active Directory, that are not on the local network."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.
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