We compared Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs Wazuh based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Wazuh seems to be the superior solution. Our reviewers feel that because Fortinet FortiAnalyzer’s integration capabilities are limited, its price is expensive, and there is a question about how effective its technical support is, Wazuh is a better investment.
"There are a lot of monitoring features available."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a complete package for managing our equipment."
"It supports SQL for logging and reporting. Log data is inserted into the SQL database for log view and report generation."
"The initial setup is easy, and the deployment is fast."
"It gives us reporting features, which are helpful in the case of troubleshooting and audit purposes."
"The report templates are valuable. It works very well, and integrations also work well."
"Special notifications about compromised phones are valuable because we have some guest networks, and sometimes, people are connecting phones that are connected to compromised websites. We want to be informed about it. We sometimes have some cases where we want to analyze the connection from inside to outside ports. So, it helps with a lot of things. It depends on our needs."
"The solution is very easy to deploy."
"Wazuh is free and easy to use. It is also adjustable, and we can use it on the cloud and on-premises."
"We use it to find any aberration in our endpoint devices. For example, if someone installs a game on their company laptop, Wazuh will detect it and inform us of the unauthorized software or unintended use of the devices provided by the company."
"The MITRE ATT&CK correlation is most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Wazuh is the ELK for doing an investigation."
"Wazuh's most beneficial features for our security needs are flexibility, built-in rules, integration capabilities, and documentation."
"If they support a solution, it is easy to do an integration."
"I like the features we use, including malware detection, inventory, detection of hidden processes, and activity logs. Inventory is probably the most important feature. It tells us when processes and packages were installed and what they are, which is helpful."
"The most valuable features are the modules and metrics."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer cannot receive any queries. They should add this feature in the future to help manage solutions."
"When using this solution, you need a high-level expert to make it work as it should."
"We would like to do the reporting, logging, and administration of all the public devices and all the IoT devices. We wish to add the switches, and routers from different vendors, so it's not a vendor-specific diagnostic solution."
"The only issue that I can see is with the cost. For example, if you buy support for one year, you are messed up next year. It's better to buy another gateway."
"They could always improve the interface and the user experience."
"In terms of what could be improved, sometimes it's lagging and it also has some graphical issues with the GUI."
"We should be able to do the patch upgrades in a centralized manner. This functionality is currently not there. It would be good to be able to do the firmware updates from one place and at the same time. Currently, if we want to update all appliances, we require FortiManager, which is another solution from Fortinet. Its documentation can be improved. It will be helpful for implementing the product and gaining knowledge for management purposes."
"I feel that Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a little bit heavy, making it an area where improvements are required."
"They need to go towards integrating with more cloud applications and not just OS like Windows and Linux."
"Wazuh is missing many things that a typical SIEM should have."
"The tool doesn't detect anomalies or new environments."
"It would be great if there could be customization for the decoder portion."
"We would like to see more improvements on the cloud."
"Scalability is a constraint in the on-prem version of Wazuh in terms of the volume of logs we can manage."
"The implementation is very complex."
"Wazuh should come up with more in-built rules and integrations for the cloud."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 85 reviews while Wazuh is ranked 2nd in Log Management with 38 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while Wazuh is rated 7.4. 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 Wazuh writes "It integrates seamlessly with AWS cloud-native services". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, Grafana Loki, LogRhythm SIEM and Datadog, whereas Wazuh is most compared with Elastic Security, Security Onion, Splunk Enterprise Security, AlienVault OSSIM and Grafana Loki. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. Wazuh report.
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