We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSIEM and SolarWinds NPM 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."Previously, it was a little bit difficult to find where an incident came from, including which IP address and which country. So in Sentinel, it's very easy to find where the incident came from since we can easily get the information from the dashboard, after which we take action quickly."
"Microsoft Sentinel provides the capability to integrate different log sources. On top of having several data connectors in place, you can also do integration with a threat intelligence platform to enhance and enrich the data that's available. You can collect as many logs and build all the use cases."
"Another area where it is helping us is in creating a single dashboard for our environment. We can collect all the logs into a log analytics workset and run queries on top of it. We get all the results in the dashboard. Even a layman can understand this stuff. The way Microsoft presents it is really incredible."
"The automation feature is valuable."
"There are some very powerful features to Sentinel, such as the integration of various connectors. We have a lot of departments that use both IaaS and SaaS services, including M365 as well as Azure services. The ability to leverage connectors into these environments allows for large-scale data injection."
"The solution offers a lot of data on events. It helps us create specific detection strategies."
"I like the ability to run custom KQL queries. I don't know if that feature is specific to Sentinel. As far as I know, they are using technology built into Azure's Log Analytics app. Sentinel integrates with that, and we use this functionality heavily."
"The product can integrate with any device."
"It works well with medium to large-scale enterprises."
"Technical support is helpful."
"We have found the most important features in Fortinet FortiSIEM to be the correlation, file utility check, latest file, and hash changes. These features are important for us."
"The most valuable features for us are the built-in reports and alerts, along with the extreme flexibility in reporting and rule generation."
"We're able to get real-timec as well as our customer networks that we're monitoring at all times."
"FortiSIEM is a great tool for making security processes transparent."
"To add workers and even collectors is pretty easy."
"The Threat Hunting feature provides complete traffic analysis."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"We found that it was easy to operate, and it was simple if anyone has entry-level working experience or even if someone is not experienced."
"We had some interfaces where the SFP Ports were having some problems after a while. We found which of the SFP Ports was having the error and changed it, so the bandwidth become okay."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"The set up was very easy. We didn't have any problems with the setup. The deployment took less than an hour."
"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"Can easily be interconnected with other management systems."
"The reporting could be more structured."
"They're giving us the queries so we can plug them right into Sentinel. They need to have a streamlined process for updating them in the tool and knowing when things are updated and knowing when there are new detections available from Microsoft."
"Documentation is the main thing that could be improved. In terms of product usage, the documentation is pretty good, but I'd like a lot more documentation on Kusto Query Language."
"I would like to see more AI used in processes."
"The AI capabilities must be improved."
"The dashboards can be improved. Creating dashboards is very easy, but the visualizations are not as good as Microsoft Power BI. People who are using Microsoft Power BI do not like Sentinel's dashboards."
"Sentinel provides decent visibility, but it's sometimes a little cumbersome to get to the information I want because there is so much information. I would also like to see more seamless integration between Sentinel and third-party security products."
"Improvement-wise, I would like to see more integration with third-party solutions or old-school antivirus products that have some kind of logging capability. I wouldn't mind having that exposed within Sentinel. We do have situations where certain companies have bought licensing or have made an investment in a product, and that product will be there for the next two or three years. To be able to view information from those legacy products would be great. We can then better leverage the Sentinel solution and its capabilities."
"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 would be good if the solution offered even more configuration options, especially in relation to the VPN so that it continues to be a very flexible option."
"They should enhance the solution's AI capabilities, including XDR and EDR."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
"The dashboard needs to improve."
"FortiSIEM is not a market leader in the SIEM space."
"Not very good on non-API features, lacks that functionality."
"Network detection and response is a separate product."
"In terms of scalability, there is room for improvement. When you start monitoring, if you have so many interfaces and you're trying to monitor them at a faster interval, or a shorter interval, you get to a point where you need to request another node."
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve by adding the deepest inspection, performance networking, and IP address discovery."
"Complex and overly detailed setup."
"We are looking to change away from this solution because of the documentation and the solution doesn't have enough integration in our country. The documentation is too weak."
"A feature I would ask for is for them to have this solution available for Linux systems instead of Windows."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"The SolarWinds notification and alerting configuration could be simplified as it would be easier to find if it was within the NPM web application instead of in a separate client application."
Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 64 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh, LogRhythm SIEM and ThousandEyes, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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