We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSIEM and SolarWinds Security Event Manager 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."Fortinet FortiSIEM is less costly than other products and is available 24/7."
"The CMDB and the device discovery features are most valuable."
"The solution is very stable. It's run for years without the need to do anything except, add new patches when they are available, which are always a good idea to install."
"This solution offers extensive customization options, making it possible to adapt it precisely to their requirements."
"Its automated response feature has benefited our customer communication. Analysts feel more confident in providing timely responses."
"It works well with medium to large-scale enterprises."
"Real-time monitoring makes life quite easy for me."
"The primary valuable feature is that it has replaced a whole lot of other products with one platform."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use for the end user."
"SolarWinds is effective for server, network, and log monitoring. It's also good for IP address management. We also have a patch manager, but we're still working on getting that operational."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is the analysis and the knowledge about the incidence that we trace."
"It supports high availability, which is very helpful."
"The solution helps me to go back in time and search for different events. For example, if you wanted to know who activated an account; you could go back in time and find out."
"The graphical user interface is very user-friendly. SolarWinds is a hybrid solution so you can use it across many platforms."
"It's easy to build rules and actions based on the logs and event types we collect with the software."
"Some of the rules are most valuable because you can be notified about various things, such as spyware or things that are going on in the internal network."
"The support of the product changed recently, and I don't think it's for the better. They should work to improve the support they offer to clients."
"When our team tried configuring logs for Microsoft SQL, it did not work."
"The interface needs some improvements because it's a bit cumbersome when you're trying to view items. It takes some time to get used to. Additionally, sometimes the scrolling does not work."
"Our team tried configuring MS SQL database logs with Fortinet FortiSIEM, but it did not work for some time."
"FortiSIEM needs to expand its integration with third-party vendors. I don't know if Forcepoint has been added, but there were limited resources for integrating Forcepoint solutions when we implemented FortiSIEM. It integrates well with other Fortinet products and solutions from established cybersecurity companies like Palo Alto but doesn't integrate with some of the newer vendors."
"They need to integrate better with Cisco and Palo Alto."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM could improve by having better integration and extensions. This would benefit by allowing us to give more rules."
"We expect the latest patch from Fortinet FortiSIEM to give the ability to work with signature files."
"The only issue is the pricetag. SolarWinds is a costly solution."
"The product should improve the ease with which you can create event alerts. They are not as hard now but you need to have an easier way."
"There are no multiple dashboards which would allow you to see information side-by-side."
"Training for this solution needs to be improved, as new employees are sometimes unfamiliar with the product."
"We'd like more customization capabilities."
"I would like to be able to dig deeper into the visibility of events or incidents to determine whether they are malicious, such as by doing behavior analysis."
"One of the drawbacks of being so flexible is that it is also a fairly complicated software application to install, configure, and maintain."
"I don't think SolarWinds is scalable enough. It is somewhat limited when I need to deploy it across multiple environments in a distributed architecture."
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Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 65 reviews while SolarWinds Security Event Manager is ranked 20th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 24 reviews. Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds Security Event Manager is rated 7.8. 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 Security Event Manager writes "A comprehensive network security with robust technical capabilities, effective threat response, and centralized management". Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Wazuh and LogRhythm SIEM, whereas SolarWinds Security Event Manager is most compared with ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh and Logpoint. See our Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager report.
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