We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiSIEM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is having visibility into the data segments throughout our network."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"Stealthwatch has greatly improved our network visibility, in terms of bandwidth, malware, and PCI violations."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"Using this solution has helped us to detect and identify viruses or malicious activity in the network early on."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"Provides easily identifiable anomalies that you can't see with signature detections."
"There are things like dashboards and reports (pre-configured and custom) that let me know that things are operating the way they should be, and when they are not."
"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."
"Its automated response feature has benefited our customer communication. Analysts feel more confident in providing timely responses."
"The seamless integration with FortiGate is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The Threat Hunting feature provides complete traffic analysis."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSIEM is the correlation of many events."
"We like the integration of all of these Fortinet platforms together. Everything is integrated well, and we are able to sell that as a service to our customers."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"We would like the solution to make more advances in the way that Extreme Networks has been doing."
"If they can make this product more web-based, that would be amazing."
"Many of these tools require extensive on-premises hardware to run."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"I would like to see more expansion in artificial intelligence and machine learning features."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"The only drawback is the licensing model. It can get expensive if you want to integrate more solutions."
"Areas for improvement would be the ease of use and the integration with Fortinet's own products."
"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."
"The backup and recovery process for this solution needs improvement."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
"Our customers are noticing configuration available in the GUI interface and I think that they should be equal."
"Network detection and response is a separate product."
"FortiSIEM is not a market leader in the SIEM space."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 65 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6. 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 FortiSIEM writes "It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh and LogRhythm SIEM. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Fortinet FortiSIEM report.
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