Compare Elastic Beats vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Elastic Beats is ranked 14th in Log Management with 1 review while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 6th in Log Management with 11 reviews. Elastic Beats is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Elastic Beats writes "A robust solution with a whole spectrum of features that's extremely scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "Offers visibility of critical data in real-time for our clients, but the reports are over-summarized". Elastic Beats is most compared with Splunk, ELK Logstash and IBM QRadar, whereas Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Splunk, ELK Logstash and Graylog.
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There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of. It's a very robust product. | The most valuable features are customizing reports, and the ability to drill down to display critical information in real-time. The program is stable and it gives me great visibility. It has a simplified and user-friendly interface. It is a simple and solution. The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution. The feature I find most useful is the handy dashboard. We use this functionality every day, and obtain reports on things like how many people are using the VPN, which websites are being accessed, and whether hackers are trying to penetrate into our network. It supports SQL for logging and reporting. Log data is inserted into the SQL database for log view and report generation. |
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The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective. | The reports are good, but they are over-summarized. The technical support is not very good. When it comes to pushing logs to a SIEM, most of the time we have some issues when it comes to filtering. I'm looking for something more efficient to analyze different foreign things. That's why FortiSIEM could compete with FortiAnalyzer. The solution could use more graphics and be more specific in the dashboard. This way, I'm able to understand everything and effectively understand what's going on, including what's incoming and outgoing. Right now, I have to look up everything. I need a dashboard so that I can see specific items right there in one place. I would like to see an improvement in the technical support. Stronger authentication will also be a plus. When somebody is new to the system they find it difficult to perform certain operations, like backups, and to see where the reports are. It is very important that FAZ can support FortiController as the architecture designed for the network. FortiController should be registered in FAZ at least for event logs. |
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Information Not Available | The pricing of this solution is fair, and it is based on what you can manage. The program is expensive. The price is quite expensive. Fortinet products are very expensive. That is something which they should also look at, because if you compare Fortinet product to, say, Sophos for example, Fortinet is really high and that's the only thing which is a drawback for most users. We have around 12 devices and yearly we spend approximately $14,000. All Fortinet programs come at a good price. We have several products including Fortinet Wireless, FortiGate Firewalls, and FortiAnalyzer, which are bundled together and cost approximately $50,000 USD annually. The cost and pricing should be in accordance with the calculation of log storage capacity for a time period required for historical analysis. It depends upon the company. |
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Beats is the platform for single-purpose data shippers. They install as lightweight agents and send data from hundreds or thousands of machines to Logstash or Elasticsearch. | FortiAnalyzer Network Security Logging, Analysis, and Reporting Appliances securely aggregate log data from Fortinet Security Appliances. A comprehensive suite of easily customable reports allows you to quickly analyze and visualize network threats, inefficiencies and usage. FortiAnalyzer is one of several versatile Fortinet Management Products that provide a diversity of deployment types, growth flexibility, advanced customization through APIs and simple licensing. |
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| Sprint | General Directorate of Information Technology |
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No Data Available | Software R&D Company41% Comms Service Provider19% Government13% Media Company8% |
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