We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and syslog-ng based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There are customizable workflows that you can work with. You can automate certain tasks in FortiAnaylzer in the incidents and events sections."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to gather logs and generate reports."
"Based on the logs of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer you can have it trigger actions. For example, if the log has a word or a sentence you specified it can send an alert or Syslog to an email address."
"The solution provides good standardized reports and is easy to troubleshoot."
"It gives you live logs, which can be really helpful during troubleshooting."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its performance."
"The scalability is good. It is also good in the cluster nodes. You can make multiple FortiAnalyzer clusters groups, and you can distribute the logs between these FortiAnalyzer nodes. In other words, you can expand the scale."
"It's easy to set up the product."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the use of compound search for searching logs at a specific time, by a specific user, or specific behavior."
"Syslog-ng provides easy access to all my logs. It helps me show managers and other clients precisely where an incident occurred. I also like it because you can integrate syslog-ng with multiple solutions to allow real-time monitoring."
"Syslog-ng has a separate config file in addition to the core configuration."
"The ability to extract and store the logs is the most valuable feature of syslog-ng."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"The technical support is not very good."
"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."
"We would like to see some improvement on the upgrade process around this solution. There are sometimes communication issues when a new version of the firewall is implemented, and it fails to report back to this product."
"I think some improvement is required in real-time log monitoring, as sometimes it gets stuck or displays results after a delay."
"The user interface could be a bit more user-friendly."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is not in the cloud environment like some of the other products. There could be a possibility of extending its functionality to the cloud environment. If possible, they could have a deal with or integrate with other firewall manufacturers, like Palo Alto and Cisco, and mix the information. It is a difficult functionality. I don't know if any product in the market provides such functionality."
"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."
"Automated reports focusing on compliance issues would provide a clearer understanding of potential gaps and the need for remediation."
"There is always the potential for additional integration and protocol extensions."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"It's hard to find people who know how to use syslog-ng. I often find problems with configurations, and solutions aren't integrated correctly with syslog-ng. For example, there might be data with extra decimals, or the collector agents are incorrectly named. It isn't a problem with the solution; it's a lack of professionals."
"The filtering has room for improvement."
"There is room for improvement in terms of observability."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 7th in Log Management with 44 reviews while syslog-ng is ranked 17th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while syslog-ng is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "It creates a central point of management and control, giving you real-time insight into what is going on. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of syslog-ng writes "Consistent in delivering data, stable, and scalable". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer and VMware Aria Operations for Logs, whereas syslog-ng is most compared with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, Graylog, Grafana Loki, Logstash and Snare. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. syslog-ng report.
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