We compared Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs Wazuh based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Wazuh seems to be the superior solution. Our reviewers feel that because Fortinet FortiAnalyzer’s integration capabilities are limited, its price is expensive, and there is a question about how effective its technical support is, Wazuh is a better investment.
"What I like the most is the monitoring system."
"Special notifications about compromised phones are valuable because we have some guest networks, and sometimes, people are connecting phones that are connected to compromised websites. We want to be informed about it. We sometimes have some cases where we want to analyze the connection from inside to outside ports. So, it helps with a lot of things. It depends on our needs."
"We like the fact that we can run minute-by-minute reporting form this solution."
"Log collection is the most valuable. The UI looks great. It has a very good look and feel. We don't have the need to use solid state drives. We use mechanic drives, and we don't see any performance issues, so basically, it is doing fine."
"The most valuable is its robust and comprehensive reporting functionality, providing a thorough overview of various metrics."
"Overall we are satisfied with all the features the solution provides."
"The analyzer is the most valuable feature."
"The solution provides good standardized reports and is easy to troubleshoot."
"The tool is stable."
"Wazuh is free and easy to use. It is also adjustable, and we can use it on the cloud and on-premises."
"We use it to find any aberration in our endpoint devices. For example, if someone installs a game on their company laptop, Wazuh will detect it and inform us of the unauthorized software or unintended use of the devices provided by the company."
"Wazuh's most beneficial features for our security needs are flexibility, built-in rules, integration capabilities, and documentation."
"Wazuh automatically scans the host for CIS benchmarks for the latest updates and vulnerabilities and gives a host score. It provides a percentage of perceived risk due to of non patches or any missing patches on that work."
"I find the PCI DSS feature the most valuable, along with the feature that monitors the compliance of Windows and the CIS benchmarks on other devices like Unix or Linux systems."
"It offers built-in modules for file integrity and vulnerability management."
"I like that the solution is on top of the Kubernetes stack."
"The technical support takes at least two days to reply on any ticket post raised on their website."
"When somebody is new to the system they find it difficult to perform certain operations, like backups, and to see where the reports are."
"Though FortiAnalyzer has improved over the last few versions, the user interface still has room for improvement. It's a bit dated-looking."
"It's possible that they could add some advanced analytics and some proactive controls for logging analytics. That will help a lot."
"Our organization wants the solution to be able to provide us access to a centralized dashboard that displays a log view for all firewalls under Fortinet FortiAnalyzer."
"It should have customized reports as well. While it currently has them, you need to write a script which is not straightforward."
"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."
"The user interface could be a bit more user-friendly."
"One area where Wazuh could use some improvement is in its reporting mechanism, especially for high-level management like CSOs and CEOs."
"Wazuh needs more security and features, particularly visualization features and a health monitor."
"We would like to see more improvements on the cloud."
"While it is scalable, it can suffer from reduced latencies."
"The tool doesn't detect anomalies or new environments."
"Its configuration process is time-consuming."
"The implementation is very complex."
"Wazuh doesn't cover sources of events as well as Splunk. You can integrate Splunk with many sources of events, but it's a painful process to take care of some sources of events with Wazuh."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 7th in Log Management with 44 reviews while Wazuh is ranked 3rd in Log Management with 33 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while Wazuh is rated 7.4. 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 Wazuh writes "Good for file integrity monitoring". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, LogRhythm SIEM and IBM Security QRadar, whereas Wazuh is most compared with Elastic Security, Splunk Enterprise Security, Security Onion, AlienVault OSSIM and USM Anywhere. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. Wazuh report.
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