We compared Amazon CloudWatch and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer based on our users' reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Amazon CloudWatch users liked the solution’s simplicity, intuitive interface, and ability to handle large workloads. Users also praised CloudWatch’s comprehensive monitoring and alerts. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer features exceptional log collection capabilities and customizable reporting. FortiAnalyzer enables users to centrally manage and analyze logs in real time. Some reviews mentioned that Amazon CloudWatch could improve performance and dashboard visualization through. Others noted that the solution lacked compatibility with some databases. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could simplify its reporting module and cloud storage capabilities.
Service and Support: Customers generally have positive opinions about Amazon's customer service. They commended the support team for its availability and timely issue resolution. Some Fortinet customers were dissatisfied with support, but others said it was helpful and responsive.
Ease of Deployment: Amazon CloudWatch is generally described as easy to set up. FortiAnalyzer's initial setup is uncomplicated and manageable, typically taking approximately 30 minutes to a few hours. Some IT knowledge may be required.
Pricing: Amazon CloudWatch offers a flexible pricing structure based on usage and processing, without any separate licensing cost. Some users said that scaling up can be costly due to the need for additional storage space. While FortiAnalyzer isn't the most expensive option, users say the pricing could be more competitive. FortiAnalyzer's cost depends on the storage requirements, and many customers consider it reasonable.
ROI: Amazon CloudWatch offers a return on investment by minimizing the need for manual monitoring. FortiAnalyzer helps customers by providing insight into network traffic and speeding up issue resolution.
"You can enable alarms and metrics, and it has robust integration with AWS services. You can also trigger events. For example, if the CPU utilization is above 80%, it can launch a new instance for you."
"I can put it in a simple term, its simplicity is always there."
"Amazon CloudWatch is a cheap and easy-to-use solution."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The initial setup is easy."
"CloudWatch immediately hooks up and connects to the KPIs and all the metrics."
"We can create events and alerts. We use the information to dive down into the infrastructure performance."
"The product can be integrated with AWS very easily."
"The most valuable features are customizing reports, and the ability to drill down to display critical information in real-time."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to analyze data in real-time using AR features to pull data from the industrial DB. You can know what is going on and see in milliseconds where the network is underperforming."
"The most valuable features of the solution are report generation and traffic logs."
"We have the most data visibility."
"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."
"This solution offers one view of incident management which has been the most valuable feature."
"Overall we are satisfied with all the features the solution provides."
"The most important feature is to be able to get reports or information about the state of all firewalls."
"The configuration capabilities could be better."
"The solution's auto-scaling could be improved."
"It would be beneficial for CloudWatch to provide an API interface and some kind of custom configuration."
"The solution should provide human-readable metrics."
"There's a learning curve with Amazon CloudWatch since we have to learn to write the queries to extract the keys and logs."
"The dashboard of Amazon CloudWatch is not very customizable right now."
"Improvement of SSSD logs would be beneficial."
"CloudWatch doesn’t monitor disk throughput by default."
"FortiAnalyzer's price could be lower."
"The solution does not function well with third-party tools"
"If Fortinet could introduce some firewalling or maybe FortiAnalyzer on the cloud, that would be interesting because I've never seen it on a cloud."
"The pricing could be better."
"When using this solution, you need a high-level expert to make it work as it should."
"The solution is expensive."
"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."
"Feature-wise, it is working very well for us. We don't need any additional features. However, its pricing can be improved. For small business customers, price is an important factor."
Amazon CloudWatch is ranked 12th in Log Management with 40 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 87 reviews. Amazon CloudWatch is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon CloudWatch writes "Instantaneous response when monitoring logs and KPIs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". Amazon CloudWatch is most compared with Zabbix, Datadog, Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver), Dynatrace and SolarWinds NPM, whereas Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Grafana Loki, Graylog and Datadog. See our Amazon CloudWatch vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer report.
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