We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and Nagios Log Server 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."The feature I find most useful is the handy dashboard."
"The interface is simple and easy to navigate."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since, in our company, we have never experienced the solution crashing or having any other issues."
"Many of my clients are financial institutions that transmit files from around the country across a VPN. In a setup like this, it's helpful to have a centralized dashboard to manage firewalls and other security solutions across a distributed environment. You can do all sorts of analysis and configure it to trigger alarms."
"It gives us reporting features, which are helpful in the case of troubleshooting and audit purposes."
"Initial setup is ok."
"Provides detailed log reports"
"The solution provides good standardized reports and is easy to troubleshoot."
"A great feature of the solution involves its internal portal."
"The initial setup of Nagios Log Server was easy and straightforward."
"The product is scalable."
"It provides an easy way to identify errors and spot issues, making troubleshooting more efficient."
"One of the most valuable features is the dashboard because the UI was effective and easy to use. The alert systems are good as well. We had no failovers and had high availability. We can search the queries fast as well in Nagios Log Server."
"One thing we struggled with FortiAnalyzer was integration with SIEM. We also had issues with the new threats and APTs. There were false positives, so we needed to have some ratings related to false positives."
"They could improve the user interface a bit."
"The user interface could be a bit more user-friendly."
"The UI can be more user-friendly for new users."
"It should have customized reports as well. While it currently has them, you need to write a script which is not straightforward."
"The cloud version can be expensive. If the customers could get the resources to store the logs on-premises, it would be much better."
"The solution should include the ability to customize reports so that customers receive greater value and high level reporting."
"The deployment of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is not complex, but integrating it with firewalls can take some time, depending on the number of firewalls."
"It would be beneficial for Nagios to incorporate a tool that goes beyond log management and includes features to monitor overall system health and assess the effectiveness of antivirus solutions."
"As we are talking about a product which is open to the public, the pricing makes it challenging for us to profit off of its marketing."
"The customization and dashboards have shortcomings and need to be improved to make the tool look more presentable."
"The support could be better."
"The configurations during initial setup could be improved. If they could be agentless, as in the case of the Ansible product, it would be better. I would like to be able to analyze the network bandwidth."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 87 reviews while Nagios Log Server is ranked 38th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while Nagios Log Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios Log Server writes "A scalable and affordable tool for monitoring data centers ". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Grafana Loki, Graylog and Datadog, whereas Nagios Log Server is most compared with Wazuh, Graylog, LogRhythm SIEM, syslog-ng and Elastic Security. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. Nagios Log Server report.
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