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.
"Amazon CloudWatch is a cheap and easy-to-use solution."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon CloudWatch is reliability."
"The tool's UI is good. One can scroll through the logs very easily."
"The product can be integrated with AWS very easily."
"It is a stable solution...I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"Most of it's around optimizing utilization, their cloud utilization. They're making sure that they're getting the most out of their in-cloud environments and their instances. Making sure that there's no strange behavior in the environment."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon CloudWatch is collecting the logs from Lambda."
"I have found the memory metrics and the CPU metrics valuable."
"The log analysis and reporting are both quite good."
"Initial setup is ok."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"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."
"The initial setup is easy, and the deployment is fast."
"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 has a simplified and user-friendly interface."
"FortiAnalyzer's best feature is centralized log analysis. It's based on SQL database, so I can fully customize my report, chart-wise and log-wise, and can create as many reports as I want without any limit."
"The monitoring part and GUI are areas in Amazon CloudWatch that have shortcomings currently and can be considered for improvements in the future."
"The graphical interface has room for improvement. CloudWatch only gives you a breakdown of what's wrong. However, it would be nice if it could automatically remedy the problems it identifies. You should be able to configure it so that when a specific condition arises, it will take a predefined action."
"Incorporating a straightforward method or a plug-and-play solution for integrating these databases with our systems, facilitating smooth data transfer, and enabling the creation of dashboards for monitoring and analysis would be beneficial."
"The configuration capabilities could be better."
"Right now, in relation to monitoring services, there are too many services and too many metrics per service."
"CloudWatch's scalability could be improved."
"The dashboard and the UI could improve in Amazon CloudWatch. Additionally, they should focus on visibility inside the servers with AI and machine learning integrations. This would allow users who are using the solution to see what is happening within the system better."
"It would be beneficial for CloudWatch to provide an API interface and some kind of custom configuration."
"The UI could use some improvement. It can be tough for a beginner to navigate because you don't know what to do even if you read the guide. I've talked to some users who said that they couldn't figure out what to do even after looking at the documentation."
"I think some improvement is required in real-time log monitoring, as sometimes it gets stuck or displays results after a delay."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer should come bundled with other Fortinet solutions. Additionally, the performance and updates could improve. They need to test their updates better so there are not as many bugs."
"I need some improvements in the support team since it is an area where there are certain shortcomings."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs to have more out-of-the-box connectors for integration with other solutions."
"The pricing could be better."
"The solution should include the ability to customize reports so that customers receive greater value and high level reporting."
"I feel that Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a little bit heavy, making it an area where improvements are required."
Amazon CloudWatch is ranked 12th in Log Management with 40 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 7th 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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