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ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM vs Fortinet FortiSIEM comparison

Odyssey Cybersecurity and Fortinet are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Odyssey Cybersecurity is ranked #51 with an average rating of 7.0, while Fortinet is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.9. Odyssey Cybersecurity holds a 0.1% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Fortinet’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Odyssey Cybersecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.
ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM
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100% willing to recommend
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82% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Fortinet FortiSIEM and ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM compete in the security information and event management solutions category. ClearSkies appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced features and higher ROI despite higher costs.

Features: Fortinet FortiSIEM is known for its comprehensive monitoring, automated response capabilities, and ease of use. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM offers AI-driven analytics, real-time threat detection, and advanced analytics.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet FortiSIEM could enhance its integration capabilities with other security tools. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM needs better documentation, improved user training, and simpler deployment processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortinet FortiSIEM is noted for smoother deployment and responsive customer service. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM has a complex deployment but offers proactive support.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiSIEM has competitive pricing with satisfactory ROI. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is more expensive but provides a higher ROI due to its superior functionality.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
51st
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortinet FortiSIEM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
8th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiSIEM is 3.1%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

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ZH
Has good integration capability and provides information and events but improvement is needed in information retrieval speed
The best features are the comprehensive event collection and analysis. Once set up properly, we receive all events and information. The team analyzes our data and presents incidents to us. We can communicate with their team to escalate and resolve incidents. It has a feature we use to search for information about our environment and past incidents. This is very valuable. The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets.
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Oliver Jackson - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems monitoring enhanced by firewall and intrusion detection features
My primary use case for Fortinet FortiSIEM is systems monitoring and alerting. I use it for standard functions like log monitoring, incident detection, and notification.  My customers are mostly medium-sized enterprises ranging from engineering companies, mining companies, independent schools, and…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The correlation rules and the user platform are most valuable."
"The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM is easy to use."
"We have many application systems, and I can set up Fortinet FortiSIEM for users to monitor their systems."
"The primary valuable feature is that it has replaced a whole lot of other products with one platform."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSIEM is the correlation of many events."
"The most valuable feature is auto-discovery. When you send logs from any device to port 514, it helps register those devices automatically."
"It gives us the opportunity to generate notifications based upon rules that get triggered, and the rules could be specific to PCI, HIPAA, GIBA, NIST, and so forth."
"The most valuable features for us are the built-in reports and alerts, along with the extreme flexibility in reporting and rule generation."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSIEM is the user and entity behave as analytics(UEBA). This feature mixes your data and provides useful information based on the behavior of the targeted."
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Cons

"They can add behavior analytics and AI or machine learning technology. They also improve their correlation engine. In addition to collecting logs from devices, they can collect the traffic and then correlate these logs and the traffic information."
"The main issue for improvement is the platform's slowness in presenting information. Retrieving information can take a little time when clicking on something."
"The dashboards need to be improved. It gives you so much detail, but sometimes too much detail, especially to an executive, it's too much."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There could be improvements like introducing some solutions directly into FortiSIEM to avoid the need for separately purchasing additional tools like FortiStore."
"FortiSIEM is a bit resource-hungry, so work should be done on hardware resource utilization to consume less hardware."
"Our team tried configuring MS SQL database logs with Fortinet FortiSIEM, but it did not work for some time."
"The product does not have Security Orchestration and Automation Response, I would recommend adding this feature."
"The solution's technical support didn't help our company a lot."
"The nodes on our network did not comply with the SIEM solution. They use a different format parking log."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Regarding pricing, I'd say it's in the middle range. Pricing is very good compared to others."
"They have changed the pricing policy. Its price is competitive. Its price is less than half of the price of QRadar, LogRhythm, and Splunk."
"The price is competitive."
"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The free version license of the product is available for two months."
"Pricing is acceptable for more than 90% of our customers, as they normally get discounts."
"This is probably more on the lower cost end of the spectrum compared to competing products. Fortinet's license model is based on events per second, which makes sense, but that's not typical. It makes it very hard to calculate what your costs are going to be as you scale the platform because some log sources, such as firewall logs, are very noisy, and there are lots and lots of events per second, but some of them are not. So, it becomes a bit of a science experiment trying to guess what your costs are going to be as you scale the solution. This is where other competing products perhaps have a more straightforward license model."
"We pay for a license for FortiSIEM. We pay for the license and renewal."
"Pricing is determined based on the customer's budget."
"Please be cheaper and more simplified."
"Fortinet's products are not expensive, it is less than the competition."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?
Regarding pricing, I'd say it's in the middle range. Pricing is very good compared to others.
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What needs improvement with ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?
The main issue for improvement is the platform's slowness in presenting information. Retrieving information can take a little time when clicking on something.
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What is your primary use case for ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?
I use the solution as a SIEM and managed SOC. It collects events and incidents from all our systems like, EDR, NDR, servers, and switches. The managed SOC team raises incidents for us to review and...
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What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSIEM?
Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSIEM?
As a service, the cost is reasonable and affordable with scalable pricing based on the number of monitored devices. However, setting it up for oneself as an enterprise-licensed product can be quite...
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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?
The built-in APIs in Fortinet FortiSIEM are somewhat lacking and could be improved for better integration with external ITSM products. Improving software stability and reducing bugs will make it a ...
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Also Known As

ClearSkies NG SIEM
FortiSIEM, AccelOps
 

Overview

ClearSkies™ Software-as-a-Service is a fast, robust, scalable and flexible Next Generation SIEM solution. It provides real-time correlation of log data combined with evidence-based knowledge of emerging threats and vulnerabilities, thus allowing the early detection of and response to targeted attacks and data breaches.

Odyssey Cybersecurity

FortiSIEM (formerly AccelOps 4) provides an actionable security intelligence platform to monitor security, performance and compliance through a single pane of glass.

Companies around the world use FortiSIEM for the following use cases:

  • Threat management and intelligence that provide situational awareness and anomaly detection
  • Alleviating compliance mandate concerns for PCI, HIPAA and SOX
  • Managing “alert overload”
  • Handling the “too many tools” reporting issue
  • Addressing the MSPs/MSSPs pain of meeting service level agreements
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Sample Customers

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FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.
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