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Dynatrace vs Fortinet FortiAnalyzer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Dynatrace
Ranking in Log Management
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
344
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (2nd), AIOps (2nd)
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Ranking in Log Management
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Dynatrace is 5.8%, down from 7.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is 2.4%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Manish Ved - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 20, 2023
Solution has a useful AI engine, but the reports could be a bit better
We are typically about a version or two behind. We are on the managed solution. Our model of deployment is on-premises. I would say there are a couple of thousand users of this solution in our company. We are also planning on increasing the usage as our apps migrate to the cloud. I would advise other people looking into solutions, to do their homework beforehand and not assume that by deploying all the tools everything will automatically work, so there's still a lot of configuration involved. I would rate this solution as a whole an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.
Kiarash Heydari - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2023
We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic
The solution has very heavy features. Similar to when we get an app, usually, it's less than what we want. When we send all our logs over to the analyzer, it almost crashed on the first try. We must first get our logs tuned up and then set up the Fortinet FortiAnalyzer or it will crash. This is very complicated and heavy work for such a simple task, and it's a big issue for that app. The setup of the solution can be improved because it is currently complex. The cost of the solution is high and can be improved.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Never seen anything so complex be so simple to install."
"The dashboard customization based on the performance metric requirement is one of the most exciting features."
"Simple classic but effective UI (unlike some modern UI's out there that have too much white-space)"
"It helps to show where the problem is and isolates the issue."
"With the latest version, the AI engine highlights the root causes automatically."
"I get valuable information like, for example, if a site is down. That's the key. I'm instantly getting a message, or even on the app, I can see if something overnight went down a few times, or it's not performing at 100%."
"Having OneAgent is the most valuable feature of Dyantrace, as well as the monitoring."
"It is nice to be able to deep dive and pull historical data."
"This solution offers one view of incident management which has been the most valuable feature."
"The ability to gather all gateway information and logs in a single location is the most valuable feature."
"It is very stable and reliable."
"The most important feature is to be able to get reports or information about the state of all firewalls."
"We have the most data visibility."
"The anti-virus protection it offers our clients is solid."
"I have found incident management and also identifying new threats, analyzing the network traffic, and finding out the issues with the network traffic such as any security issues to be valuable. I also like the compliance reports."
"Initial setup is ok."
 

Cons

"To improve in Dynatrace the log analytics, this is the first thing that has to be enabled."
"On the side of the end user experience, I would suggest adding a new service for analyzing the backtrace of users."
"The new Dynatrace solution lacks test-automation integration inside the CI pipeline. I hope that will arrive soon."
"We would also like to see all the good data in a single view across multiple tools, so that access to integration is critical."
"They could have a better user interface, better automation, better support for cloud-based, and SaaS applications."
"With Dynatrace in our environment, the managed server required root access to run. As a government agency with tight security, this has been an audit concern for us."
"Include network monitoring in more detail for deep dive analytics of network components."
"I am unable to use Synthetic to automate user login."
"Pricing should be about 10-20% lower."
"There are a lot of solutions on the market and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is limited. It cannot be used across multiple vendors. They can improve by advancing their technology."
"One of the main disadvantages is not having a direct link to the security policy when you see something in the log."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could improve by having better integration with other vendors."
"They need to make the monitor better."
"They can include integration with devices, such as firewalls, endpoints, from other vendors. They can include graphic monitoring of everything in the network, not just Fortinet products. It would also be good to include customizable reports and customizable views of the reports."
"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."
"The FortiAnalyzer is not good at managing multi-version environments. If all your FortiGate are at different versions in the field, that's difficult. The one thing we didn't like is the fact you have to have 100% of your environment at the same release, which is not pleasant, to have it fully functional. You can have a different release, but to have it fully functional 100% of your environment has to be the same release."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the pricing is at a fair value for what it is."
"Licensing is a bit complicated for Dynatrace, and pricing is dependent on how much your organization invests."
"As compared to New Relic and other providers, it is more expensive, which is its biggest disadvantage. Its biggest advantage is its capability. It is more feature-rich."
"There is time savings. People's times have been cut in half using this solution because we were previously doing a lot of that manual work. Now, it's a lot more automated, and the data is just there."
"Pricing can be high, especially for Portuguese standards. But as one says, you get what you pay for."
"The licensing model is confusing in solutioning clients for the number of hosts needed to deploy."
"We found an issue within the first week of ownership that has been costing us more than the entire license cost."
"We license it for two environments, typically all of production and all of one lower environment, usually our staging environment. If there is a downside to Dynatrace, the only thing I can think of would be the cost. If it were cheaper, I'd have it in all my environments. I don't think they're charging more than it's worth, by any means. It's just that good software costs money."
"I believe that Fortinet is a cost-effective brand, making it a competitive option in terms of pricing."
"Compared to other products, the price is a little bit high."
"It is acceptable for on-premises, but it is expensive for the cloud."
"The solution is quite expensive"
"The pricing model is subscription-based."
"I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"The price is not expensive when compared to other solutions like Palo Alto."
"When comparing with other solutions such as Checkpoint and Cisco, Fortinet is priced well."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
32%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
The key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones you have listed are great for APM if you need to monitor applications end to end. I have tested them all and have not f...
What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?
While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything els...
Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
The reporting features, which offer customization, real-time insights, and compliance support, are particularly noteworthy aspects.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite an expensive tool. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
Fortinet has a new bug every month, which needs to be improved.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Audi, Best Buy, LinkedIn, CISCO, Intuit, KRONOS, Scottrade, Wells Fargo, ULTA Beauty, Lenovo, Swarovsk, Nike, Whirlpool, American Express
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