FileAudit vs Fortinet FortiSIEM comparison

IS Decisions and Fortinet are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. IS Decisions is ranked #61, while Fortinet is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.9. IS Decisions holds a 0.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Fortinet’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IS Decisions users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

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83% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

FileAudit and Fortinet FortiSIEM are leading security tools in the file monitoring and SIEM categories. Fortinet FortiSIEM appears to have the upper hand due to its extensive features and perceived value.

Features: FileAudit offers straightforward implementation, critical file monitoring features, and ease of use. Fortinet FortiSIEM provides robust data analysis, comprehensive SIEM capabilities, and advanced threat detection.

Room for Improvement: FileAudit users suggest more advanced reporting features, additional integration options, and enhanced automation capabilities. Fortinet FortiSIEM needs improved support documentation, a more user-friendly configuration process, and streamlined deployment.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FileAudit is known for quick and hassle-free deployment with responsive customer service. Fortinet FortiSIEM, while powerful, is more complex to deploy and requires detailed configuration but receives positive customer service reviews.

Pricing and ROI: FileAudit is budget-friendly with lower setup costs and a favorable ROI. Fortinet FortiSIEM, despite higher initial costs, is seen as offering significant value over time due to its extensive feature set. Both products deliver satisfactory ROI based on user needs.

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Categories and Ranking

FileAudit

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

61st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (55th)

Fortinet FortiSIEM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

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AI Observability (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of FileAudit is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiSIEM is 2.7%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiSIEM	2.7%
FileAudit	0.6%
Other	96.7%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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AntoSebastin

Cyber Security Consultant - APAC at Logon Software

A scalable SIEM solution for monitoring a user's activity in the file server

The most valuable features of the solution are its quick and simple features related to advanced permissions for files, allowing for what permission needs to be granted to the users when it comes to the monitoring folder in the solution. If someone who has been denied permission to use a particular folder tries to go to that folder, then the administrator gets a notification. In general, the administrator can easily gather and maintain records if a person who has been denied permission to a particular confidential folder tries to access it.

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SaurabhYadav5

Network Engineer at Ogma Consulting

Comprehensive monitoring boosts security, yet incident management features need expansion

Fortinet FortiSIEM should broaden its remediation part to include more features for incident management. Currently, to manage repetitive incidents or for remediation, I need to use a separate software called FortiSOAR. Additionally, the search functionality in FortiAI should be improved to provide more precise results, making it easier for me to understand what actions need to be taken.

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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

"Alerting upon file changes is the most valuable aspect of the product."

"It is a good and stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"Our customer acquires the complete report which is kept for future auditing purposes."

"FileAudit has helped our client to bring order to the day-to-day management of these folders, through the use of information triggers that inform department managers of both file obsolescence and changes made by employees."

"Our customer acquires the complete report which is kept for future auditing purposes."

"The stability is very reliable. It offers very good performance."

"We have found the most important features in Fortinet FortiSIEM to be the correlation, file utility check, latest file, and hash changes. These features are important for us."

"The most valuable features for us are the built-in reports and alerts, along with the extreme flexibility in reporting and rule generation."

"The solution’s IP database is awesome."

"The beautiful thing about Fortinet is that they have integrated many, many solutions."

"I like the various options, including the option for CMDB and the easier access to create rules, playbooks, or use cases. It's also easier to use for creating dashboards and reports."

"Analytics is the most valuable feature, and the business service summaries in the dashboards and the correlations for the SIEM are also valuable features."

"It is used as an alerting platform."

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Cons

"The updates management and central management console could be improved."

"Whenever someone cuts and paste, it shows as "file is deleted"."

"The DLP function, including installation of the agent on the workstation and controlling the DLP restrictions, are areas where the product lacks."

"The updates management and central management console could be improved."

"Whenever someone cuts and paste, it shows as "file is deleted"."

"The log collection and configuration management are not great."

"The initial setup is complex. They need to make it easier in terms of implementation."

"It's difficult to integrate unsupported devices with FortiSIEM compared to QRadar."

"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."

"With FortiSIEM, the issue has to do with the ways we can generate a report. It's not as flexible compared to that with other SIEM tools, like Splunk."

"Their technical support is horrible. By horrible, I mean a train wreck of a disaster that has fallen off a bridge and caught fire."

"The log collection and configuration management are not great."

"One of the things that actually opened a ticket about (and they couldn’t help me) is when traffic is leaving our network, it’ll only report the source."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"FileAudit provides a trial license for 30 days, and after that, customers can choose between perpetual licensing or the annual-based licensing option offered by FileAudit."

"Its price can be better. We are Fortinet partners, so we can get discounts, but its price can be an issue at the beginning for others. There is a licensing scheme for every case. There are three licensing schemes that we can choose from."

"Please be cheaper and more simplified."

"The tool is really expensive. For what the tool does for our team, the price is fair."

"The solution is available for both, perpetual and subscription licenses."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is not an expensive solution."

"The price of the solution is expensive. The license is scalable. If there are 10 devices it is simple to license."

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive. I rate the tool's price as an eight out of ten. Compared with Splunk or Oracle, Fortinet is cheap."

"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."

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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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My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Fortinet FortiSIEM is wonderful, as it offers an excellent license compared to other vendors.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM is great overall. Performance could be enhanced, but I do not wish to elaborate on needed improvements.

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FortiSIEM, AccelOps

Overview

Agentless, remote and non-intrusive, FileAudit offers a simple more user-friendly way to safeguard and secure file access in a Windows environment. FileAudit provides real-time monitoring and alerting on all access (or access attempts). FileAudit also implements contextual functions such as mass access and alteration alerts, tracking source IP address information for remote data access, and providing granular time and date alerting parameters to monitor folder and file access at unusual or unexpected times.

IS Decisions

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

Fortinet

Sample Customers

CommuniCare Health Centre, DP World, BAE Systems, Moet Hennessy, Ernst & Young, Honda, Volswagon, VTech, GlakoSmithKline, Lockheed Martin, US Navy, University of Alabama, Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia, Total

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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