Fortinet FortiSandbox vs Trellix Network Detection and Response comparison

Fortinet and Trellix are both solutions in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category. Fortinet is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1, while Trellix is ranked #15 with an average rating of 7.5. Fortinet holds a 10.8% mindshare in ATP, compared to Trellix’s 5.0% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Trellix Network Detection and Response and Fortinet FortiSandbox both operate in the cybersecurity realm, focusing on advanced threat detection and response. Trellix seems to have the upper hand in investigative depth and visibility, whereas Fortinet excels in integration with its product ecosystem.

Features: Trellix Network Detection and Response offers in-depth analysis tools, including the MVX engine and sandboxing technology, enabling advanced threat detection and forensic capabilities. It provides real-time investigation potential and integrates with other security measures for comprehensive security coverage. Fortinet FortiSandbox is known for its seamless integration with other Fortinet products and provides robust sandboxing environments for analyzing malicious files, along with the capability to emulate various operating systems, making it valuable for threat hunting.

Room for Improvement: Trellix Network Detection and Response could improve in managing false positives, customizing virtual environments, and better integrating with third-party solutions. Suggestions also include more straightforward analytics and simplified setup processes. Fortinet FortiSandbox users seek more virtual environment options and better integration beyond the Fortinet ecosystem. Enhancements in ease of using license management and speeding up analysis are also desired.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both products offer flexible deployment options, whether on-premises, hybrid, or cloud. Trellix is recognized for its responsive technical support and extensive documentation, offering a variety of support contact methods. Fortinet is praised for effective technical support, but its deployment complexity can present challenges. Trellix's proficiency in support contrasts with Fortinet's focus on installation clarity.

Pricing and ROI: Trellix Network Detection and Response is viewed as expensive, but its ROI is justified due to its advanced threat prevention capabilities, making the price barrier acceptable given the security it provides. Fortinet FortiSandbox is usually regarded as reasonably priced, though its licensing can be complex. Both solutions report significant ROI in threat prevention, with Fortinet having a competitive pricing edge despite Trellix's higher cost being backed by its comprehensive capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSandbox

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Threat Deception Platforms (7th)

Trellix Network Detection a...

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Detection and Response (NDR) (16th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiSandbox is 10.8%, up from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Network Detection and Response is 5.0%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

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Kiarash Heydari

Information security manager at asa com

Light and powerful solution design; useful to have

My impression is that the initial setup process is quite straightforward. If you know what you're using it for, the initial setup can be quite easy and the solution is not that hard to use. When it comes to the steps taken for the implementation, you would select the OS you're using and when the files are sent to the appliance you check, and in the appliance configuration, it must be like the visual governance environment. You must set up the OS you have so that appliance can scan or analyze your file. To maintain this solution, you must always have at least one all-around person tuning this solution.

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BiswabhanuPanda

Senior technical consultant at Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic

Offers in-depth investigation capabilities, integrates well and smoothly transitioned from a lower-capacity appliance to a higher one

The in-depth investigation capabilities are a major advantage. When the system flags something as malicious, it provides a packet capture of that activity within the environment. That helps my team quickly identify additional context that most other tools wouldn't offer – like source IP or base64 encoded data. We can also see DNS requests and other details that aren't readily available in solutions like Check Point or others that we've tried. The detection itself is solid, and their sandboxing is powerful. There's a learning curve – you need a strong grasp of OS-level changes, process forking, registry changes, and the potential impact of those. But with that knowledge, the level of information Trellix provides is far greater than what we've seen elsewhere. The real-time response capability of Trellix has been quite effective, although it's not very fast. The key is this solution's concept of 'preference zero.' They don't immediately act on a zero-day. For example, the solution has seen a piece of malware for the first time. It'll let it in, then do sandboxing. Maybe after four or five minutes, it identifies that specific file's DNX Secure Store as malicious. At that point, they update the static analysis engine, and it gets detected if anything else tries to download the same file. There is that initial 'preference zero' concept, like with Panda. You may not hold traffic in the network. That's standard in the industry; we don't do much about it. To address that, we also have endpoint solutions. We use SentinelOne in our environment, which helps us identify threats like Western Bureaus and others.

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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 solution is very good because it catches a lot of threats in emails."

"The real-time analysis capability of FortiSandbox is beneficial for email analysis."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that the performance it offers to users is good, making it useful for us in our company."

"FortiSandbox helps us handle unknown threats. Every vendor is competing for who can detect an unknown threat the fastest. Fortinet is competitive in the market."

"Fortinet FortiSandbox's most valuable feature is the security it provides against threats, such as ransomware. Additionally, it integrates well with APIs."

"The dynamic behavior analysis is excellent. We have many attacks caught by the FortiSandbox as zero-day attacks. Additionally, the administration is simple and can be customized to fit your companies needs."

"Overall, it works fine. Its interface is also fine."

"What I find most valuable, is that it is easy to use."

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"The features that I find most valuable are the MIR (Mandiant Incident Response) for checks on our inbound security."

"The installation phase was easy."

"Over the thirteen years of using the product, we have not experienced a single compromise in our environment. During the COVID period, we faced numerous DDoS attacks, and the tool proved highly effective in mitigating these threats."

"Improved our systems and our customers' by providing better malware protection, defense against zero-day threats, and improved network security."

"I also like its logging method. Its logging is very powerful and useful for forensic purposes. You can see the traffic or a specific activity or how something entered your network and where it went."

"Its ability to find zero-day threats, malware and anything malicious has greatly improved my customer's organization, especially for protecting the users' browser."

"Very functional and good for detecting malicious traffic."

"Before FireEye, most of the times that an incident would happen nobody would be able to find out where or why the incident occurred and that the system is compromised. FireEye is a better product because if the incident already happened I know that the breach is there and that the system is compromised so we can take appropriate action to prevent anything from happening."

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Cons

"I don't know if it is viable to do an improvement like this. When there are passwords in the password-protected files, it can't scan them or do things like this. I don't know if an algorithm or something else could make it better. Nowadays, many legitimate office documents have passwords."

"In future releases, I would like to see more automation capabilities."

"The licensing can be very confusing. It needs to be simplified."

"Sometimes, there are issues upgrading the version of the firewall or the SD-LAN box. After we upgrade to the latest version of the software, we still have the same box. I think it's the same for every vendor."

"The reporting tools could be improved in Fortinet FortiSandbox."

"Fortinet FortiSandbox should improve its performance and security accuracy to keep competitive with other solutions, such as IBM."

"If you were to compare prices between vendors and manufacturers, you would see that the lowest equipment in the Sandbox line is quite expensive for a new customer."

"For the MSSPs, it would be great if the product could display all the threat chains on a dashboard since it is an area where the tool is currently lacking."

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"Its documentation can be improved. The main problem that I see with FireEye is the documentation. We are an official distributor and partner of FireEye, and we have access to complete documentation about how to configure or implement this technology, but for customers, very limited documentation is available openly. This is the area in which FireEye should evolve. All documents should be easily available for everyone."

"They can maybe consider supporting some compliance standards. When we are configuring rules and policies, it can guide whether they are compliant with a particular compliance authority. In addition, if I have configured some rules that have not been used, it should give a report saying that these rules have not been used in the last three months or six months so that I disable or delete those rules."

"As far as future inclusions, it would be useful to display more threat intelligence, such as the actual area of the threat and the origin of the web crawling (Tor and Dark Web)."

"There is a lot of room for Improvement in the offering, from cost to functionality. It is pretty straightforward to implement which is an advantage. However, it falls short in pricing, detection capabilities, and, most importantly, reporting and policy management."

"Certain features in Trellix Network Detection and Response, such as using AL-type commands, may initially pose a challenge for those unfamiliar with such commands. However, once users become accustomed to the system, it becomes easier to use."

"It is not a very secure product."

"Technical support could be improved."

"The solution's support needs to improve their support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution."

"FortiSandbox is a subscription that can be purchased from Fortinet directly. Only using FortiSandbox as features purchased as a subscription in the cloud."

"The solution is unavailable at a lower cost and can be difficult to deploy."

"The solution is affordable."

"The price is competitive."

"I rate the product's pricing a five or six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."

"Fortinet is more reasonable than Palo Alto."

"The solution is not expensive at all."

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"It's an expensive solution."

"The pricing is fair, a little expensive, but fair. We've evaluated other products, and they're similarly priced."

"The user fee is not as high but the maintenance fee is expensive."

"When I compare this solution to its competitors in the market, I find that it is a little expensive."

"Its price is a bit high. A small customer cannot buy it. Its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"There are some additional services that I understand the vendor provides, but our approach was to package all of the features that we were looking to use into the product."

"Pricing and licensing are reasonable compared to competitors."

"The tool is a bit pricey."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

18%

Comms Service Provider

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSandbox?

The real-time analysis capability of FortiSandbox is beneficial for email analysis.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSandbox?

I think it's affordable. For the six to seven months of usage, the cost has been reasonable.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSandbox?

We sometimes face a delay in email scanning due to not having multiple virtual machines. Improvements could be made in dynamic scanning, scanning all email components such as URLs and attachments, ...

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What do you like most about FireEye Network Security?

We wanted to cross-reference that activity with the network traffic just to be sure there was no lateral movement. With Trellix, we easily confirmed that there was no lateral network involvement an...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FireEye Network Security?

The pricing is fair, a little expensive, but fair. We've evaluated other products, and they're similarly priced. It's a bit on the expensive side, but we don't want to compromise with cheap, less r...

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What needs improvement with FireEye Network Security?

The solution's support needs to improve their support.

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Also Known As

FortiSandbox

FireEye Network Security, FireEye

Overview

Fortinet FortiSandbox is a behavior-based threat detection solution that prevents and detects malicious code in files transferred within the organization. It is integrated with FortiGate firewalls and FortiMail for threat protection and can be used for monitoring and reporting. The solution inspects files in a virtual environment with different types of virtual machines and can block or quarantine files based on their score.

The most valuable features include dynamic behavior analysis, manual scan features, easy management and configuration, fast scanning, scalability, customization, and ICAP protocol. The solution is cost-effective and faster than other sandbox solutions, with a good user interface.

Fortinet

Detect the undetectable and stop evasive attacks. Trellix Network Detection and Response (NDR) helps your team focus on real attacks, contain intrusions with speed and intelligence, and eliminate your cybersecurity weak points.

Trellix

Sample Customers

Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG

FFRDC, Finansbank, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Investis, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Bank of Thailand, City of Miramar, Citizens National Bank, D-Wave Systems

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