Fortinet FortiSIEM vs Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline comparison

Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSIEM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Gigamon Deep Observability ...

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

26th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (25th), Event Monitoring (10th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (18th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (19th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (22nd), Network Packet Broker (NPB) (1st), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (11th)

Featured Reviews

HamedWasel

Senior Network Security Engineer at Orange

It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors

FortiSIEM needs to expand its integration with third-party vendors. I don't know if Forcepoint has been added, but there were limited resources for integrating Forcepoint solutions when we implemented FortiSIEM. It integrates well with other Fortinet products and solutions from established cybersecurity companies like Palo Alto but doesn't integrate with some of the newer vendors. I would also like to see FortiSIEM add more of the features available in FortiSOAR. You need to buy two separate solutions to get these features, but they should all be available in one product.

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LeonardoAlves

Senior Treasury Analyst at Itau Unibanco S.A.

Improved the capability to analyze the environment and network problems with easy setup

It improved the capability to analyze the environment and network problems. It also helped streamline your security and performance monitoring The application I use is a script. My environment is a mix of technologies. I have many passionate people in my network who are on a journey in…

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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

"Fortinet FortiSIEM provides good detection against advanced threats."

"We like the integration of all of these Fortinet platforms together. Everything is integrated well, and we are able to sell that as a service to our customers."

"The interface is very easy to use. The connector in the core has FortiSIEM support from the vendor."

"To add workers and even collectors is pretty easy."

"The event correlation is pretty robust. The GUI is pretty good."

"The primary valuable feature is that it has replaced a whole lot of other products with one platform."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to view all the network events on a single pane and find the point of contact or point of the incident."

"The CMDB and the device discovery features are most valuable."

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"The most valuable feature for improving network visibility with Gigamon is the packet filtering capability."

"It is a good product. It provides network visibility, which is important. Gigamon can bring some optimizations to my network. It is helpful for security inspection, and it makes my firewall work fast because my firewall doesn't have to do the inspection of the SSL connections, for example."

"The most valuable feature is NetFlow."

"It offers straightforward integration."

"It has high stability."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the encryption feature. From a security perspective, the solution hasn't significantly strengthened our security posture. However, it has greatly improved performance by streamlining encryption processes and avoiding encryption at multiple layers. This has also simplified troubleshooting, as we can whitelist certain processes."

"The solution is straightforward to set up."

Cons

"The support of the product changed recently, and I don't think it's for the better. They should work to improve the support they offer to clients."

"Patching is not great - we're not getting the support we'd expect."

"It lacks a "wizard" that shows a particular user's activity or particular circumstance. I think the interface is intimidating because there's so much information there."

"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."

"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"FortiSIEM is a bit resource-hungry, so work should be done on hardware resource utilization to consume less hardware."

"The backup and recovery process for this solution needs improvement."

"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."

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"They should increase the solution's cluster capacity."

"The Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline should have a feature showing the traffic flow within its platform. Currently, customers have to use separate tools for monitoring, which is inconvenient. If it had its visibility feature, it would make monitoring easier and more complete without needing extra tools."

"Its filtering feature needs improvement."

"It only inspects a specific kind of traffic. There should be different kinds of use cases."

"The security should be improved."

"The graphical user interface could be improved."

"In terms of improvement, while the initial setup is not overly complicated, we did encounter a few issues."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Please be cheaper and more simplified."

"The price is competitive."

"Manageable, however would be better as pay as you go versus CapEX."

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

"Pricing is determined based on the customer's budget."

"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."

"Pricing is acceptable for more than 90% of our customers, as they normally get discounts."

"Fortinet's products are not expensive, it is less than the competition."

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"The solution's price is reasonable."

"I would rate the solution as expensive, around an eight or nine out of ten. There are other competitive solutions available."

"The solution is highly-priced."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Government

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users.

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

Fortinet FortiSIEM is high-priced. Previously, its licensing model required separate licenses for devices, agents, and EPS, which was quite rigid. The revised model is subscription-based and more f...

What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?

FortiSIEM is a bit resource-hungry, so work should be done on hardware resource utilization to consume less hardware. Another major problem is its licensing model, which initially required separate...

What do you like most about Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?

The most valuable feature for improving network visibility with Gigamon is the packet filtering capability.

What needs improvement with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?

The challenge is monitoring the cloud network. In on-premises environments, monitoring is straightforward, as I can verify all packets and communications. However, due to the way access tools and p...

What is your primary use case for Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?

It improved the capability to analyze the environment and network problems. It also helped streamline your security and performance monitoring.

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Also Known As

FortiSIEM, AccelOps

Gigamon, GigaSecure

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Fortinet

Gigamon

Overview

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

Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is a comprehensive network visibility solution that provides real-time insights into network traffic. It offers SSL inspection and mobile network monitoring for traffic monitoring purposes. The solution optimizes networks, aids in security inspection, and improves firewall performance. It is praised for its performance, power, straightforward integration, stability, and ease of initial setup.

With Gigamon, organizations can gain complete visibility into their network traffic, identify potential threats, and take proactive measures to prevent them. The solution is ideal for organizations of all sizes, including enterprises, service providers, and government agencies.

Sample Customers

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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Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline