Fortinet FortiSIEM vs SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer comparison

"The product's initial setup phase was easy."

"This solution offers extensive customization options, making it possible to adapt it precisely to their requirements."

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

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is easy to use."

"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."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM's most valuable feature is the simplicity in handling multi-tenancy and the ability to switch between different clients at the same time. That was handled flawlessly."

"The ability to write my own parsers for the devices that are not supported by Fortinet is the most valuable feature."

"FortiSIEM helped us discover all the threats at the time that were attacking the IT services of the company. We now have multiple-level authentication."

"The solution helps manage networks."

"I would rate NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's stability ten out of ten."

"It allows us to pinpoint which protocol is overloading the link."

"It doesn't cost too much."

"For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."

"What people found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its report customization feature."

"What the network team found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it helps them to troubleshoot or analyze the issue. For example, traffic that comes from our location: India, goes to the US, so for the network team to analyze where the traffic comes from and where it is directed, and whether the packets are being dropped, they use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. The network team also likes that through the solution, they can analyze the complete traffic utilization and how they're going to use it. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is user-friendly. The team finds it comfortable to use."

"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."

"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."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is a little out of sight and needs more marketing efforts to be popular in the market."

"Does not have load-sharing or high-availability, and these are important things to implement. I can do the same things in another way, but not naturally having these features makes it complicated."

"The UI could improve in Fortinet FortiSIEM. Humans view the UI frequently for data and if it was more visually pleasing it would be beneficial."

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

"The graphs on the user interface could be improved as we often experience glitches."

"Areas for improvement would be the ease of use and the integration with Fortinet's own products."

"FortiSIEM is not a market leader in the SIEM space."

"I would like to see more training videos and additional material for learning how to use this solution."

"There is a lack of documentation ......as well as a lack of dashboards."

"I'm expecting to see a little bit more artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. They need a bit more sophistication in that."

"SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer could improve its flexibility and integration with AI to provide analytics beyond just showing up/down statuses and traffic volumes."

"Technical support needs improvement."

"The pricing is expensive."

"The analysis can utilize algorithms like K-means clustering or associative neural networks for predictions rather than relying on generative AI, which is more suited for text."

"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."

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

"Please be cheaper and more simplified."

"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."

"There are additional features that cost more than the standard licensing fees."

"We bought the perpetual license, so we own the product, but there is a three-year support renewal fee for that."

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

"The price of Fortinet FortiSIEM is a lot less when compared to other solutions."

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

"Licensing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is paid yearly, and there are no additional costs that you need to pay apart from the standard licensing fees because you don't need to purchase another solution to make SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer work. Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is more expensive than other solutions."

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"The pricing is really good."

"SolarWinds' pricing structure is the primary reason why some customers opt for another solution such as ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. In NTA, you are charged per port, meaning that if you have a 24-port switch you will be charged for 24 individual nodes. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, on the other hand, charges per switch, such that if you add a switch, the entire switch will count as one single node."

"For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."

"We pay yearly, and we are happy with its price."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"The pricing is reasonable."