Fortinet FortiSIEM vs Statseeker comparison

"Both the collecting logs and duo correlation are valuable features for us."

"FortiSIEM's log correlation is good."

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

"We're able to get real-timec as well as our customer networks that we're monitoring at all times."

"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."

"Our customer did not have security monitoring in the first place. With this solution, it provided security posture management and visibility about the security landscape and threats that they had."

"The solution is easy to use and user-friendly."

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

"The most valuable feature is the dashboard, where you have everything right there on the screen."

"The most important for us is how fast this solution is, as well as the granularity that you can get to, such as per-minute statistics."

"The most important feature for us is the interface statistics, because our customer normally asks us for bandwidth utilization reports. Statseeker has very descriptive transmit and receive information."

"We were having some issues with a certain site, and it was only Statseeker that showed us what the problem was."

"If you need a product that's able to monitor all the ports in your environment or all the ports that you want, this is a great product to use. Statseeker is quite flexible in tailoring the product, spending time tailoring the product with you. It's fairly low maintenance. It's quite quick."

"The solution reduces the complexity of our network monitoring because it can make my engineers do their jobs faster. The solution also reduces troubleshooting time for network administrators to pinpoint issues quicker."

"We are a smaller enterprise, but we're watching approximately fifteen-thousand switchboards with no problem at all."

"I like the fact that I can aggregate multiple interfaces into a single graph. It allows me to quickly the summary of traffic for multiple devices which is helpful."

"We expect the latest patch from Fortinet FortiSIEM to give the ability to work with signature files."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users."

"The biggest thing that could be better is a quicker response to support cases."

"It would be good if the solution offered even more configuration options, especially in relation to the VPN so that it continues to be a very flexible option."

"The nodes on our network did not comply with the SIEM solution. They use a different format parking log."

"The interface needs some improvements because it's a bit cumbersome when you're trying to view items. It takes some time to get used to. Additionally, sometimes the scrolling does not work."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM could improve to extend to several locations or sites."

"The policy editing should be easier. Right now, it's too hard."

"Technical support for this solution is bad, as is everything with Cisco support."

"I would like to see some layer two and layer three topology mappings, similar to what NNMi and SolarWinds presents."

"If it had more detailed NetFlow information then it would be far better."

"Detailed data can be hard to extract in CSV form. Sometimes, being able to dump down raw data would be good so various time periods across a longer period could be analysed. At present, data can be presented within Statseeker, but there is lots of "white space" between data points."

"It would be very nice to have the Cisco ACI option included in the regular license."

"More private MIB object support, such as WAN optimisation performance and wireless, would be helpful."

"The user interface needs to be made more intuitive."

"The main issue I've seen, in the last six months to a year, is when I upgrade I seem to be hitting bugs. The upgrade won't go smoothly and I have to engage support. These things happen when you upgrade, it's not the end of the world, but from a stability point of view, the only time I've so far, is during upgrades."

"FortiSIEM's licensing is based on EPS, and its pricing is competitive in the market."

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

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

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is not an expensive solution."

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

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

"The price of Fortinet FortiSIEM was reasonable compared to other solutions."

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

"We now feel the pricing is a good value. Previously we had a just a normal license but now we've got an Enterprise license. Since the Enterprise, it's been a lot better value. We did think it was pretty expensive before, but with the Enterprise license it's almost less than half that price. If you have a number of accounts within the organization that use Statseeker, I would suggest get the Enterprise license."

"Compared to other solutions such as Zabbix and AKiPS, this solution is very well priced."

"It would definitely be a yearly licensing cost, but I don't know what it is."

"It's probably $5K a year for the license."

"One thing that needs improvement is how it's licensed. I understand historically the company licensed it off a same charge for everyone. I understand the company needs to make money, but how they introduced the tiered licensing model, and then multiple layers of licensing was a bit of an issue. So, on the whole, coming up with a licensing model that isn't confusing and complicated and is easy to understand would be one way to improve the product. They have told me lately that they're changing how they license stuff, but they haven't made that - as I understand it - in their marketing material public knowledge as of yet. I would say that at the moment it's a bit convoluted. It's confusing. Some of their basic licensing model is a bit of a ripoff. If you go over five or ten support calls in the basic licensing model they start charging you for support calls. I think that's a bit rich."

"We paid $5,000 to $10,000 a year in maintenance."

"We have permanent licenses so there's really no cost, other than ongoing maintenance. When I think about it, that's running us about $20,000 a year."

"We pay a yearly maintenance fee of approximately $40,000 USD."