Fortinet FortiSIEM vs Zabbix comparison

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

"The Threat Hunting feature provides complete traffic analysis."

"It's a very nice solution to work with."

"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."

"It's easy to manage. There's a web interface and a command line, depending on what the user is comfortable with. There's a large knowledge base available, and the support is timely."

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

"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."

"We have many application systems, and I can set up Fortinet FortiSIEM for users to monitor their systems."

"I like being able to use proxy servers for different locations. The agents are pretty cool. They're easy to roll out. The standard out-of-the-box templates are also pretty easy to use. The integration with other learning products is also good. I have, in the past, used Slack, but we've integrated it with Microsoft Teams. We also use it for SMS with a service called Redcoat. It is very flexible. It does what I need it to do, and my manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything. We are nearing 4,000 hosts inside Zabbix, and we've got another 6,000 access points to add to it. We've thrown everything at it, and it has managed to keep going. I am very impressed with the tool, and I'd shake their hand very hard if I got to say the compliments to the Zabbix team. They keep improving it and doing refreshes, which is one good thing about it. There is also online information as well as books that you can purchase if you're willing to read enough. There is a lot to pick up, but it is a pretty complete solution."

"Setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two or three months."

"The most valuable features are the monitoring and the ease with which we can set it up at customer sites with our custom Zabbix proxy and tools."

"The most valuable feature is the protocol to manage anything."

"It meets my organizational needs. It's pretty easy to use."

"Zabbix is very easy to implement."

"The initial setup, while not simple, is easier than other products."

"The calculations part is the most valuable."

"Their product support, in general, is not that great. The product support is in the same ecosystem. Their support is improving but it's not that great.vvv"

"The solution's technical support didn't help our company a lot."

"When an alert triggers in Fortinet FortiSIEM, the layout or format can feel limited"

"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."

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

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

"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."

"An improvement would be if FortiSIEM's licensing was based on the number of nodes rather than the EPS."

"To improve Zabbix, adding more features to support the monitoring of modern workloads like containers would be beneficial."

"Implementing Zabbix is difficult. I've deployed many solutions over the years, and Zabbix is the hardest to implement. You have to do some development to get it to work with IBM, Micro Focus, or HP products."

"It should be easy to modify the front end."

"The documentation gets a bit messy between versions and is not too detailed, which is a bit painful for first-timers, especially when they run into issues."

"If Zabbix had a better dashboard then it would be nice."

"Zabbix is not easy to configure, and upgrading is also an issue."

"Look and feel."

"The user interface could be a bit better. They could update it a bit."

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

"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."

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

"Please be cheaper and more simplified."

"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."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is not an expensive solution."

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

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

"If you have 20,000 hosts, the support costs around €95,000 for a year."

"The solution is open source so is free."

"My manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything."

"Its licensing is fair. It seems to be much cheaper than others."

"It is open source. If you want to have a subscription or official support, you can pay for it. They have different plans, which are not that expensive. The plans are based on per monitoring server, not per monitored equipment. So, it is not at all expensive, and you can also live without the support if you want a cheaper option."

"The solution is free. However, many open-sourced tools start out free but eventually start charging."

"This solution is open-source and free to use."

"It's an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."