Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Reviews

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a complete package for managing our equipment.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for approximately six years.

The support could be better for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer here in Mexico.

I would rate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer a nine out of ten.

We are using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for analyzing network traffic and it provides us with log analytics.

Overall we are satisfied with all the features the solution provides.

There are a lot of solutions on the market and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is limited. It cannot be used across multiple vendors. They can improve by advancing their technology.

The solution could improve by having better integration and support with Apple, Linux, and Microsoft solutions.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for approximately five years.

We have been making changes to the cloud signatures and categories because the market is changing and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer has been stable and reliable.

The solution is scalable but there are additional costs if you want to increase the scalability.

We have been satisfied with the support.

The installation was not difficult.

We did the implementation ourselves.

In the local market sometimes people are being charged more than other solutions. Although the market is competitive, legitimate suppliers do not receive a large enough discount to pass onto the customers. 

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is not suitable for everyone, it is best suited for mid-sized businesses but if the price could be reduced there would be more customers in all-sized businesses.

I rate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer a seven out of ten.

We use the analyzer for reporting, to know what exactly is happening on the network. We use it to see which accesses are granted, which accesses are denied, which sites are visited, which botnets are coming in, which viruses, etc.

The solution is on-premise. Most of the time we set it up on the client's premises, depending on their needs. The cloud is there for testing.

It has a simplified and user-friendly interface.

With FortiAnalyzer, most of the time, although the interface is simplified, when you are new to it you have issues of navigating through it.

And when it comes to pushing logs to a SIEM, most of the time we have some issues when it comes to filtering.

Also, reports need to be simplified because its reporting currently includes more detailed and technical things. If we could get a simplified or executive summary, that would be good.

It's very stable, unlike the previous version which, when the logs were huge, would crash and we would have to reset it and start all over again.

The scalability is also fine if you do your prerequisites right. If so, you won't have any issues. But if you don't do your scoping right, and more logs come into the system - more than it can handle - you will face issues. You need to do your scoping right to get it to be stable and scalable.

Technical support is kind of slow. When you have 24/7 support, the response is quick. But when you send something in, it takes a long time to get a response. Fortinet support is a little bit slow when using their portal for support.

In our case, because we are partners, we have a couple of tech guys we can call to get support done. When an end-user requests support through the portal, and even when we do, it takes hours to get a response.

We work with multiple solutions and Fortinet has been the number-one.

For me, the initial setup was straightforward. The deployment takes approximately ten minutes. In some cases we could be waiting for results, waiting for logs to get up to do some analysis.

The price is quite expensive. Fortinet products are very expensive. That is something which they should also look at, because if you compare Fortinet product to, say, Sophos for example, Fortinet is really high and that's the only thing which is a drawback for most users. Although their plan is a value-for-money appliance, the price is expensive.

Anyone who asks me about a Fortinet product, I'll give that person a thumbs-up. So far, Fortinet has been the best for me. It's a value-for-money appliance, it has an easy to use interface, and it gives you exactly what you want. The only drawback would be the price. 

The key functions for us are the next-gen firewall and network analytics. To ensure the best protection, we need to constantly analyze the situation in the network, as well as internal and external threats, as well as actual AV protection. The Fortinet products and FortiGuard services give us all of this.

Our company uses a virtual infrastructure. Implementing this product supplements the protection of our infrastructure.

The current version of the product is easy to use. Based on my experience, I can't recommend any areas of improvement. It's important, however, to know what you want prior to implementation. Otherwise, it may not meet your future needs based on the initial configurations.

We've used it for about four months.

During installation, we had no problems with deployment.

We have had no problems with stability.

We have had no problems with scalability.

The level of local customer service was very good. Per our request, tested the product. We got all answers to our questions from technical support. I rate both of them highly.

We used Wallix AdminBastion together with it.

The initial setup was straightforward.

A successful implementation for this product depends on how clearly the customer understands what they have and what they need in the future. In most cases, the customer turns out to be unsatisfied when it's unclear that they knew what they wanted prior to implementation. My main recommendation is to implement it together with the vendor, writing down the tasks, solutions, and the expected result before you begin.

I think Fortinet has a balanced offering of prices and licenses.

Fortinet's strategy is based on the dividing the product line depending on functionality. This allows customers to choose only the necessary feature set for them.

The Fortinet product line is wide – you can choose from SOHO to Enterprise, and from hardware to virtual solution. The presence of a free client (Win/Android/OS X) provides protection for client workstations. Each customer will be able to find the most suitable solution for them.

The balanced policy product line and licensing allows customers to choose only the necessary feature set for them. Also you can easily migrate from other vendors using single tools for conversion. Another tool helps you plan the placement of Wi-Fi points in the building. Also, it's very important that equipment has international and national certification such as PCI, DSS, etc. Presentation of products for SDN (Software-defined Networks including SDDC - Software-defined Data Center) confirms the company's leading position in the market.

It receives logs from the FortiGate 5000 Series (about 12 FortiGate blades), and it was configured for keep logs for about 1,050 days. The logs are divided by archive (raw logs) and analytics (logs indexed in a database). 

The use case is primarily for getting graphical data to make quick decisions.

FAZ has improved the organization because it stores events in the past so we can correlate incidents using another monitor tools; the problem is that it can´t recognize logs from FortiController blades, not even specifying it as a syslog device so this is a big lack. Devices from another brand are compatible only as syslog devices if they support.

It supports SQL for logging and reporting. Log data is inserted into the SQL database for log view and report generation. 

Another feature is the custom reports, where you can obtain a chart builder from a log view: traffic, event, or security log.

It is very important that FAZ can support FortiController as the architecture designed for the network. FortiController should be registered in FAZ at least for event logs.

No issues at all. It is a reliable product.  

The problems come when you are using different OS versions between FortiGate and FortiAnalyzer.

No scalability issues. You should know how many logs per second or minute are generated in your network to avoid issues with scalability.

The technical support with Fortinet has risen considerably. Now, they respond in three to four hours instead of two days.

We did not use a previous solution.

The FAZ includes a wizard, which is very simple to follow during the initial setup.

We implemented it in-house. We have had some experience implementing FAZ.

I do not have this value yet.

The cost and pricing should be in accordance with the calculation of log storage capacity for a time period required for historical analysis.

We did not look at any other options, because Fortinet was elected for use by the end user.

My only experience is with a very important customer, the most recognized in Latin America.

We primarily use the solution in order to analyze data.

If you have two devices that need to communicate with each other, so you can see where any issue is as you can see every single communication. It shows the flux of communication.

The most valuable aspect of the solution is its ability to pinpoint where the issue is. If two devices need to communicate together, you can see which interfaces they are using. 

The stability has been very good so far. We haven't had any issues with it.

Technical support is always quite responsive and very helpful.

Overall, the product is quite good. It integrates well and has good reporting and logging.

The user interface is good and it is quite easy to use.

From my point of view, at this time, the solution isn't lacking any features or functionalities. It's very complete for our purposes.

I've been working with the solution for less than a year. It's still quite new to me.

The product has been quite stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Its been reliable in terms of performance overall.

I can't speak to the scalability. It's not an aspect of the solution I've tried to deal with. I'm unsure if it expands easily or if it would be difficult to do so.

I personally have opened two tickets with technical support in the past and everything has gone very well. They were knowledgeable and responsive and they helped me solve the issues. I have no complaints about their level of service. I've been very satisfied with them.

By the time I joined my current organization, the solution was already installed and configured. Unfortunately, I was not a part of the process and therefore can speak to how easy or difficult it was.

I don't handle the licensing or the costs. I can't speak to how much it is for our company or if it is expensive or affordable. I'm not privy to that kind of information.

That said, it's my understanding, as a comparison, that Fortinet products are cheaper than their Cisco counterparts.

We just installed our latest version a few weeks ago. It's the brand-new version of the product.

For those considering the solution, I've been told that it's cheaper to buy Fortinet or FortiGate instead of buying Cisco ASA. If cost is a concern, it might be a good idea to look at Fortinet.

We are just customers and end-users of Fortinet. We don't have a business relationship with them.

Overall, I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten. It's largely been very good.

We use it for reports and analysis.

The report templates are valuable. It works very well, and integrations also work well.

Feature-wise, it is working very well for us. We don't need any additional features. However, its pricing can be improved. For small business customers, price is an important factor.

I have been using this solution for two years.

It is stable.

It is easy to scale.

It is expensive for small business customers. It is only available for customers with a high number of firewalls to manage or to report. If a customer has only five boxes of FortiGate, the price of FortiAnalyzer can be more than the five boxes. So, we can't easily put this solution for small business customers.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Generally, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer gives you visibility around the network. You can track and monitor devices and pick the surrounding network. You can see which packets are being sent to the network, who the users are, and what are they using. You can also view the policies and firewall rules that are being used, the IDs that are being connected to, and the IP address a particular user is using.

Basically, it's a SOC. It's a security operations device. We use it for continuous monitoring, and it takes a team to do so. In my organization, three to four people are using it on a daily basis.

The feature that I have found the most valuable is to be able to see everything in our network in a single task. A single menu and the graphical bar charts that it provides to give insights are very useful. 

It also gives very good metrics on bandwidth utilization, CPU, and device performance. It is very simple and easy to use as well.

They can include integration with devices, such as firewalls, endpoints, from other vendors. They can include graphic monitoring of everything in the network, not just Fortinet products.

It would also be good to include customizable reports and customizable views of the reports. 

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for about five to eight months. We are using the latest version. We have deployed it on-premises as a VM.

It's pretty stable.

I'd say that it's very scalable. Scalability depends on which version of the appliance you're using. 

If you're using a hardware-based appliance, it's obviously tough to scale as that would require purchasing new devices. If you go to cloud services or virtual services, it's pretty easy to scale. You need to purchase new VMs and add the IOCs that you need, which is easy. 

I have contacted technical support, but not particularly regarding Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. I have only contacted them for firewalls and routing issues. I have not yet contacted them for things related to Fortinet FortiAnalyzer.

It's very easy and straightforward. You just need the point the FortiGate devices to your Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, and it just automatically configures the security fabric. The time depends on how many devices you're actually using. Configuring one device into your Fortinet FortiAnalyzer takes about five minutes or so.

The deployment was pretty straightforward. I didn't need any help in setting it up. I did it myself very easily. It comes with useful guidelines for setting it up. They also provide documentation and information through their website.

One person can easily do the deployment, but the main goal of the solution is to continue to monitor the regular network traffic for which a team is required. Our software team is responsible for handling such things.

This product is only dedicated to packet analyzing, automation, and things like that. I have not used analyzers of other vendors. However, other solutions do provide similar functionalities. 

It is kind of a very good network packet analyzer solution. It does what a network analyzer should do, and it does it very well. 

In terms of firewalls and using network analyzers, Fortinet has always been the leader among the leaders. Fortinet provides very good features and products. Specifically, if you want to use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, you need to have a FortiGate environment. You need at least one FortiGate or other similar product in your network. So, if you are already using or are into Fortinet products, then FortiAnalyzer is a very good product to add on top of other products. Having only FortiAnalyzer in your network is kind of useless.

I would rate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer a nine out of ten. It's a very good product.