Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Reviews

• Real time reports
• Reports on who tried to attack
• FortiGate monitor

Before using FortiAnalyzer, people would surf wherever and we could not monitor or see which computer in the company goes where. Everyone had the same IP. Now, using the analyzer, I am able to see each IP separately, including user name and other stats. One time the police called and told me someone from the company was breaking the law and I was able to monitor the specific computer.

They should learn from CheckPoint how to design UX for admins.

No issues encountered.

It's very stable.

I've not used them yet.

I've not used them yet.

We previously used a previous solution.

It was straightforward.

We did it in-house.

It's a great ROI for the price.

Only get it if you need it.

We primarily use it for logging collection. 

It's a simple log collection tool. There isn't too much that's special or unique about it. 

It meets our expectations for the most part.

The solution does offer very useful integration capabilities. 

The interface is fine.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The pricing could be better. They could work to make it more competitive on the market.

The report module could be simplified a bit to make it easier to use. 

Technical support has been very bad. They should work to improve their level of service.

I've been dealing with the solution for about seven years at this point. It's been a while. I have a lot of experience with it. 

The solution is stable and there are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. The performance is good. 

The scalability might be limited depending on the installation.

We haven't been happy with technical support. We find the service to be quite bad. For example, in our last experience dealing with them, we had multiple issues and the outcomes were not great. We were disappointed with the help we received. 

The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. It's straightforward enough. A company shouldn't have any issues with the setup.

The pricing isn't the least expensive on the market. They could work to improve it to make it more interesting for other companies. Adjusting pricing might be a good move.

I've personally looked into other security solutions, just to understand the market for myself. I've personally compared Fortinet, Meraki, Check Point, and Cisco ASA Firewall in terms of their safety and security capabilities. 

We're Fortinet partners. We have a business relationship with the company.

I'd give the solution a rating of six out of ten.

I'd still recommend it to other users, however. If the reporting, interface, and tech support were a bit better, I'd rate it higher. 

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is simple and reliable. It does what the product says it would do. We have a lot of replacements in Turkey, Palo Alto, Check Point, and Forcepoint. We are replacing these various vendors with Fortinet products. But there are some software issues, like bugs or bug fixes. Otherwise, we are very happy with Fortinet products.

In terms of what could be improved, sometimes it's lagging and also has some graphical issues with the GUI. The correlation mechanism and the analytics are not as good as the competitors like Check Point or Panorama. But for IoT and SoT, it has graphical dashboards and analytical diagram tables that can correlate various logs from other products like FortiMail and FortiWeb, so it is a good mechanism for Fortinet products. If you have various Fortinet products for your firm, you can use FortiAnalyzer like a synchro mechanism.

But it needs development for software issues like the GUI bug, some logs not showing, not collecting some logs... They need to fix them.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for almost five years and maybe six years experience with Fortinet products.

The scalability is good. It is also good in the cluster nodes. You can make multiple FortiAnalyzer clusters groups, and you can distribute the logs between these FortiAnalyzer nodes. In other words, you can expand the scale.

We have SLA agreements with the customers, so we are giving the technical support.

The initial setup is very simple.

If it is an individual environment, it may take one hour to complete the entire initial setup.

If the hardware requires physical adjustments for the cabinet location or the protected area, then it may take 2 hours.

I would absolutely recommend FortiAnalyzer. Fortinet products have internal logging mechanisms if they have internal disks or stores. But if you have multiple location SD-WAN branches for multiple areas you are controlling with FortiGate, the hardware doesn't give any disk or storage, only limited storage. So if you want to go further on the logging, you have limited options, maybe one week or two weeks. So if you're using a FortiAnalyzer in the SD-WAN branches, you have a centralized logging mechanism, so you can collect all the logs in a  central location and you can make the correlations or analytics with all the devices. Otherwise, you can go device, device to see what is happening on each site.

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Fortinet FortiAnalyzer a seven.

To improve this rating, as I mentioned, I need to see the older bugs, the graphical user experience, made better, like Check Point. Check Point is more visual than FortiAnalyzer. If the customer has experience with the Check Point logging mechanism, they will seek additional features in the FortiAnalyzer, but it has to be more visual. 

So as I said, the graphical issues must improve.

The feature I find most valuable is the reporting customization.

Areas for improvement would be the default template reporting and the user-friendliness of the report customization. In the next release, I would like to see more information about tracking intelligence.

I have been using this product for over five years.

This solution is stable.

This solution is scalable.

Technical support is fine, but they could improve their understanding of the customer environment when troubleshooting.

The initial setup is ok.

The pricing of this product should be about 10-20% lower.

This is a good product, but I think there are better ones for log analytics. I would rate this product seven out of ten.

It generate reports from a specific date or interval.

• Storage in SSD, to generate customized reports 
• Event management

• Operation and maintenance
• High-availability architecture
• Management link embedded in the transmission link

Yes. The combination between FortiAnalyzer and FortiGate 5000 Series with millions of concurrent sessions is high-risk because it can interrupt the operation of the network.

The FortiAnalyzer is not scalable.

Tech support is very poor and slow.

Straightforward.

The hardware cost and services contract are fair.

Buy it for networks that have the FortiGate platform as a security gateway or for enterprises with employees who are on the road a lot.

I am a customer as well as a partner of Fortinet. I work with telecom service providers in India, and I partner with Fortinet to resell their solutions to our end customers. I also use Fortinet appliances in our own network for securing our network and our data.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer provides good correlation capability from the logs generated by Fortinet appliances. It serves as a single log management and analysis platform for various Fortinet appliances, including FortiGate, FortiSwitches, and FortiWi-Fi access points. This makes it a unified platform for numerous Fortinet appliances. It helps in security management by aggregating logs across all devices and offers a single platform for monitoring.

Currently, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer provides a very basic level of correlation facilities. I would like to see improvements in the integration of better correlation capabilities. This would help in analyzing various security incidents and events more effectively by delivering a handful of relevant logs instead of thousands, allowing me to pinpoint issues with minimal effort and time.

I have approximately 15 years of experience with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer.

I think Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite stable. I would rate its stability as a nine out of ten.

I would rate the scalability of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer as a seven out of ten.

The technical support from Fortinet is fantastic and I would rate it as nine out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is straightforward. It comes in two variants: a physical appliance and a virtual appliance. It can be installed on any server hardware, and the documentation from Fortinet is excellent, providing necessary help when required.

The ROI is pretty good. Fortinet is highly efficient for moderate deployments and provides a secure platform for medium-sized networks and data centers. The pricing is very competitive, especially in the Indian market, providing excellent ROI.

In the Indian market, Fortinet's pricing is very competitive, allowing us to win most of our deals. It is supportive in terms of pricing, offering a good balance for mid-sized enterprises.

Based on my experience, I would recommend Fortinet FortiAnalyzer wherever there are more than ten FortiGate devices. It is effective for small and medium enterprise deployments but may not be suitable for large enterprises or high-grade data centers which might require solutions like Palo Alto or Check Point. I rate the overall solution as eight out of ten.