Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Reviews

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.

On-premises

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

One to three years.

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 use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer as our main investigation tool for some issues related to network traffic analysis and penetration detection. My company relies heavily on it to gather deep information about the network and analyze traffic thoroughly.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer provides a lot of visibility over network traffic and helps track incidents effectively.

The usability and the information that Fortinet FortiAnalyzer provides are very valuable. It offers many details within a good dashboard, making it easy to use. The visibility it gives us over traffic and incidents is especially beneficial. It provides deep insights into network performance, allowing for efficient traffic analysis and investigation.

The only area where it could improve is in providing better training for the tool. Some training would be beneficial, even though it's not entirely necessary for its usage.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for five years.

I reached out to Fortinet support once, and it was a very good experience. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Positive

We used Wireshark before but it wasn't sufficient for our needs. It lacked necessary features and was complex to handle.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer was very easy, and I would rate it a ten out of ten.

We pay roughly $5,000 for a solution that we needed specifically, but I do not remember the exact price. Overall, I find the pricing to be good compared to other tools in the market.

We evaluated Wireshark, a free tool for traffic analysis, but it did not meet our needs.

It's easy to set up and use, offering significant visibility over network traffic. I completely recommend Fortinet FortiAnalyzer to others. I would rate the overall solution as ten out of ten.

We are using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer primarily to collect all logs and for analyzing and reporting purposes. It aids in understanding our network environment by tracking what goes in and out of the network.

The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its capability for analyzing and providing visually comprehensive reports, making it easier to understand the network environment. Additionally, there is an important feature called the IOC (Indicator of Compromise) license. This separate license allows correlation and straightforward analyzing paths, but it does not come with the default standard license.

There is no issue with the hardware appliance. However, when discussing the cloud options, they offer very limited features, especially in terms of reporting and analyzing data.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for about ten years in my organization.

The deployment of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer was very straightforward. An individual can deploy it within a few minutes.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is definitely a stable solution.

When talking about hardware appliances, there is no option to expand, which makes scalability limited.

Fortinet support is pretty good and responsive.

Positive

I have more involvement with FortiGate devices, which also collect logs from all devices across the network to one single place.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer was very straightforward.

Normally, an individual can complete the deployment process.

We have seen a 30% reduction in costs, particularly with the cloud deployment of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a satisfactory solution in terms of price. However, it only supports Fortinet devices. If there was integration with non-Fortinet devices, it would be more advantageous.

There are alternative options like Splunk, but they are very expensive.

I would recommend having a solution like Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for analyzing logs and understanding the network environment. My overall rating for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is eight out of ten.

Private Cloud

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