Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Reviews

I have been using the solution in my company since after we set up and configured the tool, we managed the migration. Sometimes, I have to take care of my customers. My customers are using the product well.

The product can be used as a full-time solution and as a reasonable antivirus product. With the firewall, it protects the systems from ransomware attacks.

The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for five to ten years. I use the solution's latest version.

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

If I consider my company's customers, some are government organizations.

I get support for the product from the solution's website. I also get local support from a solution company that deals with our organization's support team. The product's support team is very good and knowledgeable. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

Positive

For installation, I approached a technology company in Vietnam that provides the required team support.

The solution is deployed on the cloud, but it isn't easy to operate in Vietnam since money is collected every year.

The solution's deployment is difficult since you need knowledge about networks, rules, policies or else you may get confused when you collect information from your customers.

The tool offers protection to my network. The costs related to the licensing part of the solution for each year keep increasing every year. In other countries, the product may seem cheap, but in Vietnam, the costs are high. There is not enough money for businesses to pay for the tool.

For cybersecurity, my company normally uses the asset list and applies it to some applications like an antivirus or IDS system.

One of the product's tasks is to provide a firewall to check the effects of a customer's network from outside.

The automation of reports that is possible with the product is good, especially because Fortinet has a lot of products for the customers in the market, including those like the government, banking, and other small businesses. Many people in Vietnam use Bitbucket since they don't have much money. With the setup of the firewall, the traffic gets controlled. When you start the firewall very high, I believe the 30 percent time taken to assess risks is very high. The product becomes slow, and it may have an impact on the server.

The solution has impacted our company's operational costs by reducing them by 30 percent.

The performance offered by the product is high only when the network traffic is normal.

It is one of the best firewall products.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

I use the solution for the configuration process.

Logs are the most useful feature of the solution. The solution is easy to use and easy to integrate. It helps to configure multiple devices at once.

The solution provides details like category, IP address, and location. It would be good if the product could provide data about the websites users visit.

It will be better if the product can build its UI like Cisco Meraki’s.

I have been using the solution for around seven years.

I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

Compared to most other solutions, it is easier to scale Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. We also use FortiAnalyzer VM, so the scalability is pretty flexible. Around 1000 employees in our organization use the solution.

It is a bit of a challenge to return devices. Once we return the device to Fortinet, they will send us a replacement. This process takes a bit of time. The cost of sending the device is very high. With that money, we can buy a smaller device.

The initial setup was very simple.

We need three employees to maintain the solution.

The product’s price is much better than its competitors.

We need to have a license for individual devices to use the solution. We end up in a loop when we try to access the websites and different routes. We also have to provide the options ourselves for all our queries. The process would be better if reports and records were more readily available.

Cisco Meraki is an online portal that provides organized and in-depth reports. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

FortiAnalyzer is a log analytics tool. Our company has around 600 to 700 people.

FortiAnalyzer helps us discover what's happening on the network.

They could always improve the interface and the user experience.

I have used FortiAnalyzer for four or five years.

I rate FortiAnalyzer eight out of 10 for stability.

Scalability is irrelevant to me because we have a small setup. One analyzer is enough for me.

Setting up FortiAnalyzer isn't complex and takes two or three hours. They have a prebuilt OVA we can deploy using Ansible. Next, we configure FortiGate to send the logs to the FortiAnalyzer. You can also download premade reports on the portal.

You pay an annual license based on the volume of logs per day.

I rate FortiAnalyzer seven out of 10.

Our clients use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer to analyze and locate the traffic in their network. Since it's a big customer, they have both Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and Fortinet FortiManager.

With Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, it is easy to get reports and read specific logs. It provides fast log analysis for getting information. The solution helps locate if a destination is blocked or a machine communicates with the right port or server. Basic debugging can be done quickly using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer.

Fortinet has a new bug every month, which needs to be improved.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for four years.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a really stable solution and does not have any bugs.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a scalable solution.

I have previously used the Kibana tool.

The solution's initial setup is easy because it's a virtual machine. You have to upgrade it once every two to three years, which is a slow process. However, there aren't many features that need to be updated because the product is good.

The solution has been in our organization before I joined. Based on that, I have to say it's a good investment.

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite an expensive tool.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.

Users should never upgrade to the newest firmware. In the last decade, we have learned to always wait and see. Fortinet has had some bad releases. You must have good quality assurance that the product is bug-free. It is easy to maintain the solution.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I utilize Fortinet FortiAnalyzer to gather various logs from FortiGate, enabling me to conduct specific investigations in particular cases.

The ability to gather all gateway information and logs in a single location is the most valuable feature.

I don't find Fortinet FortiAnalyzer to be as robust as Check Point Security Management. However, this perception might be attributed to my limited familiarity with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. For instance, with Check Point, I can easily make modifications to rules such as identifying issues, making corrections, or adding new features. This includes creating exceptions or adding elements to the current rule set.

I have been using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for four months.

In our current environment, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is stable. 

I am currently utilizing the cloud version of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, and the scalability it offers is exceptional. Unlike the on-premises version, I have not encountered any issues.

The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment takes a few minutes and the configuration is easy.

I would rate FortiAnalyzer's price a seven out of ten, with ten being the most expensive.

I would rate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer a seven out of ten.

We are paying for vendor maintenance support, and so far, the maintenance has been minimal.

I recommend completing training before utilizing Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. I was suddenly tasked with using the solution when my organization decided to change technologies, and it was initially challenging to understand how it operates.

We primarily use the solution as an analysis tool. 

We can look at all of the logs in one place. It helps with analysis. It's useful for centralization. We're able to collect all of the logs via the analyzer.

Overall, it's a useful tool. 

The cost is very low. It's one of the reasons I am using it. 

There are a lot of monitoring features available. 

It is easy to set up. 

You have to play a lot with it in order to find what you need and how to use it. 

It is not easy to use.

We were trying to monitor more problems via FortiAnalyzer, however, it was not very good.

We haven't received much help from the team. They haven't tried to make it better or more user-friendly. 

They need to make the monitor better.

They really need to focus on security issues. Every manager is most concerned with this and that must be at the forefront of future designs. 

I've been using the solution for three or four years. 

It is very stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. I'd rate the stability nine out of ten. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The scalability is okay. I'd rate it between five and seven out of ten. 

We have 2,000 users on the solution right now. 

The technical support is good overall. 

Neutral

I did not use a similar product previously. 

The solution is very simple to set up. It is very easy to connect all other Fortinet products to this solution. 

The pricing is reasonable. I'd rate the affordability four out of ten, where ten is the most expensive.

I'd rate the solution five out of ten overall. It's an okay product that needs to be easier to use. 

We use this solution to centralize the monitoring on Forti Fabrics. We monitor all firewalls and use this solution for incident management.

This solution offers one view of incident management which has been the most valuable feature. 

When using this solution, you need a high-level expert to make it work as it should. We hired IT support who had knowledge of the network and firewall. For the initial step, you need a Forti expert. 

We have used this solution for one year. 

This is a stable solution. 

This is a scalable solution. 

We have a support expert who contacts Forti when we have a problem. If we come across a bug, we need to involve Forti and open a ticket for support.

We hired a consultant to complete the setup as it is not straightforward and requires an expert. The setup took a few days. Four IT staff look after maintenance of this solution.

The enterprise version of this solution is costly. We have considered FortiAuthenticator for network control, but the pricing was focused on the larger companies and didn't suit our needs as a smaller business.

The pricing for this solution is on an annual basis. Databases, a virus scanner, and intrusion detection is included.

We have previously looked into Sophos UTM and Palo Alto.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

The clients using this solution have wifi for their guests and for their own users. They want to know which user has used their wifi to access the internet, and probably use this knowledge for a kind of security management purpose.

The solution is quite easy to deploy. For the user, they don't need to have a lot of technical know-how. It is easy to generate the report for review by the management.

The solution is stable and reliable.

We have not faced any scalability issues.

The solution should be more price competitive.

I've used the solution for one or two years. I used it on a recent project.

However, the first time I used this product was in 2006 for our own infrastructure. We are not using it in our infrastructure anymore.

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The performance is reliable. 

In terms of scalability, it really depends. For our customer, the SME customer, not that many people need it. If you talk about scalability around analysis, related to the hub and space, the hub disk size, and the capacity of the box, for the on-prem model, we need to choose it with some buffer. We can't foresee any scalability issue for that customer. 

We only have one client on the solution. 

While I haven't directly dealt with technical support, I have not heard any complaints from my colleagues that may have. I would say that the support has been satisfactory for the moment.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. That said, I didn't handle it directly. We had an internal team that did the implementation. 

Most of the time, one engineer is sufficient for a small deployment, just two AP, one firewall, and one analyzer.

The implementation work was done by my engineers. We did not need any outside assistance from any integrators or consultants. 

I can't remember if they have a new license for software maintenance. They have maintenance that is charged annually. Unlike a firewall, they have a UTM license you need to pay annually and then only an annual maintenance cost for the hardware, for FortiAnalyzer.

I'm not sure what the exact price is at the moment. However, my understanding is the pricing could be better.

I would recommend the solution to others. We have been happy with its overall capabilities. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.