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Elastic vs Fortinet

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Elastic
Based on 175 reviews.
Fortinet
Based on 1714 reviews.
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Overview
Elasticsearch is a search server based on Lucene. It provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with a RESTful web interface and schema-free JSON documents. Elasticsearch is developed in Java and is released as open source under the terms of the Apache License. Elasticsearch is the second most popular enterprise search engine. Shay Banon created Compass in 2004. Elasticsearch BV was founded in 2012 to provide commercial solutions around Elasticsearch and related software.
Fortinet, Inc. is an American multinational corporation founded in 2000 by brothers Ken and Michael Xie. The company sells high performance network security products and services including their flagship integrated network security solution, the FortiGate firewall. Fortinet distributes its systems and subscription-based services using the channel partner sales method via more than 20,000 partners worldwide.
Sample Customers
Elastic Security
Texas A&M, U.S. Air Force, NuScale Power, Martin's Point Health Care
Elastic Observability
PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank
Fortinet FortiSIEM
FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
General Directorate of Information Technology
Fortinet FortiEDR
Financial, Healthcare, Legal, Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing ... 
FortiMonitor
SONY, GoDaddy, HCL, ING, ARMOR, billboard
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
18%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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