We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature we got out of Stealthwatch is to be able to, while troubleshooting, go deep into one of our interfaces and verify what the bandwidth is and if there's any activity there that's causing problems."
"Provides easily identifiable anomalies that you can't see with signature detections."
"The ability to send data flow from other places and have them all in one place is very valuable for us."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"Overall, the implementation is very good."
"Another notable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is its Layer 7 visibility, which allows us to monitor and analyze network communications at the application layer."
"The initial setup is very good."
"The configuration is the most valuable feature."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's fast and safe."
"The EMS server gives us good control and central management."
"From an application perspective, this solution is stable."
"It's very stable."
"The integration of VPN services with endpoint security is valuable."
"The technical support from Fortinet and local vendors is good."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"Cisco Stealthwatch can improve by having bundled packages for popular add-ons. It would be a lot easier for people implementing it, have let's say a better way to use the product."
"Initially, I felt Cisco Secure Network Analytics lacked integration with Splunk."
"The visualization could be improved, the GUI is not the best."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"The documentation could be improved."
"I have yet to find the benefits of the latest upgraded version."
"The solution could improve by providing analytics or detailed reports."
"I don't think FortiClient is bad, but it's very buggy. We ran into some issues with the EMS, which amounted to more than 10 cases last year."
"One area for improvement in FortiClient is the speed of connectivity."
"The pricing could use improvement."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"While I cannot think of new features to add, it would be nice if the reports were improved, to have these sent automatically."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 58 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 14th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 86 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway.
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