We performed a comparison between ArcSight Logger and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the level of detail that you can see about certain events, even when they do not come up in the console."
"In terms of ArcSight Logger's most valuable feature, it is their scalability. ArcSight's real advantage is its scalability because they have two layers, including the logger layer."
"In our country we are a little bit private in terms of solutions, so we are just starting to use the basic data capture. Now some users can start to use additional features that come with Micro Focus ArcSight like user behavior analytics for investigating."
"It provides in-depth information on business activities once we log into the system."
"The log digestion features from threat intelligence platforms like Recorded Future or Talos are valuable."
"It's an efficient solution."
"Our return on investment for implementing ArcSight Logger over the past 12 months has been positive."
"We haven't had any crashes or bugs. It is stable."
"FortiAnalyzer's best feature is centralized log analysis. It's based on SQL database, so I can fully customize my report, chart-wise and log-wise, and can create as many reports as I want without any limit."
"Technical reports clearly identify system checks, locations and areas, how many times things escape, which firewall is affected, and source IDs."
"There are customizable workflows that you can work with. You can automate certain tasks in FortiAnaylzer in the incidents and events sections."
"The feature I find most useful is the handy dashboard."
"The interface is simple and easy to navigate."
"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."
"The solution is quite easy to deploy."
"It gives us reporting features, which are helpful in the case of troubleshooting and audit purposes."
"It is really difficult to work in ArcSight Logger, as it is very slow."
"The speed of Logger indexing and searching for certain bugs for some queries that we provide could be improved. It can handle a huge number of logs but it can be improved."
"The solution could be improved in maintenance settings."
"I would rate the technical support only 5 out of 10. The technical support is not satisfactory."
"The platform is quite expensive. They should reduce its cost."
"ArcSight has been sold two or three times, and the quality has decreased."
"The integration with other systems could be improved."
"The product's connectors should work better and the user manuals need an update."
"From my point of view, at this time, the solution isn't lacking any features or functionalities."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer should come bundled with other Fortinet solutions. Additionally, the performance and updates could improve. They need to test their updates better so there are not as many bugs."
"The technical support takes at least two days to reply on any ticket post raised on their website."
"Feature-wise, it is working very well for us. We don't need any additional features. However, its pricing can be improved. For small business customers, price is an important factor."
"When it comes to pushing logs to a SIEM, most of the time we have some issues when it comes to filtering."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could improve by having better integration with other vendors."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs to have more out-of-the-box connectors for integration with other solutions."
"The interface or GUI does not work properly on Microsoft Edge. The behavior or the view is different on Microsoft Edge versus on Chrome or Firefox. When some buttons do not work, I am forced to switch to Firefox."
ArcSight Logger is ranked 28th in Log Management with 31 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 85 reviews. ArcSight Logger is rated 7.8, while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ArcSight Logger writes "A scalable and stable solution that enables users to see all the event logs in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". ArcSight Logger is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security, Wazuh and Grafana Loki, whereas Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, Grafana Loki and LogRhythm SIEM. See our ArcSight Logger vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer report.
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