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 of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"It works efficiently for encrypted traffic analysis."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the logging, keeping threats under control, and keeping our data and environment secure."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"The stability is pretty good."
"It seems to be more scalable than we thought."
"It's very stable."
"The configuration is the most valuable feature."
"We mainly use this solution because we have many Fortinet solutions like antivirus and SSL assessment."
"The solution is easy to configure and manage."
"I use the tool to connect server to an ISP Data Center."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's easy to install and connect and has OTP on email IDs and two-factor authentication."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see interoperability with other Cisco products because we have ThousandEyes, Cisco Prime, and others. The interaction among these is important to us."
"I would like to see more and cleaner reporting. For example, if I pull up Steven and I want to look and maybe compare him to what you've done in the past week, and compare that to the past six months, the point would be to see what the difference in activity looks like over this time. I don't see that capability in reporting to date. You see that trend but you don't really see a straightforward comparison. That right there is key to what we want to see about the normal activity."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"I would like to see better filters."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"Fortinet FortiClient should improve its visibility of the consumption of traffic and end-user action, which is very low."
"The solution requires skillful users."
"Initially, the support was very poor. It is getting better, but they should continue to improve this."
"The deployment status is not good in Mac devices and sometimes in Windows-based devices using GPO, like Active Directory, that are not on the local network."
"The filtering process could be improved."
"When we change our endpoint, we have to connect again, which means having to enter our credentials and permissions."
"The solution could improve by providing analytics or detailed reports."
"In terms of improvements, their SSL VPN tunnel can be a lot better. I've seen other products that have got much better VPN features than Fortinet. Some of my colleagues get this error called "License not available." When they get this error, they have to uninstall and reinstall it. This kind of problem is there, and sometimes, we have to open a case with Fortinet to resolve it. Their support is quick, so we are able to resolve and move forward. In terms of new features, when it is connecting, it should check the endpoint and say whether the end client is actually safe enough or whether there is a vulnerability. It should give a pop-up on the client itself. Because I'm on the admin side, I can also see this information in the log. However, if a non-IT user, such as a user from finance, is working on this and there is some problem, he or she would not know about this and would call IT admin to say that this is not working. If the users get a message explaining why and what is happening, it is easy for them to understand."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th 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, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.
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