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 log digestion features from threat intelligence platforms like Recorded Future or Talos are valuable."
"The ESM use cases are the most valuable. It enables us to use the big data collection inside our company. We are able to create use cases for whatever it suits and I find that the most interesting part of any SIEM solution."
"I am impressed with the product's ability to pick up logs. It also has UEBA which has reduced the time to take charge of the events."
"The ability to customize the solution in great detail is its most valuable features. We can customize the use cases and also have the ability to do scripting. We can personalize our dashboard as well. The scalability the solution offers is quite impressive."
"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."
"ArcSight provides the basic information that we want."
"It's a robust, mature product and you can do some really complex operations and analytics."
"The machine learning is a good feature."
"Log View is the most valuable part for us, as we can view logs from different Fortigates on a single GUI."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its performance."
"The features that our customers have found most valuable are their different type of reports including the drill down report, as well as the flexibility to connect to any number of appliances which can be connected to it centrally."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are the dashboards and supporting services."
"The report templates are valuable. It works very well, and integrations also work well."
"Separating sections or conditions on Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite clear."
"It is easy to integrate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer with other products. You have a better overview of what's going on."
"The event handling solution in the platform is very good and useful."
"I had some latency issues for two months. I had to increase our storage capacity significantly to reduce the latency."
"It is really difficult to work in ArcSight Logger, as it is very slow."
"I would rate the technical support only 5 out of 10. The technical support is not satisfactory."
"We have had problems with archiving."
"I think the ArcSight team should try to simplify legacy products for the customers, because that product is not easy to use or to work with. It needs more more competency or appeal to use. We hope Micro Focus is trying to resolve this."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex."
"The solution could be improved in maintenance settings."
"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."
"When somebody is new to the system they find it difficult to perform certain operations, like backups, and to see where the reports are."
"Our organization wants the solution to be able to provide us access to a centralized dashboard that displays a log view for all firewalls under Fortinet FortiAnalyzer."
"The product should be integrated with other third-party solutions for context exchange."
"The integration with other vendors for log collection could be enhanced."
"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."
"The UI can be more user-friendly for new users."
"There are a lot of solutions on the market and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is limited. It cannot be used across multiple vendors. They can improve by advancing their technology."
"It's possible that they could add some advanced analytics and some proactive controls for logging analytics. That will help a lot."
ArcSight Logger is ranked 20th in Log Management with 31 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 7th in Log Management with 87 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, Grafana Loki, Graylog and Datadog. See our ArcSight Logger vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer report.
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