We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server 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."Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a complete package for managing our equipment."
"Overall we are satisfied with all the features the solution provides."
"FortiAnalyzer has a user-friendly interface with a quick response and good analytics. It's very secure because it's taking the log from the devices on a secure channel, so there is no problem with that in your network."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since, in our company, we have never experienced the solution crashing or having any other issues."
"I like its simplicity. It is straightforward. We get reports and emails about the logs, and that's it."
"I would say that Fortinet's tech support is really good."
"Log collection is the most valuable. The UI looks great. It has a very good look and feel. We don't have the need to use solid state drives. We use mechanic drives, and we don't see any performance issues, so basically, it is doing fine."
"It has a simplified and user-friendly interface."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well."
"The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."
"We are very happy with the stability of the solution."
"We are concerned about the compliance of our policy and institutional philosophy."
"When somebody is new to the system they find it difficult to perform certain operations, like backups, and to see where the reports are."
"The technical support is not very reliable."
"It's possible that they could add some advanced analytics and some proactive controls for logging analytics. That will help a lot."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs to improve its pricing flexibility."
"The traffic monitoring could be better, and stability could be improved."
"One of the main disadvantages is not having a direct link to the security policy when you see something in the log."
"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."
"I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs."
"SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."
"Technical support could definitely be better."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard."
"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release."
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Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 87 reviews while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Grafana Loki, Graylog and VMware Aria Operations for Logs, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh, Graylog and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server report.
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