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FortiAnalyzer vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FortiAnalyzer

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AAs part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiAnalyzer provides security fabric analytics and automation to provide better detection and response against cyber risks.N/A

    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.N/A
    Pricing
    FortiAnalyzerSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Editions & Modules
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    FortiAnalyzerSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    FortiAnalyzerSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Considered Both Products
    Fortinet
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Fortianalzyer can only do logs from FortiGate so usefulness is limited. Elasticsearch was a lot slower than Solarwinds and the filters were a lot harder to set up and use. The connectors for SEM were far more stable.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Splunk was a pretty good product but the licensing structure needed a lot of work. They changed the structure three times that I am aware and I still had problems understanding LogRhythm had a lot of issues correlating users to IP addresses, the mappings were frequently wrong …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    FortiAnalyzerSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of FortiAnalyzer and SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Feature
    FortiAnalyzer
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    Ratings
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    8.9
    18 Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FortiAnalyzerSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (17 ratings)