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Falcon LogScale vs Fortinet FortiAnalyzer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Falcon LogScale
Ranking in Log Management
33rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Ranking in Log Management
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
108
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Falcon LogScale is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is 1.6%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer1.6%
Falcon LogScale0.9%
Other97.5%
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Oluwajuwon Olorunlona - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
Advanced threat hunting has improved visibility and has simplified custom query automation
CrowdStrike is ahead of the game. If I may say anything about Falcon LogScale to improve the services, I would talk about the way you develop parsers. The documentation should be more straightforward. It is not easy to quickly find the documentation, especially if you are using CrowdStrike. Most customers use Falcon LogScale because of CrowdStrike. The documentation of Falcon LogScale is not on the CrowdStrike portal just like the rest of Falcon documentation. I usually find that the main Falcon LogScale documentation is found on the Falcon LogScale website itself. I think there should be a link or direct documentation within the CrowdStrike pages. It is not necessarily a fault. If you find where the documentation resides, you can trace it to what they are doing. However, for the ease of use for Falcon administrators, the same documentation on the Falcon LogScale portal should be on the CrowdStrike dashboard.
Manikandan Kannan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology at Techfruits
Simplifying log management by displaying detailed access information
The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is its ability to simplify and display logs clearly, providing details like which IPs are accessing the system, the destination, and the policies applied. This visualization and detail make managing logs more straightforward. In conjunction with our VMware setup, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer enhances organizational efficiency, meeting the standard log retention period for up to a year.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The biggest advantages of Falcon LogScale are the speed at which the queries return to you and the ease of use."
"It offers the capability to view live log ingestion directly from the console which means you can seamlessly manage live log data ingestion alongside accessing and analyzing older data from the past."
"I have only heard the best about CrowdStrike's support."
"Falcon LogScale seems to be a better option with better visibility when it comes to the dashboard and the kill chain process, including the attack surface."
"The fast search and index-free data retention are very valuable."
"Falcon LogScale offers excellent features, with scalability being the most notable, and the search speed stands out to me as particularly good."
"Falcon LogScale's insights give you a lot of information that an expert already thought would be valuable for you."
"One of the key features is the fast search functionality, enabling us to get results within a few seconds."
"Provides detailed log reports"
"The solution is quite easy to deploy."
"The initial setup is easy, and the deployment is fast."
"The IBS (Intent Based Segmentation) and application web filtering are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"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."
"Storage in SSD helps in generating customized reports."
"The solution does what it is supposed to. I want it to do reports for Fortinet and it does it well."
"It is a reliable product."
 

Cons

"KQL is a bit challenging for us."
"The integration could improve."
"One area of Falcon LogScale that I think could be improved is that it is a bit complex."
"There are some overlapping features found in multiple tools."
"CrowdStrike support is not good."
"The price could be lower."
"That is a difficult question regarding Falcon LogScale. That is really a question for the professionals, and I am not a professional, so I do not know."
"Currently, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer provides a very basic level of correlation facilities. I would like to see improvements in the integration of better correlation capabilities."
"I believe that its technical support is the only aspect that requires significant improvement."
"It's possible that they could add some advanced analytics and some proactive controls for logging analytics. That will help a lot."
"A possible improvement for FortiAnalyzer could be in threat intelligence."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could improve the user interface, and the experience of users receiving the reports and tracking could be better."
"The solution should be more price competitive."
"The integration between specific tenants and FortiAnalyzer can be simplified when utilizing a multi-tenant EMS for our FortiClient."
"The deployment of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is not complex, but integrating it with firewalls can take some time, depending on the number of firewalls."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I do not know the price of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. I did not pay for it, but I know the price of other Fortinet products. They are not cheap. I am from Poland. We have Zloty, not Euro, so for us, everything is expensive."
"Its worth spending on FortiAnalyzer if you have multiple firewalls in your network."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is quite an expensive tool."
"We have several products including Fortinet Wireless, FortiGate Firewalls, and FortiAnalyzer, which are bundled together and cost approximately $50,000 USD annually."
"Compared to other products, the price is a little bit high."
"The hardware cost and services contract are fair."
"I believe that these devices were procured with a five-year maintenance and support license up front. I work at a university, so the vendor provides a considerable higher ed discount."
"We pay approximately $11,000 for a three-year license to use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. When we compared the price of this solution to others it is not expensive. Palo Alto is a more expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
10%
Healthcare Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Falcon LogScale?
I have not worked on that particular part, but regarding improvement, KQL seems to be quite complicated and we have to brush up on that if we want to become an expert on it. KQL is a bit challengin...
What is your primary use case for Falcon LogScale?
I work as a security consultant for customers. I am currently working on multiple solutions including Trend Micro, CrowdStrike, and Microsoft. I have over 14 years of overall experience, but I woul...
What advice do you have for others considering Falcon LogScale?
When it comes to Falcon LogScale, it is better compared to Microsoft. When we talk about scaling it from one to ten, I would give it somewhere around nine, especially in terms of retention. It is c...
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
I think technical support should be better. Sometimes support from Fortinet does not help with creating policies or configuration issues and directly routes to the service integrator. A little more...
What is your primary use case for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer?
I am using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer along with the analyzer for traffic monitoring and event checking. It is effective for analyzing traffic purposes.I use Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for event monitoring...
 

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