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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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.9
Falcon LogScale boosts ROI by 20-40%, enhancing efficiency with faster queries and reduced manual log collection efforts.
Sentiment score
6.5
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer offers significant cost savings and efficiency for medium networks, with a 30% cost reduction reported.
You save man hours, and man hours convert to business time and money time as well.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
Falcon LogScale helps ease this process and sends logs to XDR for further verification.
IT System Administrator at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
I have definitely seen ROI with Falcon LogScale so far.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
The impact of the tool is low when the functionalities are inaccessible due to resource consumption.
Pre Sales/ Cybersecurity Engineer at Contacta
Fortinet is highly efficient for moderate deployments and provides a secure platform for medium-sized networks and data centers.
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer due to its competitive pricing and straightforward licensing model based on the amount of log data processed per day.
Technical Engineer Technical Security at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.1
Customer opinions on Falcon LogScale vary, praising support and updates, but noting delays and inconsistent experiences.
Sentiment score
6.8
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer customer service is generally praised, though technical support experience varies across regions, suggesting skill improvements.
I would rate the customer support a 10 on a scale of one to 10.
Developer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
I raised a customer support request, and in response, they released a new version with a fix for that problem.
IT System Administrator at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
The information contained in Falcon LogScale's documentation is very clear.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
Customer service and support for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer are quite helpful and responsive.
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Technical support is good, and I rate it ten out of ten.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
The support service is very slow and incompetent.
Network Security Engineer at Ensure Support Services Limited
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Falcon LogScale excels in scalability and performance, efficiently managing high data volumes with ease and adaptability.
Sentiment score
6.3
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is scalable, with cost considerations, especially in cloud versions, though some prefer FortiCloud for flexibility.
If there is a critical incident with an associated IP, associated user, endpoints, or whatever factor it is supposed to associate, it associates it by default and makes our life easier, making the SOC life easier.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
You could integrate as many endpoints as you want within a fraction of seconds, and it accommodates the number of resources that you integrate with it while maintaining the same response time.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
Easily supports thousands of endpoints and servers across multiple locations without heavy infrastructure.
Soc Analyst at Softcell Technologies Limited
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is scalable, especially for the VM versions, as additional space can be provisioned from the servers as needed.
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
FortiAnalyzer is a scalable product.
Technology Consultant at 1ware
It typically handles three to five years of expansion effectively.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Falcon LogScale is praised for its stability, reliability, efficient data handling, and robust real-time log search capabilities.
Sentiment score
7.7
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is stable, reliable, praised for consistent performance despite older versions facing occasional OS-related performance issues.
It uses an index-free architecture, it does not suffer from index corruption or the complications that other legacy tools face.
Soc L1 Engineer at Softcell Technologies Limited
Falcon LogScale is very strong in real-time log search.
Soc Analyst at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
We did not have any problems with Falcon LogScale in terms of stability and reliability.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
We faced some CPU consumption issues, which caused the machine to slow down and required a restart of FortiAnalyzer.
Pre Sales/ Cybersecurity Engineer at Contacta
It remains stable during implementation for one or two years.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
It provides a reliable solution for managing network-wide data.
Technical Engineer Technical Security at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Falcon LogScale needs better query language, documentation, UX, integration, scalability, AI features, support speed, and affordability improvements.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs enhanced UX, report customization, third-party integration, competitive pricing, real-time monitoring, support, and predictive analytics.
For the ease of use for Falcon administrators, the same documentation on the Falcon LogScale portal should be on the CrowdStrike dashboard.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
KQL is simpler when compared to SQL. However, SQL is faster and quite efficient, but the language is a bit tough.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
What they have done now is added what is called Charlotte AI, which is their new AI capabilities that can help with this.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
When licensing, each device is licensed separately, such as the firewall, which can become expensive.
Network &Security Engineer at Natioanal Drug Authority Uganda
This would help in analyzing various security incidents and events more effectively by delivering a handful of relevant logs instead of thousands.
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Enhanced deep inspection features would make troubleshooting easier.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
 

Setup Cost

Falcon LogScale offers cost-effective and flexible pricing, praised for ease of deployment and competitive with major competitors.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is cost-effective for mid to large organizations but can be expensive for smaller businesses.
I believe when it comes to log ingestion, it is comparatively low compared to any other services like Microsoft, Trend Micro, or Splunk.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
For us, it is a very cost-effective solution.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is straightforward, and the cost is quite low.
Developer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Its licensing model is based on the amount of log data processed per day, making it more cost-effective compared to QRadar, which is EPS and device-based.
Technical Engineer Technical Security at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
In terms of pricing, FortiAnalyzer is not expensive.
Technology Consultant at 1ware
In the Indian market, Fortinet's pricing is very competitive, allowing us to win most of our deals.
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Falcon LogScale integrates easily, offering real-time log ingestion, fast search, scalability, and powerful AI-driven security insights.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer provides centralized log management, customizable reporting, and integration with Fortinet devices for efficient network security management.
You can describe what you want to do in English, and it converts it to a query language for you to use.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
Traditional SIEM tools index logs, which is slow and expensive. Falcon LogScale stores logs without heavy indexing and searches directly, making it very fast.
Soc Analyst at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
The best features in Falcon LogScale include searches of billions of logs in seconds, near-real-time ingestion and alerting, and index-free architecture, which makes queries faster and cheaper.
Soc Analyst at Softcell Technologies Limited
The advanced analytics capabilities aid in threat detection by providing visibility into indicators of compromise.
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
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.
Head of Technology at Techfruits
The log management is useful as we have connected around two hundred eighty-five walls and around fifteen to twenty plus firewalls with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, making it highly beneficial compared to logging into each individual firewall.
Senior Manager at ITX360 (Pvt) Ltd
 

Categories and Ranking

Falcon LogScale
Ranking in Log Management
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
Ranking in Log Management
9th
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 June 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Falcon LogScale is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is 1.4%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer1.4%
Falcon LogScale0.9%
Other97.7%
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.
Amarnath Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Comprehensive log analysis has improved traffic monitoring and streamlined risk mitigation
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a very comprehensive analyzer providing detailed analyzing features and customizable reports. I can get customization and custom reports, and there are many functions available. It is very good for any organization.Log management in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is excellent, as it stores approximately two years of logs. Using Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, I analyze vulnerability risks and threats and sort out problems accordingly. I then create policies and mitigate the risk based on my findings. I have created many customizable reports in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. I have customized the reports to schedule them and generate reports every day that are sent to my email. I am not using any SIEMs, but Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is the best and looks like a SIEM. I did not integrate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer with any security information and event management solutions. With Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, I have streamlined the process to mitigate risks and save time to get event information on any type of threats, risks, and unwanted traffic. Risk and time are saved, and it is valuable for any organization.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Media Company
8%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Falcon LogScale?
One area that needs improvement is performance during heavy log ingestion workloads. In our environment, there are situations where Falcon LogScale experiences delays while forwarding large amounts...
What is your primary use case for Falcon LogScale?
Falcon LogScale has significantly improved our security monitoring and investigation workflow. Before implementing Falcon LogScale and XDR integration, manual log analysis was time-consuming and di...
What advice do you have for others considering Falcon LogScale?
I would rate Falcon LogScale 9 out of 10. I recommend it for organizations looking for centralized log ingestion, integration with CrowdStrike XDR, and automated security analysis workflows.
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...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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