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Fortinet FortiSIEM vs Trellix Helix Connect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 6, 2025

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
1.0
Fortinet FortiSIEM delivers security improvements and customer satisfaction, leading to positive financial outcomes despite no explicit ROI measurement.
Sentiment score
3.6
Trellix Helix enhanced security, reduced costs, increased efficiency, minimized manual work, decreased downtime, and offered deeper security insights.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Fortinet FortiSIEM's customer service is seen as professional but has mixed reviews on response times and support accessibility.
Sentiment score
5.9
Trellix Helix Connect offers efficient support but some users face delays and expertise issues during company restructuring transitions.
Local tech support is available, however, for more critical or technical issues, we depend on the OEM directly, especially when it comes to on-prem solutions.
There is a knowledgeable, though small, team of support engineers around the world.
They take some time to respond because they need logs and investigations, which delays the response time.
We experienced some challenges due to the ongoing transformation and fusion of McAfee and FireEye, but we are committed to improving response times.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Fortinet FortiSIEM scales well, accommodating different business sizes but faces challenges with licensing, architecture, and configuration complexities.
Sentiment score
7.0
Trellix Helix Connect excels in scalability for large enterprises but may be cost-prohibitive for smaller businesses.
At any point in time, when network devices increase or there is a change in the infrastructure, we can add more workers and collectors to expand our infrastructure setup.
Fortinet FortiSIEM is highly scalable.
Fortinet FortiSIEM is easy to scale.
We support the largest companies in the world and can cater to large environments.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
5.6
Fortinet FortiSIEM is reliable and stable, handling updates well, with users rating its performance highly despite occasional bugs.
Sentiment score
7.7
Trellix Helix Connect is highly stable and reliable, with minor fixable issues, earning near-perfect user ratings.
It stabilizes itself in an appropriate time, so its uptime is good.
These issues may cause unusual errors and user interface issues.
Some stability issues occur, but Fortinet's technical support team provides assistance.
The availability is high, which is critical for our customers who rely on a single panel of glass to operate.
 

Room For Improvement

Fortinet FortiSIEM needs improvements in integration, user interface, support, cost, and features like AI and automated responses.
Trellix Helix Connect needs better integrations, UI improvements, competitive pricing, more cloud connectors, fewer false positives, and domain distinction.
Fortinet FortiSIEM should broaden its remediation part to include more features for incident management.
Enhancing the completeness of its APIs could aid in better external integrations.
Recently, they revised it to a subscription-based, all-inclusive license.
We have just released the solutions to the market recently, making it a revolution in the cybersecurity sector.
 

Setup Cost

Fortinet FortiSIEM provides flexible pricing that can be cost-effective, but costs may increase with additional modules and scalability.
Trellix Helix Connect is costly, ideal for large enterprises, free for FireEye users, with mixed expense ratings.
Setting it up for oneself as an enterprise-licensed product can be quite expensive.
Windows agent licenses cost around 3,000 Rupees per device per year.
The revised model is subscription-based and more flexible.
It is not the cheapest, but also not the most expensive solution.
 

Valuable Features

Fortinet FortiSIEM provides automation, analytics, and integration with a user-friendly interface for efficient threat detection and network monitoring.
Trellix Helix Connect enhances cybersecurity with seamless API integration, automation, AI analysis, and over 400 customizable connectors.
I find the real-time monitoring and correlation capabilities effective for security alerts.
It provides extensive logging and record-keeping for internal networks, cloud applications, and services as well as perimeter physical network security.
Trellix Helix, as an AI XDR platform, helps our organization by offering an extensive number of connectors for integration, enabling us to consolidate all information in a single dashboard.
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSIEM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
7th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Trellix Helix Connect
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
19th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Security Incident Response (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiSIEM is 3.3%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Helix Connect is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Oliver Jackson - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems monitoring enhanced by firewall and intrusion detection features
My primary use case for Fortinet FortiSIEM is systems monitoring and alerting. I use it for standard functions like log monitoring, incident detection, and notification.  My customers are mostly medium-sized enterprises ranging from engineering companies, mining companies, independent schools, and…
Daniel_Martins - PeerSpot reviewer
Experiencing frequent disconnections and support challenges but benefits from quick implementation and integration capabilities
The timeout of the tenant is an area that needs improvement. When investigating and gathering information from the Helix tenant for extended periods, disconnections occur. This results in lost work and the need to restart investigations due to disconnected sessions. It is problematic when progress is lost and investigations must be restarted, resulting in lost information and significant time wastage. The capability to integrate with other TIPs or cybersecurity intelligence sources could be improved to determine whether IOCs are malicious, similar to Mandiant's functionality. The capacity to reduce false positives needs improvement as we receive many alerts from Helix that turn out to be false positives upon investigation. Enhanced capability in this area would make the system more efficient and easier to use. The dashboards could be improved as customers frequently request real-time SOC dashboard displays for Helix.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Comms Service Provider
18%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSIEM?
Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSIEM?
The pricing is reasonable, which is why it is preferred by government customers. Windows agent licenses cost around 3,000 Rupees per device per year.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?
Fortinet FortiSIEM should broaden its remediation part to include more features for incident management. Currently, to manage repetitive incidents or for remediation, I need to use a separate softw...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FireEye Helix?
The price of Trellix Helix is competitive in the market. It is not the cheapest but also not the most expensive. As for additional costs beyond standard licensing fees, there are none.
What needs improvement with FireEye Helix?
The timeout of the tenant is an area that needs improvement. When investigating and gathering information from the Helix tenant for extended periods, disconnections occur. This results in lost work...
What is your primary use case for FireEye Helix?
We use Trellix Helix Connect because it is a SaaS solution. I think it has its own infrastructure rather than AWS or another provider. We use the Helix SaaS and a component called Evidence Collecto...
 

Also Known As

FortiSIEM, AccelOps
FireEye Helix, FireEye Threat Analytics
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.
Police Bank, Verisk Analytics, Teck Resources
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