Fortinet FortiSOAR vs Splunk SOAR comparison

Fortinet and Splunk are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. Fortinet is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.6, while Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3. Fortinet holds a 4.4% mindshare in SOAR, compared to Splunk’s 7.6% mindshare. Additionally, 71% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

Fortinet FortiSOAR

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

Fortinet FortiSOAR and Splunk SOAR compete in the security orchestration, automation, and response space. FortiSOAR holds an advantage in pricing and ease of deployment, while Splunk SOAR is favored for its advanced features.

Features: Fortinet FortiSOAR offers robust threat intelligence management, playbook creation, and flexible integration options. Splunk SOAR provides advanced automation, extensive app integration, and customizable playbooks.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet FortiSOAR could improve its analytics capabilities, expand integration support, and enhance documentation. Splunk SOAR would benefit from simplifying its deployment process, reducing its learning curve, and lowering costs for smaller organizations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortinet FortiSOAR is known for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service, facilitating a quicker setup. Splunk SOAR is slightly more complex to deploy but offers detailed documentation and community support.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiSOAR is cost-effective with a lower initial setup fee, making it suitable for tighter budgets. Splunk SOAR, though more expensive, provides significant ROI for those investing in its comprehensive feature set.

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSOAR

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Splunk SOAR

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiSOAR is 4.4%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk SOAR is 7.6%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

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Mahmoud Younes

CyberSecurity Architects at VaporVM

Automation streamlines workflow and integrates seamlessly with various applications

I serve as both a reseller and customer of Fortinet FortiSOAR. The solution is suitable for all types of businesses from small to enterprise. The integration capability of Fortinet FortiSOAR deserves a rating of 10. It can be integrated with any system, and we have the capability for custom connectors. Even if Fortinet FortiSOAR doesn't have a specific connector, you can easily create a custom connector using AI. Simply provide your requirements or solution needs, and Fortinet FortiSOAR will create the connector, enabling integration with any application. My final rating for Fortinet FortiSOAR would be 10 out of 10, where one is bad and ten is good.

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SAURABHYADAV4

Consultant at HCL Technologies

Enables optimization by reducing manual intervention and increasing automation in the workflow

The product provides 100% automation for certain processes. It needs no manual intervention. We can integrate various tools like VirusTotal and ServiceNow. We can automate all the tasks. It is one of the best things about the tool. It also provides workforce protection. Whenever we get any alerts or make any configurations, we develop workflow automation using the playbooks. We can fully automate some of the security incident resolutions. We can also do identification and redirection using the product. I have integrated Splunk Phantom with Splunk Cloud. Previously, I used it with Splunk on-premise to get the logs into Splunk for tracking and audit purposes. Since Splunk is a SaaS-based product, it has certain maintenance windows. Over time, the vendor does some maintenance during off-production hours. Creating playbooks using the solution’s playbook editor is not tough. For someone who knows the solution, I rate the ease of creating playbooks as four out of five. The solution’s playbook viewer provides full visibility. The product provides different integrations. We can easily integrate the tool with VirusTotal, ServiceNow, and the asset and identity management system. The product is somewhat easier to use in an investigation. We have been able to identify the false positives using the product. The tool has helped reduce false positives by 30%. Splunk SOAR has helped reduce our mean time to detect by 10% to 15%. Splunk SOAR has a major impact on our meantime to resolve. Our mean time to resolve has been reduced by 35% to 40%. I have integrated VirusTotal with Splunk SOAR. Instead of doing manual checks, I can easily get the score by integrating the tool with Splunk SOAR. I have also synced Active Directory with the asset and identity management system. It's been a long time since we have implemented Splunk SOAR. It brings value to our organization. Before Splunk SOAR, everything was done using manual intervention. We had to educate the SOC team on how to do tasks. We also had to create playbooks for them. With Splunk SOAR, we only have to educate the team about how things are done so that they can perform a manual intervention when there is a failure, which is rare. After deploying the product, we had to provide some training to the SOC team. After getting trained, it was hands-on. Along with other Splunk solutions, Splunk SOAR provides the resilience to face any issues and hardships. We easily cope with downtimes. Splunk SOAR offers us end-to-end visibility across our environment. It depends on how much we utilize it. Visualizing and troubleshooting our cloud-native environment using Splunk SOAR is somewhat easy. I have to coordinate with the Phantom administrators if there is any issue. I work mostly on playbook development and integrating it with security instances.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Fortinet FortiSOAR is a very interactive and user-friendly solution."

"The most fascinating aspect of FortiSOAR is its modern and simple to understand and operate dashboards."

"The solution is easy to implement and includes 450 built-in connectors."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiSOAR is the playbook, which has to be defined to apply the policies."

"Generally, the tool helps just automating a lot of manual load or repetitive tasks."

"The product can be automated for network security purposes. The solution offers a great security automation response."

"We use the product for security."

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"Surprisingly, the mobile app is valuable because it is very convenient for our on-call analysts to respond and get alerted to security alerts and events wherever they are. We are able to harness the power of Splunk SOAR and everything that we are doing, and we are also able to alert our on-call analysts 24/7. From their mobile phone, they can respond to those alerts."

"The product’s integration with other Splunk products is valuable."

"It has definitely saved a decent amount of time for our analysts so they can focus on other tasks."

"So far, the interface is very easy to use."

"Its ability to integrate with other systems and applications in our environment is pretty easy. Sometimes if we see any complexity we try to involve a consultant to help us. Everything is through the built-in app. Splunk can connect to any assets through the built-in app. It could be in a platform, firewalls, or endpoints. It's easy if it's an app integration."

"The ability to automate Splunk SOAR and customize the playbook use cases is the most valuable feature and is very exciting for me."

"I like the way Splunk interacts with various systems via the API. The ability to integrate Splunk with our ticketing system has been an immense help because we can maintain our workflow while blending Splunk with our support desk and other ways that we track work."

"SOAR allows custom code to be written and integrates with various technologies through pre-built apps like Windows Remote Management or custom apps we can build ourselves like a secret retrieval app from our vault."

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Cons

"The solution lacks proper documentation, so we have to test and trial each playbook and integration."

"Fortinet's tech support overall is not great when they are at their best."

"I don't currently see where the solution is lacking features. For us and for our clients it works very well and we're pleased with it."

"Fortinet FortiSOAR's dashboard is not easy to understand."

"The area that needs improvement is integration with multiple third-party vendors."

"I have found that Fortinet FortiSOAR needs a lot of improvement. The Orchestration needs to be improved."

"Technical support could be improved."

"Fortinet FortiSOAR should add more documentation for some use cases."

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"The cost of Splunk SOAR has room for improvement."

"The Splunk SOAR platform was not designed specifically for case management which is why this area needs improvement."

"The number of playbooks on offer should be increased."

"We want to see improvements made to the APIs such that we can connect to many different systems and data sources."

"We've run into a few minor issues. Some of the playbook writing is a bit complicated. We've had a few hiccups with the source control. We'd really like to use GitHub deployment keys for a dedicated account. We haven't been able to do that. I think those are some of the major ones."

"The solution must provide more AIOps to improve predictability."

"The dashboard could be improved and some other features. SOAR should integrate network capabilities, allowing us to also monitor the WLAN network. Splunk is also expensive and difficult for beginners to learn. It's hard for a new user to figure out how to visualize old threat data. It took two to three months to learn with hands-on experience how to use the dashboard, visualize events, and analyze threats."

"Creating playbooks using the solution’s playbook editor, for me, is very cumbersome. There have been instances where I have said to myself that I just don't want to use this editor. I might just use a code block and write my own code within it... The functionality in the playbook editor is 80 percent there, but that 20 percent is still lacking. They could make it more efficient."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is fine compared to other solutions."

"Since Africa is struggling with foreign exchange, the solution is pretty expensive there."

"If you compare Fortinet FortiSOAR's price with the prices of the market leader, Palo Alto, then it can be considered a cheaper product."

"Fortinet FortiSOAR is an expensive solution."

"The price of the product should be lower. The brand value that Fortinet has, it has the reputation of being a reasonably priced product, and they have an enormous customer base in India. Most of the SME market is covered by FortiGate firewalls. It becomes an easy way for consultants, such as us, or even system integrators, to open the door with the Fortinet product lines."

"Considering all the features of Fortinet FortiSOAR, I think it has a good price."

"The solution offers both licensing and subscription models that are similar in price to other products."

"Fortinet FortiSOAR is expensive."

"We renewed it this year. This year was the first time there was a dramatic increase in the price. It was kind of non-negotiable. It was just a high increase. We had internal communications, and it was definitely a surprise to us. In a short time frame, we renewed it this year. Prices are going up everywhere, but they are not always justifiable, at least not to our eyes. The pricing this year was definitely a big shock."

"The tool is not cheap."

"The cost is high and the licensing is on an annual basis."

"When we first purchased our Splunk SOAR license, it was based on an event-count model. It was based on the number of events. I had strong opinions at the time that automation should not be stifled by the amount of automation you can accomplish, so the previous structure was not as beneficial for us. Later that year, we got told or saw at a conference that they announced user-based pricing. We are now in a renewal period, so we migrated to a user-based license model, which is more appropriate for us so that we no longer have to worry about stifling our automation based on the quantity."

"Splunk SOAR is moderately priced, neither cheap nor overly expensive."

"I don't know the exact price, but for my region, it is very expensive."

"Splunk SOAR is more expensive compared to other options for SOAR."

"Splunk is a fast enterprise tool, but it costs too much. At the same time, it's worth what we pay, in my opinion. We can efficiently perform all the functions and tie together the data. It's the perfect tool for our needs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSOAR?

Fortinet FortiSOAR is a very interactive and user-friendly solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSOAR?

Regarding pricing, licensing, and setup costs for Fortinet FortiSOAR, the value proposition depends on your business size. In a small business, it might be considered expensive, but for enterprise ...

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSOAR?

Additional fine-tuning on ChatGPT could be added. This is the only area requiring improvement, with no other concerns identified.

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What do you like most about Splunk Phantom?

Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?

Splunk SOAR is moderately priced, neither cheap nor overly expensive.

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What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?

There are areas in Splunk SOAR that have room for improvement. To make Splunk SOAR a better solution, there could be better built-in debugging tools, smarter playbook suggestions, and enhanced life...

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Also Known As

CyberSponse, FortiSOAR

Phantom

Overview

Fortinet FortiSOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) is a comprehensive security operations platform created to help SOC teams effectively respond to the growing volume of alarms, repetitive manual tasks, and resource shortage. This patented and customizable security operations workbench provides companies with automated playbooks, incident triaging, and real-time remediation to identify, defend, and counter threats. FortiSOAR effortlessly integrates with more than 350 security products and performs more than 3,000 actions to increase SOC team productivity. With this solution, response times are accelerated, containment is simplified, and mitigation times are cut from hours to seconds.

Fortinet FortiSOAR Features

Fortinet FortiSOAR has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Streamlined, role-based incident management: With the help of FortiSOAR's Enterprise Role-Based Incident Management solution, businesses can handle sensitive data in accordance with SOC rules and guidelines while maintaining strong field level role-based access control.

Visual Playbook Builder: FortiSOAR's Visual Playbook Designer enables SOC teams to efficiently create, build, debug, control, and deploy playbooks.

Truly multi-tenant: FortiSOAR is a truly distributed multi-tenant solution with a scalable, resilient, secure, and distributed architecture that enables MSSPs to offer MDR-like services while supporting operations in regional and global SOC environments.

Fortinet FortiSOAR Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing Fortinet FortiSOAR. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Manage security alerts, incidents, indicators, assets, and tasks using a streamlined, user-friendly GUI.

By eliminating false positives and concentrating solely on the important alerts, the SOC team can work more productively.

Track ROI, MTTD, and MTTR with configurable reports and dashboards.

Automate using the Visual Playbook Designer's 3,000+ actions for automated workflows and connections and 350+ security platform integrations.

Reduce human error by using concise, auditable playbooks and custom modules to handle constantly changing investigative requirements.

From a single, collaborative console, scale your network security solution with a multi-tenant distributed architecture.

Detect real threats with automatic false positive filtering and forecast similar threats and campaigns with FortiSOAR's ML-powered recommendation engine.

Reduce repetitive activities by using automation, incident correlation, threat intelligence, and vulnerability data.

Utilize the built-in Incident War Room to streamline crisis management and collaborative P1 incident investigations.

Reduce the time it takes to find security incidents from hours to seconds.

Use the FortiSOAR mobile app to keep informed and make important decisions while you're on the go.

Utilizing the Connector Builder Wizard, you can quickly create and edit connectors within the product's user interface.

Flexible deployment options: VM, hosted, or cloud. Available on FortiCloud, AWS, Azure, and as management extensions on FAZ/FMG.

Reviews from Real Users

Another PeerSpot reviewer, a Vice President of Global Technology Infrastructure Automation at a financial services firm, notes of the product, “The most valuable feature is its centralization as you don't want to be going to different locations to correlate items or to piece anything together to derive meaningful insights.”

Zaidoon A., sales product manager at Nourneti, writes, “I like that the solution is integrated with FortiAnalyzer. The solution is scalable. The solution is stable.”

Fortinet

Splunk SOAR offers features like automation and orchestration of manual tasks, speeding up work, detection and response to advanced and emerging threats.

Go from overwhelmed to in-control

Automate manual tasks. Address every alert, every day. Establish repeatable procedures that allow security analysts to stop being reactive and focus on mission-critical objectives to protect your business.

Force multiply your team

Orchestrate and automate repetitive tasks, investigation and response to increase efficiency and productivity, and do more with the people you already have. Make a team of three feel like a team of 10.

From 30 minutes to 30 seconds

Work faster with Splunk SOAR. Respond to threats in seconds. Lower your mean time to respond (MTTR) by automating security tasks and workflows across all of your security tools.

End-to-end security operations made easy

Take advantage of Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR joining forces to provide a seamless and intuitive SecOps platform to prevent, detect and respond to advanced and emerging threats.

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