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| Product | Amazon GuardDuty by AWS View product | FortiAnalyzer by Fortinet View product | Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM View product |
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| Overview | |||
| What it is | Try Amazon GuardDuty free: an intelligent threat detection service with VPC Flow Log analysis. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Threat Detection tools. | FortiAnalyzer delivers unified data lake and log collection for SOC monitoring. Explore its Security Analytics capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors. | Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM covers security data lake ingestion and precision AI alert correlation for next-generation SIEM replacement. Compare top Security Operations tools. |
| Product type | Intelligent Threat Detection Service | Security analytics and SIEM platform | AI-Driven Security Operations (SOC) Platform |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Technology | Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers | Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Telecom, Government |
| Pricing | |||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: no | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | |||
| Deployment options | Cloud | Cloud | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed service | Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options; Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options | Cloud SaaS; Cloud-native petabyte-scale SaaS platform |
| Data residency | Regional data processing and findings storage within selected AWS Region | Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region | Global cloud data lake locations (US, Europe, Asia) |
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| Platform & access | |||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: yes | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Amazon EC2Amazon EKSAmazon ECSAWS FargateAWS LambdaAmazon S3Amazon RDSAmazon Aurora | Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+1 more | Cloud platformEndpoint telemetryNetwork telemetryIdentity telemetryCloud telemetryApplication telemetry |
| Compliance | SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High | Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR |
| Integrations & coverage | |||
| Integrations | AWS Security HubAmazon DetectiveAmazon EventBridgeAWS CloudTrailAmazon CloudWatchAmazon VPCAWS OrganizationsSplunk+1 more | FortiGateFortiManagerFortiEDRFortiMailFortiClientFortiNACFortiWebFortiSandbox | Palo Alto StrataPrisma CloudCortex suitesthird-party EDR/SIEMAWSAzureServiceNow |
| Industries | Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic SectorRetailMedia & Entertainment+1 more | EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more | Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyTelecomGovernment |
| Regions | Global | GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region | Global |
| Vendor | |||
| Company | AWS | Fortinet | Palo Alto Networks |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, USA | Sunnyvale, California, USA | Santa Clara, California, USA |
| Company size | 100,000+ | 10,000+ | 15,000+ |
| Founded | 2006 | 2000 | 2005 |
Overview
What it is
Amazon GuardDuty
Try Amazon GuardDuty free: an intelligent threat detection service with VPC Flow Log analysis. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Threat Detection tools.FortiAnalyzer
FortiAnalyzer delivers unified data lake and log collection for SOC monitoring. Explore its Security Analytics capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM covers security data lake ingestion and precision AI alert correlation for next-generation SIEM replacement. Compare top Security Operations tools.Product type
Amazon GuardDuty
Intelligent Threat Detection ServiceFortiAnalyzer
Security analytics and SIEM platformPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
AI-Driven Security Operations (SOC) PlatformBest for
Amazon GuardDuty
Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, Retail, Media & Entertainment, TechnologyFortiAnalyzer
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providersPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Telecom, GovernmentPricing
Pricing model
Amazon GuardDuty
Contact VendorFortiAnalyzer
Contact VendorPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Contact VendorFree trial
Amazon GuardDuty
Free trial: yesFortiAnalyzer
Free trial: noPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Amazon GuardDuty
Cloud
FortiAnalyzer
Cloud
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
SaaSCloud
Deployment details
Amazon GuardDuty
Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed serviceFortiAnalyzer
Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options; Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud optionsPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Cloud SaaS; Cloud-native petabyte-scale SaaS platformData residency
Amazon GuardDuty
Regional data processing and findings storage within selected AWS RegionFortiAnalyzer
Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/regionPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Global cloud data lake locations (US, Europe, Asia)Key features
What it offers
Amazon GuardDuty
- Agentless threat detection
- VPC Flow Log analysis
- CloudTrail & DNS log monitoring
- Malware protection for EC2 and S3
- EKS and container runtime monitoring
- RDS login anomaly detection
- Automated attack sequence correlation
- Cloud threat detection
FortiAnalyzer
- Unified data lake
- Log collection
- Normalization
- Event correlation
- Dashboards
- Threat intelligence
- Automation
- SOC workflows
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
- Security data lake ingestion
- Precision AI alert correlation
- Autonomous incident triage
- Integrated threat intelligence
- Built-in SOAR automation
- Continuous attack surface management
- High-speed petabyte search
- Next-generation SIEM replacement
Platform & access
API access
Amazon GuardDuty
API access: yesFortiAnalyzer
API access: yesPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Amazon GuardDuty
SSO: yesFortiAnalyzer
SSO: yesPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Amazon GuardDuty
RBAC: yesFortiAnalyzer
RBAC: yesPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Amazon GuardDuty
Multi-tenant: yesFortiAnalyzer
Multi-tenant: yesPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Amazon GuardDuty
Mobile app: yesFortiAnalyzer
Mobile app: noPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Amazon GuardDuty
Amazon EC2Amazon EKSAmazon ECSAWS FargateAWS LambdaAmazon S3Amazon RDSAmazon Aurora
FortiAnalyzer
Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+1 more
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Cloud platformEndpoint telemetryNetwork telemetryIdentity telemetryCloud telemetryApplication telemetry
Compliance
Amazon GuardDuty
SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High
FortiAnalyzer
Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Amazon GuardDuty
AWS Security HubAmazon DetectiveAmazon EventBridgeAWS CloudTrailAmazon CloudWatchAmazon VPCAWS OrganizationsSplunk+1 more
FortiAnalyzer
FortiGateFortiManagerFortiEDRFortiMailFortiClientFortiNACFortiWebFortiSandbox
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Palo Alto StrataPrisma CloudCortex suitesthird-party EDR/SIEMAWSAzureServiceNow
Industries
Amazon GuardDuty
Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic SectorRetailMedia & Entertainment+1 more
FortiAnalyzer
EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyTelecomGovernment
Regions
Amazon GuardDuty
Global
FortiAnalyzer
GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Global
Vendor
Company
Amazon GuardDuty
AWSFortiAnalyzer
FortinetPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Palo Alto NetworksHeadquarters
Amazon GuardDuty
Seattle, Washington, USAFortiAnalyzer
Sunnyvale, California, USAPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM
Santa Clara, California, USACompany size
Amazon GuardDuty
100,000+FortiAnalyzer
10,000+Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
15,000+Founded
Amazon GuardDuty
2006FortiAnalyzer
2000Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM
2005