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Product	Cisco Secure Network Analytics by Cisco View product	Fortinet FortiNDR by Fortinet View product
Overview
What it is	Free trial available. Cisco Secure Network Analytics by Cisco offers agentless flow ingestion. Compare features, use cases and leading Network Security alternatives.	Fortinet FortiNDR, from Fortinet, provides threat hunting and anomaly detection. Common uses: network threat detection. Check deployment options and top NDR competitors.
Product type	Network Detection and Response (NDR) Platform	Network detection and response platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Government	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	On-premises appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud SaaS; Physical appliances (Flow Collector, Flow Sensor, Manager); Virtual appliances (ESXi, KVM); SaaS (Cloud Analytics)	Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options; Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options
Data residency	On-premises deployment keeps all data local; SaaS hosted in US/EU	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region
Key features
What it offers	Agentless flow ingestion (NetFlow, IPFIX) Behavioral anomaly detection Machine-learning baseline analysis Encrypted Traffic Analytics Lateral movement detection Data exfiltration alerts Automated quarantine Internal network threat hunting	Network traffic analytics Behavioral detection Threat hunting Encrypted-traffic analysis Anomaly detection Incident investigation Machine learning Network threat detection
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware UCS appliancesVMwareKVMAWSAzure Flow Logs	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureFortiNDR Cloud (SaaS)
Compliance	ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Secure FirewallCisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRSplunkQRadarServiceNow	FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiEDRFortiSandboxFortiGuard
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareHigher EducationManufacturingGovernment	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Regions	Global	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Vendor
Company	Cisco	Fortinet
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Sunnyvale, California, USA
Company size	80,000+	10,000+
Founded	1984	2000

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

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Fortinet FortiNDR

by Fortinet

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Overview

What it is

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Free trial available. Cisco Secure Network Analytics by Cisco offers agentless flow ingestion. Compare features, use cases and leading Network Security alternatives.

Fortinet FortiNDR

Fortinet FortiNDR, from Fortinet, provides threat hunting and anomaly detection. Common uses: network threat detection. Check deployment options and top NDR competitors.

Product type

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Network Detection and Response (NDR) Platform

Fortinet FortiNDR

Network detection and response platform

Best for

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Government

Fortinet FortiNDR

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Pricing

Pricing model

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Contact Vendor

Fortinet FortiNDR

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Deployment

Deployment options

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Fortinet FortiNDR

Cloud

Deployment details

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

On-premises appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud SaaS; Physical appliances (Flow Collector, Flow Sensor, Manager); Virtual appliances (ESXi, KVM); SaaS (Cloud Analytics)

Fortinet FortiNDR

Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options; Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options

Data residency

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

On-premises deployment keeps all data local; SaaS hosted in US/EU

Fortinet FortiNDR

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Key features

What it offers

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Agentless flow ingestion (NetFlow, IPFIX)
Behavioral anomaly detection
Machine-learning baseline analysis
Encrypted Traffic Analytics
Lateral movement detection
Data exfiltration alerts
Automated quarantine
Internal network threat hunting

Fortinet FortiNDR

Network traffic analytics
Behavioral detection
Threat hunting
Encrypted-traffic analysis
Anomaly detection
Incident investigation
Machine learning
Network threat detection

Platform & access

API access

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Multi-tenant

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Mobile app

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Supported platforms

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Hardware UCS appliancesVMwareKVMAWSAzure Flow Logs

Fortinet FortiNDR

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureFortiNDR Cloud (SaaS)

Compliance

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR

Fortinet FortiNDR

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Secure FirewallCisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRSplunkQRadarServiceNow

Fortinet FortiNDR

FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiEDRFortiSandboxFortiGuard

Industries

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareHigher EducationManufacturingGovernment

Fortinet FortiNDR

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Regions

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Global

Fortinet FortiNDR

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Vendor

Company

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Cisco

Fortinet FortiNDR

Fortinet

Headquarters

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

San Jose, California, USA

Fortinet FortiNDR

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Company size

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

80,000+

Fortinet FortiNDR

10,000+

Founded

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

1984

Fortinet FortiNDR

2000