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Product	Cisco Secure Network Analytics by Cisco View product	Fortinet FortiNDR by Fortinet View product	Auvik TrafficInsights by Auvik 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.	Auvik built Auvik TrafficInsights for capacity planning. Explore conversation analysis, review on-premises deployment and compare similar Network Security products.
Product type	Network Detection and Response (NDR) Platform	Network detection and response platform	Network Traffic Analysis (Flow Analytics)
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Government	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	MSPs, IT Teams, Education, Healthcare, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudOn-Premise	Cloud	SaaSCloudOn-Premise
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	Cloud (SaaS) with on-premises collector; SaaS with on-premises collector
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	US, EU, Canada and Australia regions
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	NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX and J-Flow support Top talkers and applications Conversation analysis Geographic destination views Device and interface context Suspicious traffic insights Time-based filtering Bandwidth troubleshooting
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: no	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	Hardware UCS appliancesVMwareKVMAWSAzure Flow Logs	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureFortiNDR Cloud (SaaS)	RoutersSwitchesFirewalls
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	SOC 2 Type II
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Secure FirewallCisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRSplunkQRadarServiceNow	FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiEDRFortiSandboxFortiGuard	Auvik Network ManagementCiscoFortinetPalo Alto NetworksSonicWallJuniper
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareHigher EducationManufacturingGovernment	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	MSPsIT TeamsEducationHealthcareRetail
Regions	Global	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Cisco	Fortinet	Auvik
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Company size	80,000+	10,000+	501-1,000
Founded	1984	2000	2009

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

by Cisco

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Fortinet FortiNDR

by Fortinet

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Auvik TrafficInsights

by Auvik

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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.

Auvik TrafficInsights

Auvik built Auvik TrafficInsights for capacity planning. Explore conversation analysis, review on-premises deployment and compare similar Network Security products.

Product type

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Network Detection and Response (NDR) Platform

Fortinet FortiNDR

Network detection and response platform

Auvik TrafficInsights

Network Traffic Analysis (Flow Analytics)

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

Auvik TrafficInsights

MSPs, IT Teams, Education, Healthcare, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Contact Vendor

Fortinet FortiNDR

Contact Vendor

Auvik TrafficInsights

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Auvik TrafficInsights

Deployment

Deployment options

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Fortinet FortiNDR

Cloud

Auvik TrafficInsights

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

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

Auvik TrafficInsights

Cloud (SaaS) with on-premises collector; SaaS with on-premises collector

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

Auvik TrafficInsights

US, EU, Canada and Australia regions

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

Auvik TrafficInsights

NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX and J-Flow support
Top talkers and applications
Conversation analysis
Geographic destination views
Device and interface context
Suspicious traffic insights
Time-based filtering
Bandwidth troubleshooting

Platform & access

API access

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Auvik TrafficInsights

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Auvik TrafficInsights

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Auvik TrafficInsights

Multi-tenant

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Auvik TrafficInsights

Mobile app

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Fortinet FortiNDR

Auvik TrafficInsights

Supported platforms

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Hardware UCS appliancesVMwareKVMAWSAzure Flow Logs

Fortinet FortiNDR

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureFortiNDR Cloud (SaaS)

Auvik TrafficInsights

RoutersSwitchesFirewalls

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

Auvik TrafficInsights

SOC 2 Type II

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

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

Fortinet FortiNDR

FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiEDRFortiSandboxFortiGuard

Auvik TrafficInsights

Auvik Network ManagementCiscoFortinetPalo Alto NetworksSonicWallJuniper

Industries

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareHigher EducationManufacturingGovernment

Fortinet FortiNDR

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Auvik TrafficInsights

MSPsIT TeamsEducationHealthcareRetail

Regions

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Global

Fortinet FortiNDR

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Auvik TrafficInsights

Global

Vendor

Company

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Cisco

Fortinet FortiNDR

Fortinet

Auvik TrafficInsights

Auvik

Headquarters

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

San Jose, California, USA

Fortinet FortiNDR

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Auvik TrafficInsights

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Company size

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

80,000+

Fortinet FortiNDR

10,000+

Auvik TrafficInsights

501-1,000

Founded

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

1984

Fortinet FortiNDR

2000

Auvik TrafficInsights

2009