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| Product | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco View product | Fortinet FortiAIOps by Fortinet View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco: BGP route monitoring. Ideal for end-to-end digital experience monitoring. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top NDR alternatives. | Fortinet built Fortinet FortiAIOps for network operations. Explore anomaly detection, review cloud deployment and compare similar Network Monitoring products. |
| Product type | Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility Platform | AI-driven network operations and AIOps platform |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Telecommunications | 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 | Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint Agents | Cloud-managed and Fortinet-managed network operations deployment; Cloud-managed and Fortinet-managed network operations deployment |
| Data residency | Cloud hosting regions across North America and Europe | Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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: yes | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP | FortiAIOps virtual machineCloudMonitors FortiGate, FortiSwitch and FortiAP |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR | Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack | FortiGateFortiSwitchFortiAPFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiLAN Cloud |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications | 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 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco: BGP route monitoring. Ideal for end-to-end digital experience monitoring. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top NDR alternatives.Fortinet FortiAIOps
Fortinet built Fortinet FortiAIOps for network operations. Explore anomaly detection, review cloud deployment and compare similar Network Monitoring products.Product type
Cisco ThousandEyes
Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility PlatformFortinet FortiAIOps
AI-driven network operations and AIOps platformBest for
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, TelecommunicationsFortinet FortiAIOps
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providersPricing
Pricing model
Cisco ThousandEyes
Contact VendorFortinet FortiAIOps
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco ThousandEyes
Free trial: yesFortinet FortiAIOps
Free trial: noDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco ThousandEyes
SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Fortinet FortiAIOps
Cloud
Deployment details
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint AgentsFortinet FortiAIOps
Cloud-managed and Fortinet-managed network operations deployment; Cloud-managed and Fortinet-managed network operations deploymentData residency
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud hosting regions across North America and EuropeFortinet FortiAIOps
Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/regionKey features
What it offers
Cisco ThousandEyes
- Hop-by-hop network path visualization
- Synthetic transaction testing
- BGP route monitoring
- Internet Insights outage tracking
- Real-user browser experience monitoring
- Automated WAN anomaly detection
- API alerting
- End-to-end digital experience monitoring
Fortinet FortiAIOps
- Network monitoring
- Anomaly detection
- AI-assisted troubleshooting
- Performance analytics
- Topology visibility
- Event correlation
- Predictive insights
- Automation
Platform & access
API access
Cisco ThousandEyes
API access: yesFortinet FortiAIOps
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco ThousandEyes
SSO: yesFortinet FortiAIOps
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco ThousandEyes
RBAC: yesFortinet FortiAIOps
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco ThousandEyes
Multi-tenant: yesFortinet FortiAIOps
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco ThousandEyes
Mobile app: yesFortinet FortiAIOps
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco ThousandEyes
Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP
Fortinet FortiAIOps
FortiAIOps virtual machineCloudMonitors FortiGate, FortiSwitch and FortiAP
Compliance
Cisco ThousandEyes
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Fortinet FortiAIOps
Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack
Fortinet FortiAIOps
FortiGateFortiSwitchFortiAPFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiLAN Cloud
Industries
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications
Fortinet FortiAIOps
EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Regions
Cisco ThousandEyes
Global
Fortinet FortiAIOps
GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Vendor
Company
Cisco ThousandEyes
CiscoFortinet FortiAIOps
FortinetHeadquarters
Cisco ThousandEyes
San Jose, California, USAFortinet FortiAIOps
Sunnyvale, California, USACompany size
Cisco ThousandEyes
80,000+Fortinet FortiAIOps
10,000+Founded
Cisco ThousandEyes
1984Fortinet FortiAIOps
2000