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Product	FortiAnalyzer by Fortinet View product	TShark by Wireshark View product
Overview
What it is	FortiAnalyzer delivers unified data lake and log collection for SOC monitoring. Explore its Security Analytics capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.	Evaluating TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Security analytics and SIEM platform	Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options; Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options	Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Local workstation / Server filesystem
Key features
What it offers	Unified data lake Log collection Normalization Event correlation Dashboards Threat intelligence Automation SOC workflows	Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap PCAP/PCAPNG parsing Wireshark display filter syntax JSON/CSV/XML structured output Automated packet dissection Scriptable headless operation Automated network packet analysis Headless network troubleshooting
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+1 more	Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiEDRFortiMailFortiClientFortiNACFortiWebFortiSandbox	PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Wireshark
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Global Open Source Project
Company size	10,000+	1-10
Founded	2000	1998

FortiAnalyzer

by Fortinet

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TShark

by Wireshark

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Overview

What it is

FortiAnalyzer

FortiAnalyzer delivers unified data lake and log collection for SOC monitoring. Explore its Security Analytics capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.

TShark

Evaluating TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

FortiAnalyzer

Security analytics and SIEM platform

TShark

Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool

Best for

FortiAnalyzer

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

TShark

Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiAnalyzer

Contact Vendor

TShark

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiAnalyzer

TShark

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiAnalyzer

Cloud

TShark

Cloud

Deployment details

FortiAnalyzer

Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options; Appliance, virtual appliance and cloud options

TShark

Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container

Data residency

FortiAnalyzer

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

TShark

Local workstation / Server filesystem

Key features

What it offers

FortiAnalyzer

Unified data lake
Log collection
Normalization
Event correlation
Dashboards
Threat intelligence
Automation
SOC workflows

TShark

Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap
PCAP/PCAPNG parsing
Wireshark display filter syntax
JSON/CSV/XML structured output
Automated packet dissection
Scriptable headless operation
Automated network packet analysis
Headless network troubleshooting

Platform & access

API access

FortiAnalyzer

TShark

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiAnalyzer

TShark

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiAnalyzer

TShark

Multi-tenant

FortiAnalyzer

TShark

Mobile app

FortiAnalyzer

TShark

Supported platforms

FortiAnalyzer

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+1 more

TShark

Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines

Compliance

FortiAnalyzer

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

TShark

Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiAnalyzer

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiEDRFortiMailFortiClientFortiNACFortiWebFortiSandbox

TShark

PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek

Industries

FortiAnalyzer

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

TShark

Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more

Regions

FortiAnalyzer

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

TShark

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiAnalyzer

Fortinet

TShark

Wireshark

Headquarters

FortiAnalyzer

Sunnyvale, California, USA

TShark

Global Open Source Project

Company size

FortiAnalyzer

10,000+

TShark

1-10

Founded

FortiAnalyzer

2000

TShark

1998