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Overview
What it is	Evaluating Fortinet FortiMonitor? See how this SIEM tool handles synthetic monitoring and real-user monitoring, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.	NETSCOUT nGeniusONE: hybrid cloud observability and forensic packet-level drill-down. Built for application service assurance. Compare Network Monitoring alternatives.
Product type	Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform	Deep Packet Network Monitoring & Enterprise Service Assurance
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Telecommunications, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry; Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry	On-premises; Cloud; Virtual Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud Virtual Appliance; Hardware Server Appliance
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Customer Datacenter / Hybrid Cloud Enclave Dependent
Key features
What it offers	Synthetic monitoring Real-user monitoring Network performance visibility Application monitoring Alerts Dashboards Digital experience analytics Digital experience monitoring	Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) packet analytics Top-down service dependency mapping Forensic packet-level drill-down Hybrid cloud observability Hybrid network performance monitoring Application service assurance Root-cause forensic packet analysis Telco carrier traffic analytics
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	SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector	Enterprise Network FabricsTelco 5G NetworksCloud DatacentersSD-WAN
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	ISO 27001SOC 2FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaGDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations	NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNGCiscoVMwareAWSMicrosoft AzureServiceNow
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	TelecommunicationsFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentManufacturing
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	NETSCOUT
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Westford, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	10,000+	2,500+
Founded	2000	1984

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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Overview

What it is

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Evaluating Fortinet FortiMonitor? See how this SIEM tool handles synthetic monitoring and real-user monitoring, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE: hybrid cloud observability and forensic packet-level drill-down. Built for application service assurance. Compare Network Monitoring alternatives.

Product type

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Deep Packet Network Monitoring & Enterprise Service Assurance

Best for

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Telecommunications, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Contact Vendor

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Cloud

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry; Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

On-premises; Cloud; Virtual Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud Virtual Appliance; Hardware Server Appliance

Data residency

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Customer Datacenter / Hybrid Cloud Enclave Dependent

Key features

What it offers

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Synthetic monitoring
Real-user monitoring
Network performance visibility
Application monitoring
Alerts
Dashboards
Digital experience analytics
Digital experience monitoring

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) packet analytics
Top-down service dependency mapping
Forensic packet-level drill-down
Hybrid cloud observability
Hybrid network performance monitoring
Application service assurance
Root-cause forensic packet analysis
Telco carrier traffic analytics

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiMonitor

SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Enterprise Network FabricsTelco 5G NetworksCloud DatacentersSD-WAN

Compliance

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

ISO 27001SOC 2FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaGDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiMonitor

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNGCiscoVMwareAWSMicrosoft AzureServiceNow

Industries

Fortinet FortiMonitor

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

TelecommunicationsFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentManufacturing

Regions

Fortinet FortiMonitor

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Fortinet

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

NETSCOUT

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Sunnyvale, California, USA

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Westford, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

Fortinet FortiMonitor

10,000+

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

2,500+

Founded

Fortinet FortiMonitor

2000

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

1984