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Product	Fortinet FortiMonitor by Fortinet View product	NetworkMiner by NetworkMiner View product
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.	NetworkMiner offers host-centric PCAP parsing and automated file and artifact extraction. Use it for network digital forensic analysis. See Network Security alternatives.
Product type	Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform	Network Forensic Analysis Tool & Passive Packet Investigator
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Defense, Law Enforcement
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry; Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry	Standalone Software; Open Source / Commercial; Standalone Windows Software / Linux Mono Executable
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Local Host Machine Only (No Cloud Telemetry)
Key features
What it offers	Synthetic monitoring Real-user monitoring Network performance visibility Application monitoring Alerts Dashboards Digital experience analytics Digital experience monitoring	Host-centric PCAP parsing Automated file and artifact extraction Passive OS fingerprinting Credential harvesting from PCAP Passive network sniffing Network digital forensic analysis Passive host and OS fingerprinting PCAP file and artifact reconstruction
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
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	SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector	PCAP Packet CapturesNetwork InterfacesLive Ethernet Streams
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	GPLv2 (Open Source Edition)ISO 27037 Digital Evidence Principles
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations	Wireshark PCAP/PCAPNG formatsNetworkMiner ProSnort/Suricata PCAPs
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	CybersecurityIncident ResponseDigital ForensicsDefenseLaw Enforcement
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	NetworkMiner
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Sweden
Company size	10,000+	1-10
Founded	2000	2007

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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NetworkMiner

by NetworkMiner

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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.

NetworkMiner

NetworkMiner offers host-centric PCAP parsing and automated file and artifact extraction. Use it for network digital forensic analysis. See Network Security alternatives.

Product type

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform

NetworkMiner

Network Forensic Analysis Tool & Passive Packet Investigator

Best for

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

NetworkMiner

Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Defense, Law Enforcement

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Contact Vendor

NetworkMiner

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NetworkMiner

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Cloud

NetworkMiner

Cloud

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

NetworkMiner

Standalone Software; Open Source / Commercial; Standalone Windows Software / Linux Mono Executable

Data residency

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

NetworkMiner

Local Host Machine Only (No Cloud Telemetry)

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

NetworkMiner

Host-centric PCAP parsing
Automated file and artifact extraction
Passive OS fingerprinting
Credential harvesting from PCAP
Passive network sniffing
Network digital forensic analysis
Passive host and OS fingerprinting
PCAP file and artifact reconstruction

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NetworkMiner

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NetworkMiner

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NetworkMiner

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NetworkMiner

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiMonitor

NetworkMiner

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiMonitor

SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector

NetworkMiner

PCAP Packet CapturesNetwork InterfacesLive Ethernet Streams

Compliance

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

NetworkMiner

GPLv2 (Open Source Edition)ISO 27037 Digital Evidence Principles

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiMonitor

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations

NetworkMiner

Wireshark PCAP/PCAPNG formatsNetworkMiner ProSnort/Suricata PCAPs

Industries

Fortinet FortiMonitor

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

NetworkMiner

CybersecurityIncident ResponseDigital ForensicsDefenseLaw Enforcement

Regions

Fortinet FortiMonitor

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

NetworkMiner

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Fortinet

NetworkMiner

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Sunnyvale, California, USA

NetworkMiner

Sweden

Company size

Fortinet FortiMonitor

10,000+

NetworkMiner

1-10

Founded

Fortinet FortiMonitor

2000

NetworkMiner

2007