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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.	Progress WhatsUp Gold: Interactive Layer 2/3 topology mapping and SNMP and WMI polling. Built for network topology visualization. Compare Network Monitoring alternatives.
Product type	Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform	Network Performance & Infrastructure Management Tool
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Mid-Market, Enterprise IT, Healthcare, Higher Education, Finance, Education, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry; Cloud-based monitoring service with agents and Fortinet telemetry	On-premises; Hybrid Cloud; On-premises Windows Server; Hybrid Cloud virtual machines
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Customer On-Premises Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Synthetic monitoring Real-user monitoring Network performance visibility Application monitoring Alerts Dashboards Digital experience analytics Digital experience monitoring	Interactive Layer 2/3 topology mapping SNMP and WMI polling NetFlow traffic analysis Automated config backups Virtual machine monitoring Network topology visualization Bandwidth consumption analysis Device configuration archiving
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: yes
Supported platforms	SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector	RoutersSwitchesFirewallsWireless APsServersVMs
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	ISO 27001GDPR compliant architecture
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations	CiscoVMwareMicrosoft Hyper-VServiceNowSlackMicrosoft Teams
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Mid-MarketEnterprise ITHealthcareHigher EducationFinanceEducation+3 more
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Progress
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	10,000+	1,001-5,000
Founded	2000	1981

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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Progress WhatsUp Gold

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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.

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Progress WhatsUp Gold: Interactive Layer 2/3 topology mapping and SNMP and WMI polling. Built for network topology visualization. Compare Network Monitoring alternatives.

Product type

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Network Performance & Infrastructure Management Tool

Best for

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Mid-Market, Enterprise IT, Healthcare, Higher Education, Finance, Education, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Government

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Contact Vendor

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Cloud

Progress WhatsUp Gold

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Progress WhatsUp Gold

On-premises; Hybrid Cloud; On-premises Windows Server; Hybrid Cloud virtual machines

Data residency

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Customer On-Premises Infrastructure

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

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Interactive Layer 2/3 topology mapping
SNMP and WMI polling
NetFlow traffic analysis
Automated config backups
Virtual machine monitoring
Network topology visualization
Bandwidth consumption analysis
Device configuration archiving

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiMonitor

SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector

Progress WhatsUp Gold

RoutersSwitchesFirewallsWireless APsServersVMs

Compliance

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Progress WhatsUp Gold

ISO 27001GDPR compliant architecture

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiMonitor

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations

Progress WhatsUp Gold

CiscoVMwareMicrosoft Hyper-VServiceNowSlackMicrosoft Teams

Industries

Fortinet FortiMonitor

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Mid-MarketEnterprise ITHealthcareHigher EducationFinanceEducation+3 more

Regions

Fortinet FortiMonitor

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Fortinet

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Progress

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

Fortinet FortiMonitor

10,000+

Progress WhatsUp Gold

1,001-5,000

Founded

Fortinet FortiMonitor

2000

Progress WhatsUp Gold

1981