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Product	Fortinet FortiMonitor by Fortinet View product	Tcpdump by Tcpdump 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.	Tcpdump: real-time packet capture, Berkeley Packet Filter syntax and PCAP file format export. Built for BPF packet filtering. Compare Network Security alternatives.
Product type	Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform	Command-Line Network Packet Analyzer & Capture Utility
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, System Administration, DevOps, Education
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	Open Source; CLI Tool; Open Source Command-Line Binary (Natively Included in Unix/Linux)
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Local Host System Only (Zero Remote 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	Real-time packet capture Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) syntax PCAP file format export Protocol header decoding Terminal command-line interface Command-line packet capture Network troubleshooting Security incident traffic investigation
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: yes
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	LinuxUnixmacOS Network InterfacesCloud VMsNetwork Switches
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	BSD 3-Clause LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations	libpcapWiresharkSnortSuricataLinux TerminalNetwork Interfaces
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Network EngineeringCybersecuritySystem AdministrationDevOpsEducation
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Tcpdump
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Open Source Project
Company size	10,000+	1-10
Founded	2000	1988

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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Tcpdump

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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.

Tcpdump

Tcpdump: real-time packet capture, Berkeley Packet Filter syntax and PCAP file format export. Built for BPF packet filtering. Compare Network Security alternatives.

Product type

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform

Tcpdump

Command-Line Network Packet Analyzer & Capture Utility

Best for

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Tcpdump

Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, System Administration, DevOps, Education

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Contact Vendor

Tcpdump

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Tcpdump

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Cloud

Tcpdump

Cloud

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Tcpdump

Open Source; CLI Tool; Open Source Command-Line Binary (Natively Included in Unix/Linux)

Data residency

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Tcpdump

Local Host System Only (Zero Remote 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

Tcpdump

Real-time packet capture
Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) syntax
PCAP file format export
Protocol header decoding
Terminal command-line interface
Command-line packet capture
Network troubleshooting
Security incident traffic investigation

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Tcpdump

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Tcpdump

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Tcpdump

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Tcpdump

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Tcpdump

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiMonitor

SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector

Tcpdump

LinuxUnixmacOS Network InterfacesCloud VMsNetwork Switches

Compliance

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Tcpdump

BSD 3-Clause LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiMonitor

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations

Tcpdump

libpcapWiresharkSnortSuricataLinux TerminalNetwork Interfaces

Industries

Fortinet FortiMonitor

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Tcpdump

Network EngineeringCybersecuritySystem AdministrationDevOpsEducation

Regions

Fortinet FortiMonitor

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Tcpdump

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Fortinet

Tcpdump

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Tcpdump

Open Source Project

Company size

Fortinet FortiMonitor

10,000+

Tcpdump

1-10

Founded

Fortinet FortiMonitor

2000

Tcpdump

1988