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Product	Fortinet FortiMonitor by Fortinet View product	Zeek by Zeek 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.	What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform	Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, Telecom
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
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	Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)
Key features
What it offers	Synthetic monitoring Real-user monitoring Network performance visibility Application monitoring Alerts Dashboards Digital experience analytics Digital experience monitoring	Stateful network protocol analysis Structured transaction logging (HTTP/DNS/TLS) File hash extraction Event-driven domain scripting language High-speed packet capture Network security monitoring Network forensic investigation Protocol transaction logging
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	Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations	ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Zeek
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Berkeley, California, USA
Company size	10,000+	1-10
Founded	2000	1994

Fortinet FortiMonitor

by Fortinet

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Zeek

by Zeek

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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.

Zeek

What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Digital experience and network performance monitoring platform

Zeek

Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine

Best for

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Zeek

Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, Telecom

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Contact Vendor

Zeek

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Zeek

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Cloud

Zeek

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Zeek

Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor

Data residency

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Zeek

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

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

Zeek

Stateful network protocol analysis
Structured transaction logging (HTTP/DNS/TLS)
File hash extraction
Event-driven domain scripting language
High-speed packet capture
Network security monitoring
Network forensic investigation
Protocol transaction logging

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Zeek

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Zeek

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Zeek

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Zeek

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Zeek

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiMonitor

SaaSWindows and Linux monitoring agentsOnSight on-premises collector

Zeek

Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps

Compliance

Fortinet FortiMonitor

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

Zeek

BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiMonitor

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortinet Security Fabriccloud/application monitoring integrations

Zeek

ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight

Industries

Fortinet FortiMonitor

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Zeek

CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom

Regions

Fortinet FortiMonitor

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Zeek

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Fortinet

Zeek

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiMonitor

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Zeek

Berkeley, California, USA

Company size

Fortinet FortiMonitor

10,000+

Zeek

1-10

Founded

Fortinet FortiMonitor

2000

Zeek

1994