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Product	Fortinet FortiNDR by Fortinet View product	Zeek by Zeek View product
Overview
What it is	Fortinet FortiNDR, from Fortinet, provides threat hunting and anomaly detection. Common uses: network threat detection. Check deployment options and top NDR competitors.	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	Network detection and response 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	Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options; Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options	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	Network traffic analytics Behavioral detection Threat hunting Encrypted-traffic analysis Anomaly detection Incident investigation Machine learning Network threat detection	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	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureFortiNDR Cloud (SaaS)	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	FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiEDRFortiSandboxFortiGuard	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 FortiNDR

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Zeek

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Overview

What it is

Fortinet FortiNDR

Fortinet FortiNDR, from Fortinet, provides threat hunting and anomaly detection. Common uses: network threat detection. Check deployment options and top NDR competitors.

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 FortiNDR

Network detection and response platform

Zeek

Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine

Best for

Fortinet FortiNDR

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 FortiNDR

Contact Vendor

Zeek

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiNDR

Zeek

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiNDR

Cloud

Zeek

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiNDR

Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options; Appliance, virtual and supported cloud deployment options

Zeek

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

Data residency

Fortinet FortiNDR

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 FortiNDR

Network traffic analytics
Behavioral detection
Threat hunting
Encrypted-traffic analysis
Anomaly detection
Incident investigation
Machine learning
Network threat detection

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 FortiNDR

Zeek

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiNDR

Zeek

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiNDR

Zeek

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiNDR

Zeek

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiNDR

Zeek

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiNDR

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureFortiNDR Cloud (SaaS)

Zeek

Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps

Compliance

Fortinet FortiNDR

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 FortiNDR

FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiEDRFortiSandboxFortiGuard

Zeek

ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight

Industries

Fortinet FortiNDR

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Zeek

CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom

Regions

Fortinet FortiNDR

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Zeek

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiNDR

Fortinet

Zeek

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiNDR

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Zeek

Berkeley, California, USA

Company size

Fortinet FortiNDR

10,000+

Zeek

1-10

Founded

Fortinet FortiNDR

2000

Zeek

1994