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Product	FortiSIEM by Fortinet View product	OpenText ArcSight by OpenText View product
Overview
What it is	Get the facts on FortiSIEM: log management, event correlation and SIEM analytics. Built for SOC monitoring. Compare it with other SIEM options before you decide.	Evaluating OpenText ArcSight? See how this SIEM tool handles real-time event correlation and CEF log normalization, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Security information and event management platform	Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) Suite
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Government, Banking, Critical Infrastructure, Healthcare, Defense, Government & Defense, Telecom
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options	Cloud SaaS; On-Premises; Hybrid Appliance / Software; Cloud SaaS; Virtual Appliance; On-Premises Server Clusters
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Customer-hosted data sovereignty; Regional SaaS cloud
Key features
What it offers	Log management Event correlation SIEM analytics Incident detection UEBA Performance monitoring Threat intelligence Compliance reporting	Real-time event correlation CEF log normalization UEBA behavioral analytics (Interset) Integrated SOAR playbooks High-throughput SmartConnectors Real-time SOC monitoring Insider threat detection Automated incident orchestration
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: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudOracle Cloud+1 more	Enterprise NetworksCloud WorkloadsEndpointsIdentity Systems
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	PCI-DSS 4.0SOXHIPAAFISMAISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiEDRFortiNDRFortiMailFortiWebthird-party network/endpoint/cloud sources	ServiceNowSplunkMicrosoft Entra IDAWSAzureCiscoPalo Alto Networks
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	GovernmentBankingCritical InfrastructureHealthcareDefenseGovernment & Defense+1 more
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global enterprise deployments
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	OpenText
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Company size	10,000+	20,000+
Founded	2000	1991

FortiSIEM

by Fortinet

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OpenText ArcSight

by OpenText

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Overview

What it is

FortiSIEM

Get the facts on FortiSIEM: log management, event correlation and SIEM analytics. Built for SOC monitoring. Compare it with other SIEM options before you decide.

OpenText ArcSight

Evaluating OpenText ArcSight? See how this SIEM tool handles real-time event correlation and CEF log normalization, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

FortiSIEM

Security information and event management platform

OpenText ArcSight

Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) Suite

Best for

FortiSIEM

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

OpenText ArcSight

Government, Banking, Critical Infrastructure, Healthcare, Defense, Government & Defense, Telecom

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiSIEM

Contact Vendor

OpenText ArcSight

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiSIEM

OpenText ArcSight

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiSIEM

Cloud

OpenText ArcSight

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

FortiSIEM

Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options

OpenText ArcSight

Cloud SaaS; On-Premises; Hybrid Appliance / Software; Cloud SaaS; Virtual Appliance; On-Premises Server Clusters

Data residency

FortiSIEM

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

OpenText ArcSight

Customer-hosted data sovereignty; Regional SaaS cloud

Key features

What it offers

FortiSIEM

Log management
Event correlation
SIEM analytics
Incident detection
UEBA
Performance monitoring
Threat intelligence
Compliance reporting

OpenText ArcSight

Real-time event correlation
CEF log normalization
UEBA behavioral analytics (Interset)
Integrated SOAR playbooks
High-throughput SmartConnectors
Real-time SOC monitoring
Insider threat detection
Automated incident orchestration

Platform & access

API access

FortiSIEM

OpenText ArcSight

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiSIEM

OpenText ArcSight

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiSIEM

OpenText ArcSight

Multi-tenant

FortiSIEM

OpenText ArcSight

Mobile app

FortiSIEM

OpenText ArcSight

Supported platforms

FortiSIEM

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudOracle Cloud+1 more

OpenText ArcSight

Enterprise NetworksCloud WorkloadsEndpointsIdentity Systems

Compliance

FortiSIEM

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

OpenText ArcSight

PCI-DSS 4.0SOXHIPAAFISMAISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiSIEM

FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiEDRFortiNDRFortiMailFortiWebthird-party network/endpoint/cloud sources

OpenText ArcSight

ServiceNowSplunkMicrosoft Entra IDAWSAzureCiscoPalo Alto Networks

Industries

FortiSIEM

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

OpenText ArcSight

GovernmentBankingCritical InfrastructureHealthcareDefenseGovernment & Defense+1 more

Regions

FortiSIEM

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

OpenText ArcSight

Global enterprise deployments

Vendor

Company

FortiSIEM

Fortinet

OpenText ArcSight

OpenText

Headquarters

FortiSIEM

Sunnyvale, California, USA

OpenText ArcSight

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Company size

FortiSIEM

10,000+

OpenText ArcSight

20,000+

Founded

FortiSIEM

2000

OpenText ArcSight

1991