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Product	FortiSIEM by Fortinet View product	TShark by Wireshark 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 TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Security information and event management platform	Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud deployment options	Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Local workstation / Server filesystem
Key features
What it offers	Log management Event correlation SIEM analytics Incident detection UEBA Performance monitoring Threat intelligence Compliance reporting	Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap PCAP/PCAPNG parsing Wireshark display filter syntax JSON/CSV/XML structured output Automated packet dissection Scriptable headless operation Automated network packet analysis Headless network troubleshooting
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudOracle Cloud+1 more	Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiEDRFortiNDRFortiMailFortiWebthird-party network/endpoint/cloud sources	PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Wireshark
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Global Open Source Project
Company size	10,000+	1-10
Founded	2000	1998

FortiSIEM

by Fortinet

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TShark

by Wireshark

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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.

TShark

Evaluating TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

FortiSIEM

Security information and event management platform

TShark

Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool

Best for

FortiSIEM

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

TShark

Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiSIEM

Contact Vendor

TShark

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiSIEM

TShark

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiSIEM

Cloud

TShark

Cloud

Deployment details

FortiSIEM

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

TShark

Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container

Data residency

FortiSIEM

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

TShark

Local workstation / Server filesystem

Key features

What it offers

FortiSIEM

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

TShark

Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap
PCAP/PCAPNG parsing
Wireshark display filter syntax
JSON/CSV/XML structured output
Automated packet dissection
Scriptable headless operation
Automated network packet analysis
Headless network troubleshooting

Platform & access

API access

FortiSIEM

TShark

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiSIEM

TShark

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiSIEM

TShark

Multi-tenant

FortiSIEM

TShark

Mobile app

FortiSIEM

TShark

Supported platforms

FortiSIEM

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

TShark

Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines

Compliance

FortiSIEM

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

TShark

Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiSIEM

FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiEDRFortiNDRFortiMailFortiWebthird-party network/endpoint/cloud sources

TShark

PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek

Industries

FortiSIEM

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

TShark

Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more

Regions

FortiSIEM

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

TShark

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiSIEM

Fortinet

TShark

Wireshark

Headquarters

FortiSIEM

Sunnyvale, California, USA

TShark

Global Open Source Project

Company size

FortiSIEM

10,000+

TShark

1-10

Founded

FortiSIEM

2000

TShark

1998