FortiGate vs Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

FortiGate9.0Visit Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring9.0Visit

FortiGate #5 in AWS Marketplace Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial Visit FortiGate

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Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring #7 in AWS Marketplace Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan Visit Splunk

• FortiGate fits best

  Organizations needing hybrid network security

• Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring fits best

  Teams monitoring hosts and cloud infrastructure

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Side by side

Feature	FortiGate 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	9.0
Ranking	#5 in AWS Marketplace Software	#7 in AWS Marketplace Software
Best for	Organizations needing hybrid network security	Teams monitoring hosts and cloud infrastructure
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	$15/device/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Support	Phone, Live chat, Tickets, Community	Docs
Integrations	12 integrations	300+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Specs
Delivery model	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Pricing model	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial length	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
AWS Regions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Support level	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
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Our review
Pros	Intrusion prevention, antivirus, SSL/TLS inspection, VPN and web filtering Supports AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Hyper-V and KVM REST API, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible and CI integrations	Streams and analyzes metrics with dynamic thresholds and complex alert rules Dashboards cover hosts, services, cloud services, and containers Integrates with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales Capabilities and performance vary by FortiGate model Feature breadth may exceed the needs of narrow firewall deployments	Paid pricing is per host per month and billed annually Published plans bundle infrastructure monitoring with other capabilities Finer-resolution metric retention varies by edition
Our verdict	FortiGate is Fortinet’s next-generation firewall platform for organizations protecting users, applications, assets and cloud workloads across hybrid environments. It combines firewall protection with intrusion prevention, antivirus,… Read the review →	Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is part of Splunk Observability Cloud, built to visualize, analyze, and alert on infrastructure metrics. It is aimed at teams monitoring hosts, virtual machines, containers, databases, cloud services, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• FortiGate — where it wins

  • Intrusion prevention, antivirus, SSL/TLS inspection, VPN and web filtering
  • Supports AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Hyper-V and KVM
  • REST API, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible and CI integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Capabilities and performance vary by FortiGate model
  • Feature breadth may exceed the needs of narrow firewall deployments

• Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring — where it wins

  • Streams and analyzes metrics with dynamic thresholds and complex alert rules
  • Dashboards cover hosts, services, cloud services, and containers
  • Integrates with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid pricing is per host per month and billed annually
  • Published plans bundle infrastructure monitoring with other capabilities
  • Finer-resolution metric retention varies by edition

• FortiGate9.0/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  Broad hybrid firewall coverage with cloud integrations and contact-sales pricing.

  Visit FortiGateFull verdict →
• Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring9.0/10 · Free plan

  A cloud monitoring service for infrastructure metrics, dashboards, alerts, and log correlation.

  Visit SplunkFull verdict →