We performed a comparison between AlienVault OSSIM and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its user-friendliness is the most valuable. It is very easy to use and explore. The dashboard is very well packaged and integrated. You don't have to spend a lot of time in configuring it and checking out the RPM etc. It is also free and very powerful."
"The threat policies of the solution are always very advanced and the best in the market. They are very persistent in terms of keeping up with security protocols."
"The initial setup was straightforward. I didn't have any problems."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the data correlation and vulnerability assessment."
"OSSIM is the only solution that includes the large number of modules that we need: a vulnerability scanner, a network IDS system, a host IDS system."
"The dashboard is the solution's most valuable aspect. It brings everything into one central point where I can actually look at it and go, "Okay, I understand what's going on.""
"AlienVault OSSIM's GUI is very user-friendly."
"With AlienVault you get everything in one box."
"The most valuable features of ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer are the number of capabilities, file integration monitoring, web server log collection, and alert configuration."
"The initial setup is straightforward"
"The user interface is very good."
"The log management has helped to improve my organization."
"The tool's reports show activities."
"It's one of the easiest products. It's very simple to use."
"ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is easy to gather reports to give to management. My supervisor has access to the solution and he enjoys the graphs."
"The reporting features are noteworthy, as they provide templates that streamline the process of generating reports"
"The documentation could be improved."
"AlienVault OSSIM is costly."
"Lacking in depth of reporting."
"I don't like to work on OSSIM because it is unpredictable."
"Sometimes technical issues take very long to get resolved."
"It takes some time. It does not give me a prompt response for any such [malicious] traffic. It takes time to get that alert from the AlienVault system."
"The user interface needs to be friendlier across the board."
"When comparing AlienVault OSSIM to other solutions it looks a bit outdated. Additionally, they need to improve their integration."
"Support could improve to make the solution better."
"The solution is stable. However, there are limits. For example, we can do 2,500 Syslog events per second, but if we want to do more we have to install the distributor structure, and then we can expand how many events we can do. They could improve the stability."
"The solution should improve on its log capturing capabilities."
"What I'd like to see as an improvement to ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is for it to be more AI-driven. Having more automation would also make the solution better."
"It may not be as easy to use as Splunk."
"The first tier of customer service and support is not great."
"The scalability is limited."
"There's a lot to improve in terms of connectivity. Currently, we're utilizing it across various infrastructures and environments, including others' cloud. However, connecting it to our infrastructure and integrating it with some of our SMAX solutions poses difficulties."
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AlienVault OSSIM is ranked 11th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 28 reviews while ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is ranked 27th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 11 reviews. AlienVault OSSIM is rated 7.4, while ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of AlienVault OSSIM writes "An easy-to-scale open-source solution used for monitoring events on devices ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer writes "The reporting features are noteworthy, as they provide templates that streamline the process of generating reports". AlienVault OSSIM is most compared with Wazuh, Elastic Security, USM Anywhere, Splunk Enterprise Security and Devo, whereas ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is most compared with ManageEngine Log360, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, Wazuh, SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server and Datadog. See our AlienVault OSSIM vs. ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer report.
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