We performed a comparison between Datadog and USM Anywhere based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Datadog users like its customizable displays, error tracking, and advanced AI/ML capabilities. USM Anywhere is highly regarded for its extensive reporting capabilities, thorough vulnerability assessment, seamless file integration, and user-friendly management features. Datadog could enhance its usability and reduce its learning curve. Users said integration was another pain point. USM Anywhere users have suggested improvements in self-service plugin management, database optimization, and third-party threat intelligence integration.
Service and Support: While many users spoke highly of Datadog’s support team, others reported slow support, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Some users say that USM Anywhere's customer service is knowledgeable and responsive, while others have faced delays and incomplete answers.
Ease of Deployment: Datadog’s setup is considered straightforward, and users often receive help from a partner or vendor. The initial setup for USM Anywhere is generally considered to be straightforward if the user has technical knowledge. Vendor assistance is also available during the deployment phase.
Pricing: Opinions about Datadog's price are divided. Some users found it costly, but others thought it was acceptable. Some said the pricing model could be clearer and better explained. USM Anywhere is seen as more cost-effective than premium solutions like IBM QRadar and Splunk, with pricing considered reasonable and relatively low.
ROI: Users said Datadog saved them time and improved visibility into security blind spots. USM Anywhere has garnered favorable feedback regarding its ROI.
"The solution's SaaS model is easy to manage and works well in single- or multi-cloud environments."
"Datadog has given us near-live visibility across our entire cloud platform."
"Because of our client focus, it is easy for us to sell. This is because it is easy to use and easy to set up."
"Datadog documentation on web pages has improved a lot and is pretty easy to follow and find."
"The most valuable features of Datadog are the flexibility and additional features when compared to other solutions, such as AppDynamics and Dynatrace. Some of the features include AI and ML capabilities and cloud and analysis monitoring"
"The many dozens of integrations that the solution brings out of the box are excellent."
"The biggest thing I liked was the combination of all the things - monitoring, log aggregation, and profiling."
"The dashboards are great."
"In terms of monitoring, my best feature would be the monitoring of components across the network. It monitors the respective nodes and any new node that comes onto the network and provides reports. The reporting dashboards are really helpful for management in terms of making decisions around patch management."
"The other big selling feature for us was its integration capabilities with all the other security-based products."
"I can easily check (in one place) all the logs and data in relation to attacks. It also gives me an overview if a server is not configured properly."
"This solution can completely detect and prevent incidents on your network."
"SIEM log collection is great, and all of the rules that support updates with maintenance."
"The vulnerability scanning is helpful to identify the areas that need patching or fixes installed."
"AlienVault provides a checklist answer when using SIEM."
"Using the communication within the security device, it is easier to create plugins."
"The dashboard could be improved. It would be helpful to get a view of specific things that we need to monitor for our application."
"The pricing is a bit confusing."
"At times, it can be hard to generate metrics out of logs."
"Its pricing model can be improved. Its settings should be improved for a better understanding of billing. They should also provide some alerts when there is an increase in the usage. For example, if there is 20% more increase from one week to another, the customer should get an alert."
"I would like testing for data in the future."
"I would like better navigability across pages."
"Datadog does not have the feature where you can monitor external websites or check the SSL secure for websites."
"It lacks consistency in the APIs."
"AT&T AlienVault USM can improve searchable data. It should be available for more than 90 days. If you need more than 90 days of data, you have to put a request and they give you raw data, which is not easy to search. A good addition would be to allow users to search data older than 90 days."
"Search performance can be slow. The Raw Logs feature is painfully slow. And if we're talking about the newer, the Anywhere product, you can't even schedule reports on the thing. There are probably a dozen other features I'd really like to see there, but that would be one of the biggies."
"The solution already has quite good tools, however, they need better integration tools for linking with Office 365, Google Suite, and so on."
"The GUI needs to improve because it's not user-friendly."
"This solution could be easier to use."
"The price of AT&T AlienVault USM could be reduced."
"As this software is in the cloud, you do not have control on updates and general changes which are happening."
"I feel that some areas of improvement would be vulnerability scanning. We use a separate product that seems to do a much better job."
Datadog is ranked 3rd in Log Management with 137 reviews while USM Anywhere is ranked 15th in Log Management with 113 reviews. Datadog is rated 8.6, while USM Anywhere is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Datadog writes "Very good RUM, synthetics, and infrastructure host maps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of USM Anywhere writes "Easy to use and affordable". Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, New Relic, AWS X-Ray and Elastic Observability, whereas USM Anywhere is most compared with Wazuh, AlienVault OSSIM, IBM Security QRadar and Splunk Enterprise Security. See our Datadog vs. USM Anywhere report.
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