We compared AlienVault OSSIM and Wazuh based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
According to user reviews, AlienVault OSSIM is praised for its comprehensive threat detection, real-time monitoring, and strong asset management capabilities, while Wazuh is highlighted for its advanced threat detection, seamless integration with other tools, and easy installation process. AlienVault OSSIM users appreciate the customer service and pricing structure, while Wazuh users value the customer support and flexible licensing options. However, AlienVault OSSIM users desire improvements in the user interface and documentation, while Wazuh users suggest enhancements in system resource consumption. Overall, both products offer positive ROI and efficient security monitoring capabilities.
Features: AlienVault OSSIM stands out for its comprehensive threat detection and strong asset management capabilities. On the other hand, Wazuh is known for its advanced threat detection, efficient log analysis, and flexibility in tailoring the solution to specific needs.
Pricing and ROI: AlienVault OSSIM has been positively evaluated for its pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Users find the pricing structure reasonable and affordable. The setup process is straightforward and requires minimal effort. AlienVault OSSIM offers flexible licensing options. In comparison, Wazuh is also considered cost-effective with reasonable pricing options. The setup cost is hassle-free and the licensing is customizable., AlienVault OSSIM has been praised for its valuable and efficient security monitoring capabilities, cost-effectiveness, and ability to address security threats effectively. On the other hand, Wazuh users have reported various benefits and advantages from using the product.
Room for Improvement: Users have identified room for improvement in both AlienVault OSSIM and Wazuh. AlienVault OSSIM needs enhancements in user interface, documentation, support, customization, and integration capabilities. Wazuh could benefit from improvements in interface, documentation, configuration options, and system resource consumption.
Deployment and customer support: The reviews for AlienVault OSSIM highlight varying timeframes for the different phases of establishing a new tech solution. Some users took three months for deployment and an additional week for setup, while others only needed a week for both. In contrast, the reviews for Wazuh emphasize the importance of considering both deployment and setup timeframes. Some users spent three months on deployment and a week on setup, while others required a week for both., Customers have expressed positive feedback about the customer service provided by both AlienVault OSSIM and Wazuh. Users appreciate the helpful and responsive team of AlienVault OSSIM, while Wazuh's customer service is commended for their knowledge, efficiency, and helpfulness.
The summary above is based on 41 interviews we conducted recently with AlienVault OSSIM and Wazuh users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable features in my experience are the UEBA, LDAP, the threat scheduler, and integration with third-party straight perform like the MISP."
"The product can integrate with any device."
"Microsoft Sentinel provides the capability to integrate different log sources. On top of having several data connectors in place, you can also do integration with a threat intelligence platform to enhance and enrich the data that's available. You can collect as many logs and build all the use cases."
"The automation feature is valuable."
"The data connectors that Microsoft Sentinel provides are easy to integrate when we work with a Microsoft agent."
"The SOAR playbooks are Sentinel's most valuable feature. It gives you a unified toolset for detecting, investigating, and responding to incidents. That's what clearly differentiates Sentinels from its competitors. It's cloud-native, offering end-to-end coverage with more than 120 connectors. All types of data logs can be poured into the system so analysis can happen. That end-to-end visibility gives it the advantage."
"The features that stand out are the detection engine and its integration with multiple data sources."
"The analytic rule is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward. I didn't have any problems."
"The tool's security detection is good. It helps us with login tracking and generating reports. We aim to identify potential issues, such as brute-force attacks on user accounts or server-level anomalies. For instance, if I receive a report indicating a server is at an abnormal level, I investigate and address the issue."
"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 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.""
"Asset discovery is good."
"You pay monthly for the solution. I think it's one of the best products. If you compare with other companies, like LogRhythm, etc., the top 8 or 10 CMs, I think Alien Vault has the best price-performance ratio."
"AlienVault OSSIM is an enterprise solution that sells easily. It is rated highly by organizations."
"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."
"Integrates with various open-source and paid products, allowing for flexibility in customization based on use cases."
"Good for monitoring, active response, and for vulnerabilities."
"Wazuh's most beneficial features for our security needs are flexibility, built-in rules, integration capabilities, and documentation."
"The product’s interface is intuitive."
"I find the PCI DSS feature the most valuable, along with the feature that monitors the compliance of Windows and the CIS benchmarks on other devices like Unix or Linux systems."
"The configuration assessment and Pile integrity monitoring features are decent."
"It is a stable solution."
"Wazuh has very flexible and robust features."
"They need to work with other security vendors. For example, we replaced our email gateway with Symantec, but we couldn't collect these logs with Azure Sentinel. Instead of collecting these logs with Azure Sentinel, we are collecting them on Qradar. We couldn't do it with Sentinel, which is a problem for us."
"The playbook development environment is not as rich as it should be. There are multiple occasions when we face problems while creating the playbook."
"In terms of features I would like to see in future releases, I'm interested in a few more use cases around automation. I do believe a lot of automation is available, and more is in progress, but that would be my area of interest."
"The solution could be more user-friendly; some query languages are required to operate it."
"If we want to use more features, we have to pay more. There are multiple solutions on the cloud itself, but the pricing model package isn't consistent, which is confusing to clients."
"If you're looking to use canned queries, the interface could be a little more straightforward. It's not immediately intuitive regarding how you use it. You have to take a canned query and paste it into an operational box and then you hit a button... They could improve the ease of deploying these queries."
"Sentinel still has some anomalies. For example, sometimes when we write a query for log analysis with KQL, it doesn't give us the data in a proper way... Also, the fields or columns could be improved. Sometimes, it is not giving the desired results and there is a blank field."
"Sometimes, it is hard for us to estimate the costs of Microsoft Sentinel."
"AlienVault OSSIM could improve by having better integration with some of the newer tools."
"I don't like to work on OSSIM because it is unpredictable."
"GUI could be improved."
"The price of this solution is very high and it could be cheaper."
"The documentation could be improved."
"They can add more compliance templates."
"It's so hard to configure and explore something new on it."
"When comparing AlienVault OSSIM to other solutions it looks a bit outdated. Additionally, they need to improve their integration."
"Integration with Vyara could be better."
"I think that the next release should be more suitable for large enterprises, because currently they are not because large companies do not rely on open source solutions."
"The computing resources are consuming and do not make sense."
"The biggest part that's missing is threat intelligence. It isn't inbuilt, and if a sudden incident occurs, we don't get that feedback inside the SIEM tool. That's a big gap, I see. It would be better if we could get the threat intelligence feeds integrated with the SIEM tools. That would help us push value solutions to the clients in a big way."
"Scalability is a challenge because it is distributed architecture and it uses Elastic DB. Their Elastic DB doesn't allow open source waste application."
"They need to go towards integrating with more cloud applications and not just OS like Windows and Linux."
"Adding the flexibility to integrate various plug-ins or modules into its core system would enhance functionality."
"While it is scalable, it can suffer from reduced latencies."
AlienVault OSSIM is ranked 14th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 27 reviews while Wazuh is ranked 3rd in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 38 reviews. AlienVault OSSIM is rated 7.4, while Wazuh is rated 7.4. 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 Wazuh writes "It integrates seamlessly with AWS cloud-native services". AlienVault OSSIM is most compared with Elastic Security, USM Anywhere, Splunk Enterprise Security, Fortinet FortiSIEM and AWS Security Hub, whereas Wazuh is most compared with Elastic Security, Security Onion, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. See our AlienVault OSSIM vs. Wazuh report.
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