We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Security Event Manager and Wazuh 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."The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is the analysis and the knowledge about the incidence that we trace."
"It has in-depth monitoring capabilities and an easy way for setting up dashboards. I can expand in various areas, or I can reduce areas. It supports different types of breakdowns, filters, and rules. It is very simple for an out-of-the-box type of product. It doesn't take a lot of time to figure it out, which is unlike some of the solutions that I have looked at. It meets all the aspects."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use for the end user."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting."
"It's extremely easy to deploy."
"The solution helps you monitor database instances, application instances, other customer application things, Linux servers, IBM servers, and Oracle servers."
"This tool is simple to use."
"SolarWinds is effective for server, network, and log monitoring. It's also good for IP address management. We also have a patch manager, but we're still working on getting that operational."
"The MITRE ATT&CK correlation is most valuable."
"One of the most beneficial features of Wazuh, particularly in the context of security needs, is the machine learning data handling capability."
"The configuration assessment and Pile integrity monitoring features are decent."
"I like that the solution is on top of the Kubernetes stack."
"The product is easy to customize."
"Wazuh's best features are syscheck, its ability to immediately resolve vulnerabilities, and that it's open source."
"The main thing I like about it is that it has an EDR."
"Wazuh is simple to use for PCI compliance."
"One of the drawbacks of being so flexible is that it is also a fairly complicated software application to install, configure, and maintain."
"The solution's technical support is okay, but we don't have an SLA, and sometimes the response times are very slow."
"We used the support from SolarWinds Security Event Manager and they are knowledgeable but challenging to get in contact with them."
"There are no multiple dashboards which would allow you to see information side-by-side."
"It is a very technical program. They can simplify it so that it isn't so hard to deal with."
"The company had to use a third party for the implementation of the solution."
"We'd like more customization capabilities."
"I don't think SolarWinds is scalable enough. It is somewhat limited when I need to deploy it across multiple environments in a distributed architecture."
"We would like to see more improvements on the cloud."
"There could be a hardware monitoring tool for the solution."
"It would be great if there could be customization for the decoder portion."
"Wazuh needs more security and features, particularly visualization features and a health monitor."
"Since it's an open-source tool, scalability is the main issue."
"Its configuration process is time-consuming."
"One area where Wazuh could use some improvement is in its reporting mechanism, especially for high-level management like CSOs and CEOs."
"Integration with Vyara could be better."
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SolarWinds Security Event Manager is ranked 20th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 24 reviews while Wazuh is ranked 3rd in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 38 reviews. SolarWinds Security Event Manager is rated 7.8, while Wazuh is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Security Event Manager writes "A comprehensive network security with robust technical capabilities, effective threat response, and centralized management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wazuh writes "It integrates seamlessly with AWS cloud-native services". SolarWinds Security Event Manager is most compared with ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, IBM Security QRadar and Microsoft Defender XDR, whereas Wazuh is most compared with Elastic Security, Security Onion, Splunk Enterprise Security, AlienVault OSSIM and Graylog. See our SolarWinds Security Event Manager vs. Wazuh report.
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