We performed a comparison between Graylog and Wazuh based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Graylog stands out with its exceptional search functions, seamless integration with Elasticsearch, and real-time data access. Wazuh stands out for its effortless integration, excellent log monitoring capabilities, and ELK-based investigation. Graylog could benefit from additional customization options and an improved rule-creation process. Wazuh needs improvements in event source coverage, threat intelligence integration, and real-time monitoring of Unix systems.
Service and Support: Graylog's customer service is generally well-regarded, with reviewers noting effective solutions and satisfactory experiences. While response times may differ, Graylog's support is considered superior compared to that of other products. Wazuh's customer service is generally deemed satisfactory, and many customers noted that they could easily find answers from community forums.
Ease of Deployment: Some Graylog users said the setup was easy. Other reviewers faced challenges, but these were easily resolved with help from the vendor’s support staff. Graylog is easier to set up in smaller environments, but it could get complicated in large clusters. Some users said that Wazuh’s setup is easy and fast, while others perceived it as complicated and said it required a significant amount of time.
Pricing: Graylog offers an enterprise edition and an open-source option with a daily capacity restriction. Some users said that data costs can be expensive. Wazuh is a cost-effective option as it is open-source and completely free to acquire.
ROI: Graylog can offer some cost savings. The precise ROI may vary depending on the organization’s size and use case. Wazuh's MSP program and partnerships offer opportunities to generate revenue from the platform.
"Allowing us to set up alerts and integrate with platforms we already use, such as Slack and OpsGenie to alert users of these errors proactively, is also a very useful feature."
"Storing logs in Elasticsearch means log retrieval is extremely fast, and full text search is available by default."
"We run a containerized microservices environment. Being able to set up streams and search for errors and anomalies across hundreds of containers is why a log aggregation platform like Graylog is valuable to us."
"This had increased productivity for the dev and support teams, because we are directly notifying them."
"We're using the Community edition, but I know that it has really good dashboarding and alerts."
"Graylog's search functionality, alerting functionality, user management, and dashboards are useful."
"It is used as a log manager/SIEM. It provides visibility into the infrastructure and security related events."
"We have scaled from a single machine installation (a VM with a Graylog + ES + MongoDB) to (2 Graylog + 2 ES + 3 MongoDB). This was done smoothly with a minimal impact on logging."
"The product’s interface is intuitive."
"The most valuable features are the modules and metrics."
"It's stable."
"Wazuh offers an enhanced HDR version that outperforms its competitors."
"I like the cloud-native infrastructure and that it's free. We didn't have to pay anything, and it has the capabilities of many premium solutions in the market. We could integrate all of our services and infrastructure in the cloud with Wazuh. From an integration point of view, Wazuh is pretty good. I had a good experience with this platform."
"The deployment is easy and they provide very good documentation."
"It is a stable solution."
"I like the features we use, including malware detection, inventory, detection of hidden processes, and activity logs. Inventory is probably the most important feature. It tells us when processes and packages were installed and what they are, which is helpful."
"The infrastructure cost is the main issue. I like the rest. If the infrastructure costs could be lower, it would be fantastic."
"I would like to see some kind of visualization included in Graylog."
"Since container orchestration systems are popular and Graylog fits the niche well, perhaps they could officially support running in docker containers on Kubernetes as a StatefulSet as a use case. That way, the declarative nature of Kubernetes config files would document their best case deployment scenario-"
"Graylog can improve the index rotation as it's quite a complex solution."
"Graylog could improve the process of creating rules. We have to create them manually by doing parses and applying them. Other SIEM solutions have basic rules and you can create and get more events of interest."
"There should be some user groups and an auto sign-in feature."
"Lacks sufficient documentation."
"More complex visualizations and the ability to execute custom Elasticsearch queries would be great."
"They could include flexibility and customization capabilities by modifying for customers based on partner agreements."
"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."
"Adding the flexibility to integrate various plug-ins or modules into its core system would enhance functionality."
"A more structured approach, perhaps with modular UI components, to facilitate easier integration and navigation within the Wazuh platform for custom integrations would be beneficial."
"There could be a hardware monitoring tool for the solution."
"Some features, like alerting, are complex with Wazuh."
"While it is scalable, it can suffer from reduced latencies."
Graylog is ranked 11th in Log Management with 18 reviews while Wazuh is ranked 2nd in Log Management with 38 reviews. Graylog is rated 8.0, while Wazuh is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Graylog writes "Great detailed search features and easy Java integration, but needs improvement in integration with Python". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wazuh writes "It integrates seamlessly with AWS cloud-native services". Graylog is most compared with Grafana Loki, syslog-ng, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, Splunk Enterprise Security and Elastic Security, whereas Wazuh is most compared with Elastic Security, Security Onion, AlienVault OSSIM, Splunk Enterprise Security and IBM Security QRadar. See our Graylog vs. Wazuh report.
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