We performed a comparison between ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and Sentinel 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."ArcSight ESM provides us the flexibility to write our own passwords and customize the solution. It lets us search and log a variety of SmartConnectors. It has 480-plus SmartConnectors."
"The tool is good for correlation and aggregation. We use it as a collection platform."
"This process has helped to improve our organization because we have centralized the intra-group security equipment logs."
"We do consulting and I get feedback from our clients that the product really helped them with compliance, especially with GDPR."
"Feature-rich solution which provides better network visibility for improved security"
"The most useful features are directories, price, and live reporting."
"What I found most valuable in ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) is its good integration with third-party products. The solution also has good core capabilities."
"It is a vital tool for live monitoring and helps us to understand the traffic alerts of any major issue on the network, thereby reducing hacking attempts."
"The solution's Kusto Query Language (KQL) execution time is pretty good."
"The tool is simple to use."
"The stability is phenomenal and we never had any issues with downtime or even had to restart."
"The native integration with out-of-the box format is hassle free and allows data to be used advantageously."
"The most valuable feature is the flexible log for identifying security threats inside an application. Sentinel is very good at this."
"One of the most valuable features is the business intelligence engine. It's very important because it keeps track of everything that's happening and alerts us if something is different than expected. The first time I used it, I was shocked at how well it performed. Another valuable feature that I think makes this product worth the price you pay for it is that it connects to basically every system that provides some form of logging, and it's very easy to set up what triggers this."
"The solution lets us get all the logs properly and regularly monitor customer infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it provides a central locking system for many event sources."
"HPE ArcSight has a quite steep learning curve."
"The UI interface is somewhat complex and needs to be simplified."
"ArcSight ESM could improve the alerts for the storage capacities or actions."
"The way that scaling is set up isn't very cost-effective."
"We would like the ability to easily identify either unused resources or those that are being used sub-optimally."
"They need to develop NetFlow appliances that can be installed in the customer network on span ports, collect NetFlow, and send it to ArcSight without relying on the devices' NetFlow capability and their position in the network."
"The onboarding process for this solution could be better. It also needs a better GUI."
"ArcSight is incredibly complex when configuring and deploying, and if your organization doesn't know what they want and what they need, ArcSight will be a challenge for them."
"You need a lot of Unix scripting knowledge in order to manage the tool, which is one of the main issues that we faced."
"Creating a drag-and-drop dashboard or workbook in Sentinel is a little more complex compared to other tools like LogRhythm and IBM QRadar."
"This product's connection to certain types of cloud systems could be improved. We can do Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, but there are a lot of other things happening in the cloud that we do not connect well enough to. This product could be improved with better connection to cloud-based solutions."
"I rate Sentinel a six out of ten for scalability."
"There is a need for more flexibility in customization, especially when working with different vendors and platforms."
"There is no integration in the web-side of the tool."
"I would like to see a better reporting work structure on the dashboard."
"The dashboard and customer view should be improved"
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ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) is ranked 12th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 93 reviews while Sentinel is ranked 16th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 15 reviews. ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) is rated 7.8, while Sentinel is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) writes "Allows for monitoring logs according to industry standards within ESM but has a total capacity capped at 12 TB, limiting real-time data retention periods". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sentinel writes "An automated solution that helped me detect threats in less than half the time it used to take". ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Trellix ESM, ArcSight Intelligence, IBM Security QRadar and Elastic Security, whereas Sentinel is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security, Google Chronicle Suite, Wazuh and Microsoft Sentinel. See our ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) vs. Sentinel report.
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