We performed a comparison between Elastic Security and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability is good. It can be scaled easily in the production environment."
"It is very quick to react. I can set it to check anomalies or suspicious behavior every 30 seconds. It is very fast."
"The most valuable thing is that this solution is widely used for work management and research. It's easy to jump into the security use case with the same technology."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is that it is more flexible than AlienVault."
"Elastic is straightforward, easy to integrate, and highly customizable."
"ELK documentation is very good, so never needed to contact technical support."
"The most valuable feature for me is Discover."
"Just the ability to do a lot more than just up-down is nice, which a lot of people take for granted."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well."
"We are very happy with the stability of the solution."
"The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"If you compare this with CrowdStrike or Carbon Black, they can improve."
"Authentication is not a default in Kibana. We need to have another tool to have authentication and authorization. These two should be part of Kibana."
"The training that is offered for Elastic is in need of improvement because there is no depth to it."
"Its documentation should be a bit better. I have to spend at least a couple of hours to find the solution for a simple thing. When we buy Elastic, training is not included for free with Elastic. We have to pay extra for the training. They should include training in the price."
"Elastic Security has a steep learning curve, so it takes some time to tune it and set it up for your environment. There are some costs associated with logging things that don't have value. So you need to be cautious to only log things that make sense and keep them around for as long as you need. You shouldn't hold onto things just because you think you might need them."
"In terms of improvement, there could be more automation in responding to and evaluating detections."
"It's a little bit of a learning curve to understand the logic of searching for things and trying to find what you're looking for in Elastic Security."
"Sometimes, the solution isn't the easiest to use."
"I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard."
"Technical support could definitely be better."
"SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."
"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release."
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Elastic Security is ranked 5th in Log Management with 58 reviews while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Elastic Security is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Elastic Security writes "A stable and scalable tool that provides visibility along with the consolidation of logs to its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". Elastic Security is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and IBM Security QRadar, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver). See our Elastic Security vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server report.
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