AlienVault OSSIM vs Oracle Security Monitoring and Analytics Cloud Service comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

AlienVault OSSIM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
11th
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Security Monitoring ...
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
43rd
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of AlienVault OSSIM is 1.0%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Security Monitoring and Analytics Cloud Service is 1.4%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Unique Categories:
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User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
1.2%
 

Featured Reviews

Aman Aijaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2023
An easy-to-scale open-source solution used for monitoring events on devices
The area for improvement is a lot. When I started using it on our enterprise side, the issue we faced was, for example, if we were running at that time on AlienVault OSSIM v5.7.4. So, for some orders, we had to install some packages, and when we tried installing that package, some dependencies got upgraded to a new version. Now once that dependency got upgraded, the SQL, since you might be aware that OSSIM uses SQL database, now SQL and all the dependency in everything was not on the same version, and that caused the database to crash. The aforementioned area should be eased out by upgrading the patches and upgrading dependencies. This kind of thing is a disadvantage of OSSIM, and I would like them to work on this. But I have also raised service requests many times and gave it a push on the community section too. However, since it is a local source, they don't reply much over there. That is why I don't like to work on OSSIM because it is unpredictable. Once the storage goes above 50 percent, it starts behaving unpredictably. If you get stuck with a situation, then you need to drill a lockdown into that. Sometimes you get no luck. Then you have to just reimage the server with the new fresh OS of AlienVault. As for additional features, not much because if you move to the newer version, it is kind of getting more stable. But, to make my life easier, then I would say try to give more features. I know it's open source, so they also cannot provide me with more features. But still, if they can provide me with more features because right now it's becoming old. Right now, we are even moving from SIEM to Security Data Lake. So when we move to it, this will be literally outdated. No one can even expect anything out of it. The way security is moving, it will be outdated very soon. They have to also provide something new to keep this going for the future also.
IB
Jul 29, 2021
Easy to install, highly secure standards, and reliable
We use Oracle Security Monitoring and Analytics Cloud Service for security information, event management, and analytics. This has helped eliminate any external network attacks The security level that they are maintaining with the pre-authentication keys is very good. They are following the global…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It has helped us remediate threats in the past by providing significant events that assisted in identifying suspicious activities, such as logins from multiple countries."
"Better than other SIEM solutions because almost everything can be integrated."
"The solution is free to use."
"AlienVault OSSIM's GUI is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of AlienVault OSSIM are vulnerability assessment, network intrusion detection system, response to critical events, and awareness of the whole network."
"The solution is very stable. Compared to Qradar and Splunk, it's very stable."
"You can customize the dashboards as well as the reporting."
"The threat alerts it gives me from time to time on harmful code within the network, or if they are generating any network traffic, are very useful."
"The security level that they are maintaining with the pre-authentication keys is very good."
 

Cons

"The incidence reporting could be better."
"The price of this solution is very high and it could be cheaper."
"The initial setup was a bit complex. You've got to do a lot of reading. It's not an intuitive implementation."
"GUI could be improved."
"AlienVault OSSIM on-premise version is more difficult to implement than the cloud version. Additionally, they should add integration between several different environments at once and improve their online knowledge base."
"I would like the solution to be able to integrate with my firewall, my IDS and my Honeypot solutions so that it can provide real-time reporting as things occur and then have alert sent to me on my phone when suspicious activity is happening."
"AlienVault OSSIM’s configuration and integration could be a little easier."
"Lacking in depth of reporting."
"The solution could improve by providing better documentation for beginners to learn, such as videos or other tutorials."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees for the non-community edition are paid on an annual basis, and there are no costs in addition to this."
"AlienVault OSSIM is an open-source solution."
"OSSIM is free."
"When comparing AlienVault OSSIM to Microsoft Sentinel, AlienVault OSSIM incurs additional costs due to its licensing price structure. If you are using AlienVault for security purposes at a certain level it can have a higher price point than the current pricing of Microsoft Sentinel."
"AlienVault OSSIM is expensive compared to its competitors."
"The price of AlienVault OSSIM is too high sometimes for us to present to our customers. The price should be lower. We are on a three-year license to use the solution. We had to pay extra for the support."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"AlienVault OSSIM is free."
"The solution is not expensive for the data security measure you receive, it is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
7%
Government
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with AlienVault OSSIM?
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