AlienVault OSSIM vs OpenText Enterprise Security Manager comparison

AT&T and OpenText are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. AT&T is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.4, while OpenText is ranked #26 with an average rating of 6.8. AT&T holds a 1.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to OpenText’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of AT&T users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

OpenText Enterprise Security Manager and AlienVault OSSIM compete in the enterprise security management category. OpenText ESM might have the upper hand with its comprehensive security features, though AlienVault OSSIM stands out for its cost-effectiveness and ease of use.

Features: OpenText ESM offers advanced correlation capabilities, flexible dashboards, and extensive integration options. Its customizable rules and ability to handle complex threats are valuable for enterprise users. AlienVault OSSIM is praised for its easy-to-use interface, integration with various security tools, and its efficient vulnerability assessment and network intrusion detection.

Room for Improvement: OpenText ESM could enhance its high availability, simplify installation processes, and improve its reporting and user interface. AlienVault OSSIM could boost its scalability, integration with new tools, and improve response times for larger environments. Its reliance on outdated interfaces may affect user experience in demanding settings.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText ESM provides flexible deployment options like on-premises, hybrid, and cloud, but it requires skilled personnel for implementation. Its customer service often lacks depth and speed. AlienVault OSSIM, mainly on-premises, is known for fast setup and simplicity in small to medium projects; however, its customer service also requires improvement to meet enterprise needs effectively.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText ESM's pricing is high, reflecting its enterprise-level capabilities, and presents a challenge for budget-constrained organizations. Nevertheless, it promises satisfactory ROI over time due to its robust features. AlienVault OSSIM, being an open-source solution, offers a very cost-effective alternative with attractive ROI for organizations with tight budgets. However, enhancing scalability and integration might require further investment for larger enterprises.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AlienVault OSSIM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

12th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OpenText Enterprise Securit...

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

26th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of AlienVault OSSIM is 1.6%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Enterprise Security Manager is 1.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AlienVault OSSIM	1.6%
OpenText Enterprise Security Manager	1.5%
Other	96.9%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Brandon Pearce

Independent Contractor at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

Enables cost-effective security management for small businesses

Scaling for USM is always challenging for any product unless it is purpose-built or overbuilt at the front end. They will use Palo Alto and its competitors, and LevelBlue will manage that implementation. The main area where the AlienVault product was lacking around the 2018 timeframe was in its ability to scale. By pushing it to a cloud-based system, they've largely alleviated scale issues. It's native in Amazon but will also run in Azure. They have worked with cloud service providers to offer enough throughput at a cost reasonable for a corporation. Scaling was their biggest problem, and they've largely conquered those issues.

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Namdev Magar

Senior Security Engineer at Valuepoint Systems

Interpreting data effectively despite challenges in integration and support

If someone lacks the budget for a new SIEM tool with advanced capabilities, I would recommend ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM). However, if they have the budget, I would suggest looking into other options. Overall, I would give ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) a rating of seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool's security detection is good. It helps us with login tracking and generating reports. We aim to identify potential issues, such as brute-force attacks on user accounts or server-level anomalies. For instance, if I receive a report indicating a server is at an abnormal level, I investigate and address the issue."

"AlienVault OSSIM is an enterprise solution that sells easily. It is rated highly by organizations."

"Better than other SIEM solutions because almost everything can be integrated."

"AlienVault OSSIM's GUI is very user-friendly."

"The product is majorly used for threat detection of the agents on servers and endpoints."

"The solution has a very good open source community, and whenever we have problems, we are always able to resolve it online."

"The open vault component and the checking of vulnerabilities are the most valuable features. The page management helps with this. If you know how your device is vulnerable at least you can do something about it."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the data correlation and vulnerability assessment."

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"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 tool is good for correlation and aggregation. We use it as a collection platform."

"The correlation feature is good."

"It has absolutely improved the efficiency of our security team. We use it internally as well. It is such a powerful tool that our internal security team became a customer of our ArcSight managed service."

"Usability is the most valuable feature. The accessibility is quite good."

"Stable solution with good customer service support."

"The solution offers very good monitoring."

"We utilize ArcSight ESM for real-time threat detection in our organization. We have custom rules that we've developed on top of the WAN services, along with scheduled licensing activities."

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Cons

"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."

"The main area where the AlienVault product was lacking around the 2018 timeframe was in its ability to scale."

"There are somewhat more false positives with the user behavior analytics, which could benefit from an additional machine learning model to detect user patterns more rapidly."

"We need more dashboards and we need more customization for dashboards."

"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 could improve by having better integration with some of the newer tools."

"The initial setup was a bit complex. You've got to do a lot of reading. It's not an intuitive implementation."

"AlienVault OSSIM failed to provide our company a full insight, while also giving out a lot of false positives."

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"It would be nice if the interface were more user-friendly, with, for example, a minimal number of tabs to navigate."

"The only concern is that AI needs to be integrated"

"The weakness in this system comes about because, with so many different logs, it is possible that the security analyst will lose information."

"The visualization is not very good compared to Splunk."

"When we need to consume old events, we have to wait for a long time. ArcSight should improve the database capability to reply to queries faster. It would also be interesting if they implemented network visibility. For example, they could add a feature like NetWitness with a model just for looking through the packets."

"The initial setup is very complex. We had to architect a deployment which allowed us to incorporate an ever growing number of customers into our hosted instance of ArcSight."

"I would like to have a feature that gives us an entire report listing what devices are integrated."

"ArcSight ESM's UI is a little cumbersome and complex, especially for first-time and occasional users using the console manager."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"OSSIM is free."

"AlienVault OSSIM is free."

"The licensing fees for the non-community edition are paid on an annual basis, and there are no costs in addition to this."

"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."

"OSSIM is open source, and USM is the paid license. So, if you want, you can switch to USM. There you will have to buy a license, and they have a support team that helps you out on issues you face."

"We are using the community version, which can be used for 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."

"We are using a free version of the solution. If you purchase a license there are more features available but the price is a little high. The solution should be cheaper to allow more customers to be able to afford it."

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"The pricing is great compared to others."

"Pricing is good, I'd rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being low price. It's better than Splunk and IBM QRadar because their pricing is based on EPS."

"The pricing model is expensive compared to open-source alternatives."

"The licensing cost is affordable if you get an enterprise license. The licensing is based on EPS, so you can probably provide a package of license for multiple ESMs with their correlational end fees. It is cost-effective."

"We have a license to use this solution. The price of ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager is expensive."

"Thanks to Micro Focus's licensing model, as an MSSP, we are able to see a complete return on our investment almost immediately."

"The product licenses are inexpensive."

"It is best to be an institutional buyer and directly contact the sales team, as they can provide over-the-top discounts for bulk orders."

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Vinod Shankar

Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jun 28, 2015

Qradar vs. ArcSight

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

13%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Marketing Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	57

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AlienVault OSSIM?

Asset discovery is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlienVault OSSIM?

It depends. I would need to review their cost models, but generally, they are on a scaled basis based on throughput usage. Because it's a software as a service solution for their core product for U...

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What needs improvement with AlienVault OSSIM?

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Which is the best SIEM tool for a mid-sized financial services firm: Arcsight or Securonix?

In my market, a lot of financial companies had or have an ArcSight installation. Just because in former times it was pretty good. Now a lot of them are looking for a more effective solution due to ...

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What do you like most about ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)?

We utilize ArcSight ESM for real-time threat detection in our organization. We have custom rules that we've developed on top of the WAN services, along with scheduled licensing activities.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)?

ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) is very cheap compared to other tools. It is worth the investment if you are considering the cost.

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Also Known As

OSSIM

Micro Focus ArcSight, HPE ArcSight, ArcSight

Overview

AlienVault OSSIM, Open Source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), provides you with a feature-rich open source SIEM complete with event collection, normalization and correlation. Launched by security engineers because of the lack of available open source products, AlienVault OSSIM was created specifically to address the reality many security professionals face: A SIEM, whether it is open source or commercial, is virtually useless without the basic security controls necessary for security visibility.

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OpenText Enterprise Security Manager enables real-time threat detection through scalable and adaptable solutions, integrating seamlessly with multiple platforms for complex security scenarios across different environments.

OpenText Enterprise Security Manager offers extensive security monitoring capabilities, combining log analysis and incident management to enhance cybersecurity and compliance. Its powerful event correlation engine provides real-time alerts for rapid incident response. Users benefit from customizable dashboards and comprehensive log collection, making it a significant tool in the SIEM market. Flexible deployment options cater to both on-premises and cloud environments, supporting enterprises in managing IT infrastructure and threat detection efficiently.

What are the key features of OpenText Enterprise Security Manager?

Event Correlation Engine: Real-time threat detection with advanced correlation capabilities.
Scalability: Adapts to enterprise-level demands and complex security needs.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with multiple platforms and third-party tools.
Customizable Dashboards: Tailored views and active lists enhance user experience.
Advanced Alerting: Provides timely incident response and security alerts.

Why should users look for reviews when evaluating OpenText Enterprise Security Manager?

Timely Incident Responses: Fast alerting and action against threats.
User-Friendly Experience: Customizable dashboards simplify monitoring tasks.
Comprehensive Security Management: Integrated log management and threat detection across domains.
Adaptability and Scalability: Supports both on-premises and cloud deployments.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and energy, OpenText Enterprise Security Manager is implemented for monitoring critical systems and ensuring compliance with regulatory needs. Enterprises leverage its capabilities for forensic investigations and active threat management, serving as a central hub for cybersecurity operations across diverse IT infrastructures.

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Sample Customers

Council Rock School District

Lake Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bank AlJazira, Banca Intesa, and Obrela.

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