ArcSight Logger vs Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) comparison

OpenText and Google are both solutions in the Log Management category. OpenText is ranked #40 with an average rating of 7.0, while Google is ranked #24 with an average rating of 10.0. OpenText holds a 0.9% mindshare in Log Management, compared to Google’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Google users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

ArcSight Logger and Google Cloud's operations suite are both prominent tools in the log management and cloud monitoring category. Google Cloud's operations suite seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features and better value for money in cloud-centric environments.

Features: ArcSight Logger offers real-time data search, correlation capabilities, and effective management of extensive log data. Google Cloud's operations suite provides seamless integration with other Google services, comprehensive monitoring features, and is appealing for organizations using Google Cloud. Its advanced cloud service integrations make it stand out in its category.

Room for Improvement: ArcSight Logger users need better data visualization tools, streamlined usability, and a more intuitive setup process. Google Cloud's operations suite faces challenges with complex configurations, occasional performance lags, and room for simplification in its operational tasks.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ArcSight Logger has a challenging deployment process but responsive customer support. Google Cloud's operations suite integrates more smoothly into existing cloud systems but has mixed reviews about support responsiveness. ArcSight's strength is support, whereas Google Cloud's strength is seamless cloud integration.

Pricing and ROI: ArcSight Logger offers flexible pricing but concerns arise over initial setup costs, though ROI is positive in large-scale enterprise environments. Google Cloud's operations suite involves higher upfront costs; however, its robust cloud functionalities justify the investment and tend to offer better long-term ROI for deep cloud integrations.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

ArcSight Logger

Ranking in Log Management

40th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Cloud's operations s...

Ranking in Log Management

24th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (27th), Cloud Monitoring Software (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of ArcSight Logger is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Log Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver)	0.9%
ArcSight Logger	0.9%
Other	98.2%

Log Management

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Mohammed Shoaib Abdulla

Sr. Cybersecurity Consultant IT/OT at EJADA

Compliance and cost-effectiveness have improved while critical infrastructure security adapts to evolving needs

ArcSight Logger fulfills compliance requirements and passes audit requirements. It is one of the Aramco standards requirements and is recommended by Aramco for any implementation. Aramco, SABIC, water companies, and electricity companies are critical infrastructure with air-gapped networks. In an air-gapped network, there is no communication going out from that network area to the outside world, even to the corporate network. ArcSight Logger is installed on minimal resources with minimal requirements. There are not many upgrades or new features that come up frequently, though they do occur occasionally.

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Anand_Patel

Senior Technical Architect at T-Systems International GmbH

Offers reliable Ops Agent and logging transport feature with easy third-party integrations

As part of our company, we implemented several changes in our log analytics pattern, including the storage and procurement process. Earlier, before implementing the solution, our company was able to procure only one year of data, but later, we came to the three-year mark. Around 15-20% reduction has been witnessed in the total analytic consumption of our company. The aforementioned result was possible because the solution allowed the creation of a dashboard where factors like storage costs, proportion of logs, and logs presence in a storage bucket or Big Query can all be checked. Earlier all logs were stored in a raw storage, but currently our company is able to move logs in table bucket that contributes towards cost savings. It has default integration for all gcp services. recently managed Prometheus support gives more flexibility to organizations to remain connected with their current Prometheus setup. We leveraged integrated FinOps Hub for recommendations for our workloads and server configurations, helpd us lot in order to get maximum TCO.

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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

"I think where Logger shines is usability."

"We check a lot of logs in ArcSight Logger because we're running a massive database platform."

"This product was used to help us get PCI compliant, and its automated functions made it easier so we could concentrate more on real issues instead of standard log collecting and alerting issues."

"As the name suggests, it's a brilliant log collection tool, and it can handle hundreds of thousands of servers in a single shot to ingest the data."

"ArcSight Logger is very expensive compared to their competitors, but when we talk to the customer and explain what the features are and how we can scale, they understand."

"The ability to customize the solution in great detail is its most valuable features. We can customize the use cases and also have the ability to do scripting. We can personalize our dashboard as well. The scalability the solution offers is quite impressive."

"The ESM use cases are the most valuable. It enables us to use the big data collection inside our company. We are able to create use cases for whatever it suits and I find that the most interesting part of any SIEM solution."

"Some of the most valuable features I really appreciate are the performance, how quick the solution is, and how easy it is to create a query."

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"We find the solution to be stable."

"Offers a valuable logging transport feature"

"The cloud login enables us to get our logs from the different platforms that we currently use."

"The most valuable feature is the multi-cloud integration, where there is support for both GCP and AWS."

"Our company has a corporate account for Google Cloud and so our systems and clusters integrate really well."

"The solution has improved our organization by reducing latency and also monitoring the costs of GCP usage by using the logging and monitoring features."

"I would tell potential users that the current version is much nicer than the previous one."

"It has reduced the amount of time that we would take for troubleshooting."

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Cons

"HP needs to work on the stability as it is mostly dependent on Java and there are console-related issues."

"ArcSight has been sold two or three times, and the quality has decreased."

"It's not a new product and is a bit complex. So, it requires a person dedicated to working on it and to know about it in and out. It is a huge product, and the search operation is a bit complicated for a new user or someone who has not used it for long. So for that person, it becomes a bit difficult."

"The speed of Logger indexing and searching for certain bugs for some queries that we provide could be improved. It can handle a huge number of logs but it can be improved."

"The initial setup was a little bit complex."

"I had some latency issues for two months. I had to increase our storage capacity significantly to reduce the latency."

"I would rate the technical support only 5 out of 10. The technical support is not satisfactory."

"We find that the search and access functionality is quite slow."

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"Google Stackdriver is a stable product, but there is some lagging we cannot stop."

"While we are satisfied with the overall performance, in certain cases we must add additional metrics and additional tools like Grafana and Dynatrace."

"If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it. My request goes through various levels of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and comes back to my client machine. Suppose that my request has taken 10 seconds overall, so if I want to break it down, to see where the delay is happening within my architecture, I am not able to find that out using Stackdriver."

"The logging functionality could be better."

"If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it."

"The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient."

"Operations documentation could be a bit better. It took us some time to get up and running with it."

"This solution could be improved if it offered the ability to analyze charts, such as a solution like Kibana."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"ArcSight is an expensive solution."

"I would rate the product a seven out of ten since it's an enterprise product."

"The pricing is quite harsh."

"Pricing is reasonable compared to similar tools on the market. They offer perpetual licenses."

"ArcSight Logger is very expensive compared to their competitors, but when we talk to the customer and explain what the features are and how we can scale, they understand. Still, ArcSight is more expensive than the competition."

"We have a lifetime license, so we don't pay a monthly fee."

"It's not cheap at all as it's a big product and has been in the market for quite some time now."

"I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is expensive."

"The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."

"We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."

"The cost could be lower."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

Marketing Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ArcSight Logger?

We have a trigger. So, Logger automatically blocks these IP addresses. We could have Logger put them on a blacklist.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ArcSight Logger?

The pricing isn't the problem. We have a lifetime license, so we don't pay a monthly fee.

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What needs improvement with ArcSight Logger?

This decision is made by higher management as they don't want to have multiple solutions for one solution. ArcSight Logger themselves don't provide good support, but companies such as ours provide ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Stackdriver?

As Ops Suite, is a google product which effectively comes at zero setup cost, in order to manage your on-premises logs on onsite, it involves negligible cost for using ops agent and it also include...

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What needs improvement with Google Stackdriver?

If the errors are caught early in the interface, it would be easier for users to manage. The process of logging analytics can be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Google Stackdriver?

I use the solution for logging, defining alerts, and monitoring. Our company's Java and Python logging teams mainly use it.

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Arcsight Logger, HPE Arcsight Logger

Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring

Overview

HPE ArcSight Data Platform (ADP) offers a future-ready data solution that enriches data in real time and supports open standards for better threat detection. Using security data connectors, ADP collects data and enriches it in real-time to give analysts organized information that can be acted upon instantly.

OpenText

Real-time log management and analysis

Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that performs at scale and can ingest application and platform log data, as well as custom log data from GKE environments, VMs, and other services inside and outside of Google Cloud. Get advanced performance, troubleshooting, security, and business insights with Log Analytics, integrating the power of BigQuery into Cloud Logging.

Built-in metrics observability at scale

Cloud Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, uptime, and overall health of cloud-powered applications. Collect metrics, events, and metadata from Google Cloud services, hosted uptime probes, application instrumentation, and a variety of common application components. Visualize this data on charts and dashboards and create alerts so you are notified when metrics are outside of expected ranges.

Stand-alone managed service for running and scaling Prometheus

Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring solution, built on top of the same globally scalable data store as Cloud Monitoring. Keep your existing visualization, analysis, and alerting services, as this data can be queried with PromQL or Cloud Monitoring.

Monitor and improve your application's performance

Application Performance Management (APM) combines the monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring with Cloud Trace and Cloud Profiler to help you reduce latency and cost so you can run more efficient applications.

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Sample Customers

China Merchants Bank, Bank AlJazira, Banca Intesa

Uber, Batterii, Q42, Dovetail Games

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