ArcSight Logger vs Stackify comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

ArcSight Logger and Stackify compete in log management and application performance monitoring. Stackify seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and integration capabilities.

Features: ArcSight Logger is recognized for its scalability, data integration, and reliability in large-scale data scenarios. Stackify provides extensive monitoring tools, simplifies application performance insights, and is favored by developers focused on efficiency.

Room for Improvement: ArcSight Logger can improve in data querying speed and real-time analysis. Stackify could expand its log management features and support for various programming environments, addressing specific enhancement needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ArcSight Logger offers straightforward deployment but may complicate initial configurations requiring better guidance. Stackify ensures a seamless deployment experience with responsive customer service and quicker support.

Pricing and ROI: ArcSight Logger's setup costs are deemed cost-effective, appealing to budget-minded buyers, while Stackify is seen as pricier yet offering higher ROI due to its advanced features, favoring those seeking depth in capability.

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Categories and Ranking

ArcSight Logger

Ranking in Log Management

32nd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Stackify

Ranking in Log Management

57th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (58th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (67th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of ArcSight Logger is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Stackify is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Log Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ArcSight Logger	0.9%
Stackify	0.8%
Other	98.3%

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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Idoko Emmanuel

Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has good filtering and rating features and helps with resource and load management

I've not used Stackify for a while, and I'm currently using a solution now that's not as good as Stackify. Among the solutions I've been using so far, Stackify has been one of the best for me, but there's always room for improvement. For example, I don't know if it's just me, but when I try to get the log from Stackify, sometimes it doesn't appear in real-time. It takes a few minutes before the logs appear. When I redeploy my solution and the application starts, I don't see the logs immediately, and it would take two to three minutes before I see the logs. I don't know if other customers have a similar experience. It's the wait time for the logs to appear that's a concern for me, could be improved, and is what the Stackify team should be looking into. In terms of any additional feature that I'd like added to the solution, I'm not sure if Stackify has a way to export logs out. I've been trying to do it. On the solution, you can click on a spiral-like icon and it shows you the entire error, and I'd prefer an export button that would let me download the error and save that into a text file, for example, so it'll be available on my local machine for me to reference it, especially because the log keeps going and as you're using the solution, the system keeps pushing messages on to Stackify, so if I'm looking at a particular error at 12:05 PM, for example, by the time I go back to my system and would like to revisit the error at 12:25 PM, on Stackify, the logs would have gone past that level and I won't see it again which makes it difficult. When you now go back to that timestamp, you don't tend to see it immediately, but if the solution had an export feature for me to save that particular error information on my local machine for reference at a later time, I won't have to go back to Stackify. I just go to that log, specifically to that particular export that I've received on my local machine. I can get it and review it, and it would be easier that way versus me going back to Stackify to find that particular error and request that particular information.

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Pros

"In terms of ArcSight Logger's most valuable feature, it is their scalability. ArcSight's real advantage is its scalability because they have two layers, including the logger layer."

"The most important thing is the scalability of the product and its ease of use."

"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."

"The solution is scalable, and we have approximately 6,000 machines sending logs."

"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."

"It benefits the organization by identifying the threats ranging from the most basic ones to many advanced ones."

"The most valuable feature is the level of detail that you can see about certain events, even when they do not come up in the console."

"ArcSight has improved incident response from days to minutes."

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"The performance dashboard and the accurate level of details are beneficial."

"It is very simple and very easy to configure."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

"What stood out to us were the metrics and granular details we received."

"My advice to anyone who wants to use Stackify is to go for it because my experience with it is good."

"We switched from New Relic and Loggly as it provides us more info at a lower price."

"The filter feature on Stackify is one of the features I found valuable. It's awesome. When I want to get the application logs, the solution gives me many filters. For example, if I want to get logs from my test environment, the option is there for me to select the environment from Stackify, and you can also select the particular application, and you'll see the information you need there. The filter feature alone and the fact that Stackify offers a lot of different filters is what I like the most about the solution because I've used other tools with the filter feature, but the filtering was very difficult, versus Stackify that has good filtering. On Stackify, you can filter the information by the last one hour, or the last four hours, and you can also select the date range and specify the timestamp, then the solution will give you the information based on the date range you specified. Another feature I found valuable on Stackify is its rating feature because it tells you how your application is faring. For example, a rating of A means excellent, while a rating of F means very bad, or that your application is not doing well at all. The ratings are from A to F. I also like that Stackify helps you in terms of load management because the solution gives you information on overutilized resources. These are the most valuable features of the solution."

"Within few hours of install we've identify the source of issue we've been investigating for few days and couldn't pin point."

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Cons

"Overall, it is a good system for what we use it for, but some licensing parts are really annoying."

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

"The integration with other systems could be improved."

"Scaling this product is painful."

"In the next release, I want to see more intelligence."

"I would like to see better scheduling in the next release of this solution."

"The next release should have AI capabilities."

"The console in older versions is not user-friendly."

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"I've not used Stackify for a while, and I'm currently using a solution now that's not as good as Stackify. Among the solutions I've been using so far, Stackify has been one of the best for me, but there's always room for improvement. For example, I don't know if it's just me, but when I try to get the log from Stackify, sometimes it doesn't appear in real-time. It takes a few minutes before the logs appear. When I redeploy my solution and the application starts, I don't see the logs immediately, and it would take two to three minutes before I see the logs. I don't know if other customers have a similar experience. It's the wait time for the logs to appear that's a concern for me, could be improved, and is what the Stackify team should be looking into. In terms of any additional feature that I'd like added to the solution, I'm not sure if Stackify has a way to export logs out. I've been trying to do it. On the solution, you can click on a spiral-like icon and it shows you the entire error, and I'd prefer an export button that would let me download the error and save that into a text file, for example, so it'll be available on my local machine for me to reference it, especially because the log keeps going and as you're using the solution, the system keeps pushing messages on to Stackify, so if I'm looking at a particular error at 12:05 PM, for example, by the time I go back to my system and would like to revisit the error at 12:25 PM, on Stackify, the logs would have gone past that level and I won't see it again which makes it difficult. When you now go back to that timestamp, you don't tend to see it immediately, but if the solution had an export feature for me to save that particular error information on my local machine for reference at a later time, I won't have to go back to Stackify. I just go to that log, specifically to that particular export that I've received on my local machine. I can get it and review it, and it would be easier that way versus me going back to Stackify to find that particular error and request that particular information."

"Better mobile support."

"It's not easy to set up. It's hard especially for juniors to understand."

"One thing that happens as a new user on Stackify is when you install the agent it pulls everything and if you're not careful, your log allowance will just be exhausted as you are actually pulling too much data."

"Another improvement would be the agent memory utilization, which led to our recent reevaluation."

"I'm looking to see more performance tools, but heard that they are going to release some."

"When I redeploy my solution and the application starts, I don't see the logs immediately, and it would take two to three minutes before I see the logs."

"I would like to be able to see metrics about individual running containers on the host machines."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The pricing is quite harsh."

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

"ArcSight is an expensive solution."

"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."

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

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

"The price is variable. It depends on how much data we have received in that particular month. Usually, it goes up to $2,000, or, at times, $3,000 USD per month."

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Top Industries

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Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

21%

Comms Service Provider

13%

Media Company

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Company Size

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	17

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Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

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 primary use case for ArcSight Logger?

We do work for multiple SIEM solutions such as Splunk, QRadar, LogRhythm. My team and I mostly work on ArcSight Logger and Splunk because we are dealing with projects related to these solutions. We...

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What advice do you have for others considering ArcSight Logger?

As a department head, my staff uses my credentials and contacts everywhere. Only ArcSight Logger with Splunk was implemented in Aramco, not in other organizations. I rate ArcSight Logger 8 out of 10.

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Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Arcsight Logger, HPE Arcsight Logger

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Overview

ArcSight Logger effectively manages vast log data volumes, streamlining complex query execution and data compression while supporting various devices to meet compliance needs.

ArcSight Logger, known for scalability, simplifies handling extensive log data and executes complex queries swiftly. Its data compression features, coupled with versatile device support, allow for smooth security analytics and log collection. Users appreciate its real-time network insights and intuitive interface. However, improvements are needed in indexing speed, user navigation simplification, enhanced system integration, advanced analytics, and comprehensive threat management. Companies leverage ArcSight Logger for on-premises log management, vital for IT asset event monitoring and compliance within telecom and enterprise sectors.

What are the key features?

Scalability: Handles large log data volumes efficiently.
Complex Query Execution: Quickly executes intricate queries.
Data Compression: Optimizes storage with excellent compression.
Device Support: Out-of-the-box compatibility with numerous devices.
Customization: Easily customizes to user needs.
Security Analytics: Provides robust analytics for security requirements.
Real-time Insights: Offers awareness of ongoing network activities.

What benefits and ROI should be considered?

Compliance Assurance: Meets audit requirements with comprehensive insights.
Time Efficiency: Fast query execution reduces analysis time.
Reduced Storage Costs: Data compression lowers storage expenses.
Enhanced Security: Improves security posture with real-time analytics.

In industries like telecom and enterprise, ArcSight Logger facilitates on-premises deployments to manage logs, process queries, and integrate with security tools, essential for incident response. It aids in retaining logs, monitoring Windows events, overseeing communications, and is employed in fraud prevention and security monitoring involving syslog servers.

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Stackify enhances application performance monitoring with features like detailed logging and effective filtering options, integrating capabilities to eliminate the need for multiple tools, and providing rapid deployment and stable performance.

Stackify offers a comprehensive solution for business insight through custom dashboards, error monitoring, load management, and application scoring. Its ability to visualize performance by creating responsive dashboards helps connect business and technical teams. Despite its strengths, users seek improvements such as better mobile support, real-time log appearance, and Docker documentation. Enhanced Linux support and agent memory optimization are also desired, along with better visibility into container and application performance metrics. Integrating more plugins and options would make Stackify a more robust monitoring tool.

What are the key features of Stackify?

Detailed Log and Error Data: Provides in-depth traces and logs for error and data analysis.
Custom Dashboards: Offers business insights and application scoring through tailored dashboards.
Performance Metrics: Monitors application and server performance effectively.
Simple Configuration: Ensures easier setup and deployment without complexities.
Filtering Options: Enables effective management of logs and errors through filters.

What benefits should be expected from using Stackify?

Improved Performance Monitoring: Provides tools to identify root causes and enhance application and server monitoring.
Resource Management: Manages server utilization and handles resource spikes efficiently.
Proactive Alerts: Allows setting up alerts across platforms like AWS and Docker.
Log Aggregation: Compiles logs for testing and analysis to improve system performance.

Organizations across industries use Stackify for extensive application performance monitoring, particularly in testing environments. It is crucial for analyzing database calls, third-party requests, and aggregating logs. Its capabilities in monitoring across AWS and Docker environments make it especially valuable for dynamic and distributed infrastructures.

Sample Customers

China Merchants Bank, Bank AlJazira, Banca Intesa

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