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IntSights vs USM Anywhere comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IntSights
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (36th), Digital Risk Protection (13th)
USM Anywhere
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
115
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (45th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (32nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (51st), Compliance Management (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. IntSights is designed for Threat Intelligence Platforms and holds a mindshare of 0.6%, down 1.4% compared to last year.
USM Anywhere, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 0.9% mindshare, down 1.3% since last year.
Threat Intelligence Platforms
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Roy - PeerSpot reviewer
Great at showcasing vulnerabilities, excellent at providing alerts, and offers very good technical support
You need to know how to work with your assets and put the right items in place. The solution still has false positives, The solution is pretty expensive :O) We did have a few bugs in the beginning, when we first used the solution. However, those have since been resolved. I would like it if there was more visibility and insights about what's going on with ransomware all over the internet. IntSights is not 100% following the critical ransomware and the critical items over the internet. However, everyone is afraid to get hit by ransomware. They are not there yet in terms of really covering that style of attack. I'd like to see more from them.
Kris Nawani - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software
USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's great at alerting users to attempts at phishing and suspicious domains."
"On any given day I could give you a different answer regarding the most valuable features of the product. The feature that is most important is the fact that it has a lot of features, that it's not just a log collection and correlation system, that it has a lot of other components built in. The bundle of features is really the killer feature."
"It brought our logs into one place for review and set up alarms based on changes we were missing due to lack of having one place for everything to go."
"AlienVault has an advanced component within one package. With this, we can cover more area with one solution."
"We're using it more for reporting, that's all. We're using it to help our customers to pass any kind of audits that they receive."
"The new cloud-based panel is excellent both for client review as well as for our SOC to review and respond to threats. It is much easier to configure and use than the previous solution from AlienVault.​"
"The pricing is amazing and really cheap."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is security management for PCI DSS."
"The most valuable feature is vulnerability management because it gives you insight into your environment to know what systems need to be updated or patched."
 

Cons

"The solution still has a lot of false positives."
"The vulnerability scanning feature is one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings and needs to improve. The tool has vulnerability scanning, but it is not that efficient."
"It would be hard for any legitimate MSSP to use it."
"Different functions to customize reports should be added."
"The price of AT&T AlienVault USM could be reduced."
"Pay attention to false-positive event automatic correlations."
"The GUI needs to improve because it's not user-friendly."
"In the future, I would like to see all these features of the solution working properly."
"It would be nice to see some machine learning and monitoring of the configuration in network devices."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing is very competitive with other products and you get much more functionality from AlienVault."
"The licensing fees are dependent on usage."
"We checked out several competitors. For what it can do and the cost, it was the best option!"
"I rate the price of AT&T AlienVault USM a four out of five."
"Its price is much lower than McAfee ESM."
"They charge a license based on the storage. ATT AlienVault USM is a less expensive solution than IBM QRadar."
"We pay around $12,000 a year including storage."
"The pricing is a good value. The key thing is that for the new product, the licensing of it, is subscription-based and it's based on data. Clients need to be really careful when thinking about that, because odds are they're going to need to put a lot more data into it than what they initially estimate, which is going to drive their subscription costs up."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Educational Organization
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about AT&T AlienVault USM?
The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of deployment that it provides to users. The integrations that the product has with third-party applications are useful.
What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?
There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.
 

Also Known As

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AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity
 

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Sample Customers

Blackstone, Caesars
Abel & Cole, Bank of Ireland, Bluegrass Cellular, CareerBuilder, Claire's, Hays Medical Center, Hope International, McCurrach, McKinsey & Company, Party Delights, Pepco Holdings, Richland School District, Ricoh, SaveMart, Shake Shack, Steelcase, TaxAct, Taylor Morrison, Vonage and Zoom
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