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We performed a comparison between USM Anywhere and VMware Aria Operations for Logs based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"AlienVault's reporting is good. I like that vulnerability assessment is part of the solution, and the UI is intuitive. Also, the overhead is low, which is to say we don't need a dedicated SOC team to manage and analyze things constantly. We're a small company that doesn't have those resources.""Its powerful correlation engine helps reduce time in manually correlating events.""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.""It has powerful threat detection, incident response, and compliance management.""We had used previous products and found AlienVault centralized the logging for our security.""OTX is a great module that lets staff maintain and monitor updates regarding events in the infrastructure and takes decision to improve the security perimeter.""The IDS and the threat intelligence are very useful. They are very intuitive and data-rich.""The asset management functionality (active and passive scans) is also really important. You can't protect what you do not know about, so having an inventory of all your devices and software is critical to a security management program."

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"It is a highly stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution.""The most valuable feature is server virtualization. It's been very useful.""The system's management and its alerts are the most valuable aspects of the solution.""It is a very useful tool if you have a VMware environment.""The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize.""The setup and installation are very easy.""The trace log is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very helpful in troubleshooting problems.""We use the on-premises version of this solution for log analysis and to find details about certain issues."

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Cons
"AlienVault needs to continue to integrate with other third-party technologies that clients want to have monitored.""The other thing is the agent is OSSEC. They needed to create its own agent to help to find threats on the devices that it happens to be installed.""Source material on the forums to be more up-to-date with the changes happening within the product. Forums being out-of-date with information due to the changes makes troubleshooting a little more difficult - specific to the HIDS agents.""The reporting is mediocre and is something that needs to be improved.""In the future, I would like to see all these features of the solution working properly.""One area that has room for improvement is storage. AllienVault is a good place to put logs, but sometimes it's a tough place to go get logs... The logger can only hold so much data. If they improved that, that would help.""Sometimes the log is unclear, and the report is a bit ambiguous.""The GUI needs to improve because it's not user-friendly."

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"I think that it should be able to integrate with other third-party backup and recovery solutions, more that it does now.""It's great for VMware, but it would be good if they had third-party logins.""The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified.""The solution isn't user-friendly for admins.""In vRealize login files, we have limitations regarding log partitions.""Paid or free does not matter, but it is complex to find good training material for vRealize Log Insight.""It needs better integration with third-party analytics tools.""The solution is a very good tool, but it has a lot of limitations. One of the main issues is around how you define your retention policy, for instance, in Log Insight. It doesn't have it. You can't define a log retention policy. You also can't define the destination or location for your logs. All of the logs are in one index or one bucket."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "AlienVault is flexible on their pricing for unlimited licenses."
  • "Pricing is very competitive with other products and you get much more functionality from AlienVault."
  • "QRadar, ArcSight and Splunk are some of the most expensive SIEM products out there in the market and not everyone has the budget to buy them. In such cases, AV USM is a very cost effective alternative."
  • "Do the one month trial and try to work out the kinks during it, as it has free support and service hours."
  • "We checked out several competitors. For what it can do and the cost, it was the best option!"
  • "Use the AlienVault team. They are helpful and the documentation that they provide is second to none."
  • "​The price point is good.​"
  • "It has good pricing."
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  • "Pricing could always be lower. If it were free, I would be more satisfied."
  • "The license cost for any other monitoring tool is too high compared to this product."
  • "Pricing is good because it is part of the suite package. It comes in a bundle for us."
  • "The licensing cost for vRealize Log Insight is a little higher, so in terms of cost, it all depends upon what kind of environment you have. If you have a complete virtualized environment, or at least you're using a ninety-five percent virtualized environment, then vRealize Log Insight will play a very good role because it is a VMware component, so it has very tight integration with other VMware components and systems. This means you don't have to procure any other monitoring and management tool, and you don't need a separate automation tool. vRealize Log Insight will have an upper hand if your environment is purely virtualized on VMware. If you're using a mix of physical and virtual components, for example, a 50:50 ratio, then you need to have a third-party component to manage overall monitoring."
  • "I am not sure what the exact cost is. However, I believe the vRealize suite costs $2,500.00 per year."
  • "I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
  • "I think it is a reasonably priced product."
  • "The pricing has been updated recently."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:It is a product that is priced in a medium range, making it neither a cheap nor a costly product.
    Top Answer: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. A mobile app… more »
    Top Answer:It allows us to gain a comprehensive overview of our infrastructure.
    Top Answer:The pricing has been updated recently. Previously, it was costly.
    Top Answer:I had concerns about licensing, but there have been recent changes starting this month. Previously, we lacked VMware licenses for Operations on certain hosts where project owners were obtaining them… more »
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    Also Known As
    AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity
    vRealize Log Insight
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    Overview

    USM Anywhere centralizes security monitoring of networks and devices in the cloud, on premises, and in remote locations, helping you to detect threats virtually anywhere.

    Discover

    • Network asset discovery
    • Software & services discovery
    • AWS asset discovery
    • Azure asset discovery
    • Google Cloud Platform asset discovery

    Analyze

    • SIEM event correlation, auto-prioritized alarms
    • User activity monitoring
    • Up to 90-days of online, searchable events

    Detect

    • Cloud intrusion detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
    • Network intrusion detection (NIDS)
    • Host intrusion detection (HIDS)
    • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

    Respond

    • Forensics querying
    • Automate & orchestrate response
    • Notifications and ticketing

    Assess

    • Vulnerability scanning
    • Cloud infrastructure assessment
    • User & asset configuration
    • Dark web monitoring

    Report

    • Pre-built compliance reporting templates
    • Pre-built event reporting templates
    • Customizable views and dashboards
    • Log storage
    Manage data at scale with centralized log management, deep operational visibility and intelligent analytics for troubleshooting and auditing across private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
    Sample Customers
    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
    Wildlands Adventure Zoo, Medic Mobile, IBM, Seventy Seven Energy, Baystate Health, Osis, Oxford University, Columbia University, Siemens, Cardinal Health, Ashdod Port, Vasakronan, Sydney Adventist Hospital, University of Derby
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Healthcare Company17%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Government8%
    Educational Organization7%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider25%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government14%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business54%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise21%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise47%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    USM Anywhere vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about USM Anywhere vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    USM Anywhere is ranked 14th in Log Management with 113 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. USM Anywhere is rated 8.4, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of USM Anywhere writes "Easy to use and affordable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Logs writes "Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies". USM Anywhere is most compared with Wazuh, AlienVault OSSIM, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk Enterprise Security, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog and syslog-ng. See our USM Anywhere vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.

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