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We performed a comparison between Change Auditor for Windows File Servers and Graylog based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it can be fully integrated with Microsoft solutions and it doesn't impact the productivity order."

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"We're using the Community edition, but I know that it has really good dashboarding and alerts.""Storing logs in Elasticsearch means log retrieval is extremely fast, and full text search is available by default.""The product is scalable. The solution is stable.""UDP is a fast and lightweight protocol, perfect for sending large volumes of logs with minimal overhead.""Everything stands out as valuable, including the fact that I can quantify and qualify the logs, create pipelines and process the logs in any way I like, and create charts or data maps.""Graylog's search functionality, alerting functionality, user management, and dashboards are useful.""The best feature of Graylog is the Elasticsearch integration. We can integrate and we can run filters, such as an event of interest, and those logs we can send to any SIEM tool or as an analytic. Additionally, there are clear and well-documented implementation instructions on their website to follow if needed.""The build is stable and requires little maintenance, even compared to some extremely expensive products."

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"The pricing could be improved. It needs to be reduced."

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"There should be some user groups and an auto sign-in feature.​""I would like to see some kind of visualization included in Graylog.""I would like to see a default dashboard widget that shows the topology of the clusters defined for the graylog install.""We ran into problems with Elasticsearch throwing a circuit-breaking exception due to field data size being too large. It turned out that the heap size directly impacted this size in a high-throughput environment, causing unexplained instability in Graylog. We were able to troubleshoot on the Elasticsearch size, but we should have been able to reference some minimum requirements for Graylog to know that our settings weren't sufficient.""Lacks sufficient documentation.""Dashboards, stream alerts and parsing could be improved.""Graylog needs to improve their authentication. Also, the fact that Graylog displays logs from the top down is just ridiculous.""The biggest problem is the collector application, as we wanted to avoid using Graylog Collector Sidecar due to its architecture."

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  • "The pricing is per user. The cost is approximately $15/user on a yearly basis. If you need to, you can always upgrade as well."
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  • "Having paid official support is wise for projects."
  • "I am using a community edition. I have not looked at the enterprise offering from Graylog."
  • "If you want something that works and do not have the money for Splunk or QRadar, take Graylog.​​"
  • "​You get a lot out-of-the-box with the non-enterprise version, so give it a try first."
  • "Consider Enterprise support if you have atypical needs or setup requirements.​"
  • "I use the free version of Graylog."
  • "It's an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."
  • "We're using the Community edition."
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    Top Answer:The product is scalable. The solution is stable.
    Top Answer:We are using the free version of the product. However, the paid version is expensive.
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    Overview

    Change Auditor for Windows File Servers helps you control and audit changes to Microsoft Windows file servers efficiently and cost-effectively. It proactively tracks, audits, reports and alerts on vital changes in real time and without the overhead of native auditing.

    You will instantly know the “who, what, when, where and originating workstation” details, and get the original and current values for fast troubleshooting. You can then automatically generate intelligent, in-depth forensics for auditors and management, reducing the risks associated with day-to-day modifications and ensuring confidence at your next audit.

    Graylog is purpose-built to deliver the best log collection, storage, enrichment, and analysis. Graylog is:

    • Considerably faster analysis speeds.
    • More robust and easier-to-use analysis platform.
    • Simpler administration and infrastructure management.
    • Lower cost than alternatives.
    • Full-scale customer service.
    • No expensive training or tool experts required.
    Sample Customers
    Dragon Capital, Howard County MD
    Blue Cross Blue Shield, eBay, Cisco, LinkedIn, SAP, King.com, Twilio, Deutsche Presse-Agentur
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Transportation Company13%
    University11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Government8%
    Educational Organization7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Change Auditor for Windows File Servers is ranked 53rd in Log Management while Graylog is ranked 11th in Log Management with 18 reviews. Change Auditor for Windows File Servers is rated 0.0, while Graylog is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Change Auditor for Windows File Servers writes "Good scalability, easy initial setup, and fully integrates with Microsoft solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Graylog writes "Great detailed search features and easy Java integration, but needs improvement in integration with Python". Change Auditor for Windows File Servers is most compared with Quest InTrust, Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security and IBM Security QRadar, whereas Graylog is most compared with Grafana Loki, Wazuh, syslog-ng, Splunk Enterprise Security and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer.

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