We performed a comparison between Check Point Security Management 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."Having the possibility to use Smart Event to check for threats on a broader scale helps after a security incident and also makes it easier to check - instead of looking through different logs."
"The layered architecture is really understandable and easy to use."
"The fact that everything starts from the same unified management console makes it very easy to integrate new equipment or functionalities once the operator has become familiar with it, as everything will follow similar management or operation mechanisms."
"URL filtering is a very important feature."
"The firewall's blades are the solution's most valuable feature."
"The reporting system provides real-time insights into the security situation and shows measures that can be taken to protect our data."
"The additional features offered by the solution are excellent. We didn't have a lot fo these on a previous solution, and they've proven to be an advantage for us."
"The solution is easy to use and comes with few vulnerabilities. You don't have to worry about release upgrades. Life cycle management is very easy."
"The tool helps my company deal with security and log analysis, which are very important areas for us...It is a scalable solution."
"The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."
"vRealize Log Insight has been running without any issues."
"It gives the customer a quick overview, so they don't have to dig. There's a clear dashboard with many sensors in a single space. He gets a helicopter view of his environment, but he can investigate further if there are serious issues. It's pretty user-friendly."
"The system's management and its alerts are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"The solution is quite user-friendly."
"I like the interface."
"The setup and installation are very easy."
"Check Point's hybrid cloud integration needs significant improvements. These resources need to evolve as data transfers to the cloud increase, so hybrid cloud models are easier to implement. Better hybrid cloud integration would improve how we manage our security logs and provide our administrators with a low-cost solution that enables them to meet all our essential requirements."
"Some costs are ridiculously high."
"For those not familiar with the Command Line interface, there should be an option in the GUI for operating backups."
"I would like this solution to be integrated directly into the Cluster XL equipment."
"Among the things that I would like in the future is for the solution to have its application on Android and iOS, as many of the administrators have adopted remote administration positions due to what has happened since the pandemic. This would help us to have an easier and simpler administration."
"They could offer educational courses to help individuals improve their knowledge and skills."
"Sometimes the security system slows down when it is overloaded."
"In the future, I would like the platform to be able to integrate or manage appliances or third-party equipment."
"It's great for VMware, but it would be good if they had third-party logins."
"In the VMware environment, one area for improvement is the handling of VM failovers due to host failures, such as unexpected shutdowns from hardware issues. Currently, High Availability (HA) doesn't seem to recognize whether the VMs are online during failover, treating them as offline or unavailable."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved."
"Paid or free does not matter, but it is complex to find good training material for vRealize Log Insight."
"What I'd like to improve in vRealize Log Insight is the licensing model. VMware provides vRealize Log Insight along with the VMware Cloud Foundation, but customers who would like to go for the native VMware would have to procure vRealize Log Insight separately. Today, vRealize Log Insight is offered on two different licenses, one is based on the number of VMs, and the other is based on the number of physical codes on the machine. If VMware can provide a bundle offer for customers who procure more than ten licenses, where you can have an option to run, for example, three hundred machines on vRealize Log Insight with no extra cost, this would encourage more people to adopt the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of vRealize Log Insight is for a cloud option to be available, which would be a pay-as-you-go licensing model that would allow me to pick and choose what I'll monitor. For example, I have one thousand and three hundred critical servers, and the seven hundred servers for basic development, I don't want to monitor on vRealize Log Insight today, so I should be able to pick what I need to monitor on the solution and only pay for that specific instance. If VMware can apply these changes, it would help VMware customers to procure more or adopt more of vRealize Log Insight even in smaller projects."
"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."
"It needs better integration with third-party analytics tools."
"In vRealize login files, we have limitations regarding log partitions."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Security Management writes "Great DDoS protection, high availability, and useful firewall rule implementation". 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". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog and syslog-ng. See our Check Point Security Management vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.
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