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ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM vs SolarWinds Security Event Manager comparison

Odyssey Cybersecurity and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Odyssey Cybersecurity is ranked #50 with an average rating of 7.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #35 with an average rating of 7.8. Odyssey Cybersecurity holds a 0.2% mindshare in SIEM, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Odyssey Cybersecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.
ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

SolarWinds Security Event Manager and ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM are both prominent solutions in the SIEM market. Users feel that despite SolarWinds' scalability, ClearSkies' features make it a superior product justifying its price.

Features: SolarWinds Security Event Manager excels in event correlation, scalability, and user satisfaction due to its robust design. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM stands out for its advanced threat management, user behavior analytics, and comprehensive security features. Users prefer ClearSkies’ feature set for more comprehensive security needs.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds Security Event Manager users highlight concerns about complex configurations, limited integration with third-party tools, and needing improved user interfaces. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM users suggest improvements in documentation, training resources, and enhanced reporting capabilities. SolarWinds needs to enhance integration capabilities, while ClearSkies should focus on better documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is seen as straightforward to deploy but receives mixed feedback on customer service responsiveness. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM has a slightly steeper learning curve for deployment but is praised for excellent customer support. Users find ClearSkies’ support more dependable despite the initial deployment challenges.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is viewed as cost-effective for its features, but some users question its ROI over time. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM, while more expensive upfront, is considered to provide a higher ROI due to its advanced features and reliable performance. Users find ClearSkies offers better long-term value.

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Categories and Ranking

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
50th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds Security Event M...
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
35th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SolarWinds Security Event Manager0.7%
ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM0.2%
Other99.1%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

ZH
Has good integration capability and provides information and events but improvement is needed in information retrieval speed
The best features are the comprehensive event collection and analysis. Once set up properly, we receive all events and information. The team analyzes our data and presents incidents to us. We can communicate with their team to escalate and resolve incidents. It has a feature we use to search for information about our environment and past incidents. This is very valuable. The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets.
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Alex Kinyanjui - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and scalable solution that provide 24/7 monitoring
We have to protect customer data, including any PII, accessed via the internet terminal. Additionally, we need to monitor events from network devices and servers that may raise suspicion, allowing us to analyze them and determine what is occurring. SolarWinds affected your overall security costs. Considering the nature of our traffic, it has been very effective. We have proactively identified and addressed issues before they escalate into incidents. I've noticed a reduced investment in handling event-related cases with SolarWinds Security Event Manager. This reduction includes reducing human resources and the time required for teams to provide 24/7 monitoring. Consequently, there has been a significant decrease in costs. Additionally, the platform enables us to address issues before they escalate into incidents, thus preventing revenue leakage. As a result, the organization experiences reduced costs and avoids revenue leakage. Since the SolarWinds Security Event Manager implementation, the total budget allocated to security has been reduced by close to five percent. Initially, there was a heavy investment in that aspect, but we have observed this reduction in the allocated budget for the security team. Since implementing SolarWinds Security Event Manager, the team members' pressure has been reduced. They can now concentrate on more critical tasks and development, promoting growth within their department rather than solely focusing on incident monitoring. I recommend the solution. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets."
"The correlation rules and the user platform are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use for the end user."
"It has in-depth monitoring capabilities and an easy way for setting up dashboards. I can expand in various areas, or I can reduce areas. It supports different types of breakdowns, filters, and rules. It is very simple for an out-of-the-box type of product. It doesn't take a lot of time to figure it out, which is unlike some of the solutions that I have looked at. It meets all the aspects."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the visibility into both attempted and failed logins."
"It's extremely easy to deploy."
"The out of the box reports and dashboard. It was easy to trim down these windows to something we could quickly use."
"This tool is simple to use."
"It performs network behavior monitoring, log monitoring, and disaster recovery monitoring."
"The solution helps you monitor database instances, application instances, other customer application things, Linux servers, IBM servers, and Oracle servers."
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Cons

"They can add behavior analytics and AI or machine learning technology. They also improve their correlation engine. In addition to collecting logs from devices, they can collect the traffic and then correlate these logs and the traffic information."
"The main issue for improvement is the platform's slowness in presenting information. Retrieving information can take a little time when clicking on something."
"One of the drawbacks of being so flexible is that it is also a fairly complicated software application to install, configure, and maintain."
"The reporting could be more robust. It can be a lot more granular and that will make it a lot more useful in comparison to how it is incorporated at the moment."
"Training for this solution needs to be improved, as new employees are sometimes unfamiliar with the product."
"We used the support from SolarWinds Security Event Manager and they are knowledgeable but challenging to get in contact with them."
"We have automated threat detection in the Alliance Security, Antoinette. However, if these features could be further enhanced, it would simplify my work, potentially allowing me to allocate more time to address complex issues."
"We'd like more customization capabilities."
"Under the new system, it is not upgradable the way they say. When you try to do an upgrade, it doesn't really work unless you dump everything and start from scratch. You lose a lot of your nodes. Whenever you set your nodes up and everything else, they don't want to bring those nodes back in, so you have to really go back and restructure all your nodes. I went from version 6.5 to version 6.6 and then to version 6.7. I then went to version 2019, and now it is version 2020. It would be good if we can upgrade without having to delete everything and start from scratch. They can maybe build more KPIs and other things for the dashboard. Some of the other systems already have built-in KPIs. SolarWinds is starting to catch up, but it is not there yet. They can include some of the business or industry standards for tracking the time, that is, the meantime to detect (MTTD) and the meantime to resolve (MTTR). They can also find a way to build a KPI that measures the number of instances of port scans experienced in a week or a month."
"SolarWinds should improve its correlation capabilities. The correlation does not automatically detect and reduce the events fast enough. You have to manually do a correlation report, which means the tool is not scalable in many ways."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have changed the pricing policy. Its price is competitive. Its price is less than half of the price of QRadar, LogRhythm, and Splunk."
"Regarding pricing, I'd say it's in the middle range. Pricing is very good compared to others."
"The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten."
"We do a yearly license renewal. For a year, the solution costs roughly $500,000 USD. There are no costs beyond this yearly fee."
"It is in the appropriate mid-range. It is not as expensive as some of the other solutions. It is also not cheap."
"The price of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is reasonable."
"Licenses can only be purchased in blocks of fifty at a time."
"The pricing model would benefit from having package deals with other SolarWinds products."
"Licensing is on devices, so if you have many, then this may be high."
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Top Industries

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University
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?
Regarding pricing, I'd say it's in the middle range. Pricing is very good compared to others.
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What needs improvement with ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?
The main issue for improvement is the platform's slowness in presenting information. Retrieving information can take a little time when clicking on something.
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What is your primary use case for ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?
I use the solution as a SIEM and managed SOC. It collects events and incidents from all our systems like, EDR, NDR, servers, and switches. The managed SOC team raises incidents for us to review and...
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What do you like most about SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?
The solution helps you monitor database instances, application instances, other customer application things, Linux servers, IBM servers, and Oracle servers.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?
The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten.
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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?
I think the customization area in the tool can be considered as an area of concern where improvements are required In the future, I want to see the tool have better customization abilities with som...
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Also Known As

ClearSkies NG SIEM
SolarWinds LEM, Solarwinds SIEM, TriGeo, Log and Event Manager
 

Overview

ClearSkies™ Software-as-a-Service is a fast, robust, scalable and flexible Next Generation SIEM solution. It provides real-time correlation of log data combined with evidence-based knowledge of emerging threats and vulnerabilities, thus allowing the early detection of and response to targeted attacks and data breaches.

Odyssey Cybersecurity

When TriGeo was acquired by SolarWinds, TriGeo SIM became known as SolarWinds Log & Event Manager. This product is a leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product and log management solution, which provides log collection, analysis, and real-time correlation.

SolarWinds
 

Sample Customers

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NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.
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