Elastic Security vs Sumo Logic Security comparison

Elastic and Sumo Logic are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Elastic is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.5, while Sumo Logic is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.7. Additionally, 86% of Elastic users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Sumo Logic users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Sumo Logic Security and Elastic Security compete in the security space. Elastic Security has the upper hand in overall features, while Sumo Logic Security receives better feedback for deployment and customer service.

Features: Sumo Logic Security offers real-time analytics, automated threat detection, and user-friendly dashboards. Elastic Security provides flexibility, comprehensive threat hunting capabilities, and advanced machine learning features. Elastic Security's superior features make it a more attractive choice for users seeking robust security functionalities.

Room for Improvement: Sumo Logic Security needs better scalability, more powerful data visualization tools, and improved integration options. Elastic Security could use more straightforward configuration options, enhanced documentation, and a more intuitive user interface. Both products have room to improve, but Sumo Logic Security could benefit more from enhancements in scalability and visualization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sumo Logic Security is noted for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. Elastic Security, while also easy to deploy, occasionally has reports of complex initial configurations. Sumo Logic Security users consistently report a smoother deployment experience.

Pricing and ROI: Sumo Logic Security's setup costs are reasonable, and its ROI is favorable. Elastic Security is viewed as more cost-effective in the long run due to its comprehensive features despite higher initial costs. Elastic Security delivers a stronger ROI driven by its extensive capabilities, balancing the initial cost considerations.

To learn more, read our detailed Elastic Security vs. Sumo Logic Security Report (Updated: January 2026).

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Torq

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Nimrod Vardi

Global IT Director at OpenWeb

Automation workflows have transformed our IT, enabling secure just-in-time access control

We work with them quite often, so we have a direct line regarding areas in Torq that have room for improvement. If we have a feature request, we can request it. I do not have anything in mind at the moment. We were a design partner for a short while, so we feel that they listen and that users of the system have an impact on the way the system is designed for the better. They have a new community, which is something that I personally suggested years ago. There are many people like me in different places and they might have already built the workflow that I need. Having the option to share workflows or to jump on a thread and say I have this need, did anyone ever build a workflow for it, is amazing. Someone would jump in and say yes, sure, here, take this workflow. I think this is an amazing thing and I really hope that the community will come alive because I think this is really powerful. This is something that I already suggested and it did happen eventually, and I am quite happy with it. I do not have any specific feature in mind that I have a need for at the moment.

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Laurentiu Popescu

Chief Product Officer at ClusterPower

Has improved threat detection with deep log analysis and streamlined investigation workflows

The most useful features I find in Elastic Security are the forensic ones that allow us to carry deeper analysis into the logs for in-depth investigations, and the dashboards, with the reporting dashboard being quite user-friendly. Elastic Security is quite good at identifying threats, as it is part of the deep investigation tool that I mentioned before. Unless we need to look further into a certain log, we can carry out a deeper analysis and forensics on those particular logs. I can assess the impact of Elastic Security's real-time data analysis on our threat response efficiency as working pretty good. We are looking for real-time analysis because we have a continuous inflow of logs from different sources: from our cloud, from Active Directory, from our network. So it works pretty well.

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Migell Roberts

Senior Security Analyst at City Electric Supply Company

Security insights have enabled faster incident response and streamlined cross-team collaboration

To improve Sumo Logic Security, I would appreciate the tool being easier to use from a search perspective. For example, we have a few teams that want to use the tool itself, but they are not as savvy when it comes to creating searches from the core platform. I understand that Mobot has come out and is in the works, and it really does assist non-savvy users when it comes to querying the platform. As far as that is concerned, I wish that could be improved a bit more, but I do know that that is in the works. I would add that I wish for improved documentation. For example, we are using Sumo Playbooks and automation integrations along with that, but I have found that there has been a lack of documentation, very little to none at all when it comes to that. With regards to automation integrations as well, there are very few details included in them. I would also appreciate the AWS automation integrations to be more secure because currently, they are using access keys, which involves a user rather than roles, which is the security best practice recommended by AWS. I chose eight out of ten because to make it a nine or ten, I would lean heavily on the documentation. A lot of the times when we get around to configuring things such as playbooks or trying to understand playbooks, what I found was that documentation sometimes is not up to date or documentation is lacking. There are instances also where some security best practices are not being followed. So, if we are able to set up an integration that is not only secure, following security best practices, and has complete documentation, I believe it would alleviate the issue of having to go back and forth with support to check the documentation and things of that nature. My impression of the built-in threat intelligence feature in Sumo Logic Security is that it is comprehensive, but I would say that it could do a little bit better. For example, we have the TAXI feeds, which is STIX and TAXI integrated into the core platform, but the issue I am running into is that I am able to use that feed into a CSE alert; however, I am not able to see the contents of that feed. If I integrate CISA, which we do have integrated, I cannot see what IOCs are in that feed in the core platform, and I hope that is the case because, in order for us to better tune our alerts, we need to be able to see what is in the contents of that threat intelligence feed.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"If I review about 100 vendors that I might work with, Torq is definitely in the top five that gave me personally investment back, just because every bit of effort I put into Torq eventually became a workflow that gave it back to me."

"What I appreciate most about Torq is that it is an essential part of our system."

"Any request that comes in, regardless of how complex it is, I can accomplish it with Torq."

"As an analyst, it has demonstrated potential to reduce workforce requirements and time needed for related activities."

"Using that one piece of AI, we auto-closed 511 cases in quarter four alone."

"Once I started to use the system and I saw the potential, it changed all of our work in IT."

"The intelligence of the system has been very impressive. It's not quite AI, but the technical bit where it correlates information, based on the seen attacks within an organization is good."

"What customers found most valuable in Elastic Security feature-wise is the search capability, in particular, the way of writing the search query and the speed of searching for results."

"The most valuable feature for me is Discover."

"Elastic Security is a highly flexible platform that can be implemented anywhere."

"We like Elastic Security because it's a REST API-based solution. That's the primary reason we use it."

"Elastic Security offers advanced features such as machine learning and integration with ChatGPT."

"The most valuable feature of Elastic Security is that you can install agents, and they are not separately licensed."

"It's very customizable, which is quite helpful."

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"We have used it many times to find a root cause of a live issue, then fix the problem in the applications."

"The Log Analytics platform is the most effective. If we cannot find the data in other tools, like email security or NDR, we can fetch those logs in the Log Analytics platform of Sumo Logic."

"With this tool, we provide access to every developer team the ability to find errors, then they come to us and ask for specific help."

"The features I found valuable with the Sumo Logic Security solution are the search option and the ability to customize the search for the information in the logs."

"The solution is quite stable."

"We use it to ingest Windows domain controller logs. We use this to monitor if anyone is placed in particular administration groups that potentially shouldn't be. It helps us keep track of people."

"Sumo Logic Security has positively impacted my organization by increasing engagement with different teams."

"My SOC analysts were crushed under Splunk, but Sumo has actually eased the workload and made it tolerable for three people."

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Cons

"Regarding the pricing of Torq, I would say it is expensive."

"Regarding stability, I have noticed some lagging, crashing, and downtime, which is one of my largest gripes."

"The initial deployment of Torq was not easy."

"Even now, we have workflows that are in production that use AI steps and I get different results, making it unusable to some degree."

"It was able to capture data but was unable to differentiate between the agent hostname we are using and the hostname that resides on the back end of the Internet."

"We had issues with scalability. Logstash was not scaling and aggregation was getting delayed. We moved to Fluentd making our stack from ELK to EFK."

"An area for improvement in Elastic Security is the pricing. It could be better. Right now, when you increase the volume of logs to be collected, the price also increases a lot."

"Their visuals and graphs need to be better."

"It's a little bit of a learning curve to understand the logic of searching for things and trying to find what you're looking for in Elastic Security."

"Elastic Security has a steep learning curve, so it takes some time to tune it and set it up for your environment. There are some costs associated with logging things that don't have value. So you need to be cautious to only log things that make sense and keep them around for as long as you need. You shouldn't hold onto things just because you think you might need them."

"The interface could be more user friendly because it is sometimes hard to deal with."

"It is difficult to anticipate and understand the space utilization, so more clarity there would be great."

"The initial configuration and setup are complicated and not straightforward."

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"I have experienced some situations where false positives occurred."

"The dashboard has room for improvement, because sometimes it is a difficult to create a specific dashboard or query. This would be a nice place to correct problems."

"The solution should improve its UI."

"It would be nice to have an improved ability to scroll through logs within a time frame. Right now, we can search for specific errors. However, if we want to look for "before and after" within a specific time frame, it's not easy using the tool. This would be an improvement."

"This can lead to alerts that are collections of disjointed signals that sometimes make no sense and lack real context; this simplistic approach makes it hard to find coherent stories during investigations."

"Sumo Logic Security is expensive, and its pricing could be improved."

"A lot of the times when we get around to configuring things such as playbooks or trying to understand playbooks, what I found was that documentation sometimes is not up to date or documentation is lacking."

"If you want to up your subscription through the AWS Marketplace, it can be difficult. You can't just go back to the AWS Marketplace, and say, "I want a bigger one now." You have to contact the sales team, then they do it on the back-end. This could definitely be improved."

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"It's a monthly cost with Elastic SIEM, but I am not sure of the exact cost."

"The pricing is in the middle. I think it is not an expensive experience if we compare it with big names, for example, QRadar, and also Oxide. I think Elastic Security is quite cheap. I would rate the pricing of this solution a five out of ten."

"We use the open-source version, so there is no charge for this solution."

"I can say that the product is cheaply priced."

"The base product is open-source but if you need advanced security features then you need to pay for the subscription. Elastic Security's price is reasonable in some cases and in other cases it's not."

"Elastic Security is free to use."

"We are using the free, open-source version of this solution."

"The product offers an amazing pricing structure. Price-wise, the product is very competitive."

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"The pricing is good. It's not an issue for us."

"The AWS Marketplace pricing is borderline. Every annual renewal, we always contemplate if we are getting what we think we could out of it or could we do it cheaper with some other product."

"The pricing is a little high, but for the features that we receive from Sumo Logic, it suits the price. For some small organizations, the price might be a little high."

"The AWS Marketplace pricing is fairly reasonable for what it does. I wouldn't call it expensive, but I wouldn't call it cheap. It is pretty good."

"The license pricing model is based on the events that are processed through the solution."

"The price scaling comes in a bit expensive."

"The product is costly."

"Pricing has been cheaper than some of the competing tools, like Splunk."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

12%

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Financial Services Firm

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

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Small Business	40
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	15

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Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Torq?

We do not utilize the AI features that much. When it comes to general AI features of Torq, we are just slowly startin...

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What is your primary use case for Torq?

Torq markets itself as a security tool, and we do use them for security, but not in the traditional sense they market...

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What advice do you have for others considering Torq?

I would rate Torq an eight overall. I feel that Torq is as good as the effort you put into it. The limitations are ve...

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Datadog vs ELK: which one is good in terms of performance, cost and efficiency?

With Datadog, we have near-live visibility across our entire platform. We have seen APM metrics impacted several time...

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What do you like most about Elastic Security?

Elastic provides the capability to index quickly due to the reverse indexes it offers. This data is crucial as it con...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Security?

I am satisfied with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing cost. It is a pure 10.

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What do you like most about Sumo Logic Security?

Sumo Logic Security is a good solution for searching the logs and identifying the issues.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sumo Logic Security?

The pricing structure for Sumo Logic Security is based on two elements: data storage and the number of scans. This ma...

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What needs improvement with Sumo Logic Security?

To improve Sumo Logic Security, I would appreciate the tool being easier to use from a search perspective. For exampl...

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Overview

Torq is the enterprise AI SOC solution that effectively combines adaptive insights and automation to handle critical threats efficiently. It manages threat lifecycles, swiftly moving from triage to response, ensuring effective risk management.

Torq is designed to streamline security operations by aggregating telemetry across your security stack. It investigates significant risks and manages threats from triage to containment and remediation. This AI-driven tool enhances the capabilities of your SecOps team, allowing them to achieve more impactful results without introducing complicated processes.

What are the key features of Torq?

Adaptive Agentic Insights: Provides real-time threat intelligence tailored to specific security challenges.
Automation: Automates responses to security incidents, minimizing manual intervention requirements.
Threat Lifecycle Management: Comprehensive handling of threats from detection to remediation.
Telemetry Aggregation: Integrates data across platforms for a unified security overview.

Why consider Torq based on reviews?

Efficiency: Users notice significant reductions in time spent managing threats.
Risk Reduction: Enhanced ability to identify and address critical threats promptly.
Resource Optimization: Allows teams to allocate effort to other critical tasks by reducing manual security operations.
Scalability: Adaptable to meet the demands of growing or changing infrastructures.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Torq shows effectiveness by adapting to specific risk scenarios often encountered in these fields. Its integration with existing infrastructures makes it a valuable asset for maintaining stringent security standards, essential for protecting critical data and operations in diverse high-stakes environments.

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Elastic Security is a robust, open-source security solution designed to offer integrated threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities across an organization's entire digital estate. Part of the Elastic Stack (which includes Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana), Elastic Security leverages the power of search, analytics, and data aggregation to provide real-time insight into threats and vulnerabilities. It is a comprehensive platform that supports a wide range of security needs, from endpoint protection to cloud and network security, making it a versatile choice for organizations looking to enhance their cybersecurity posture.

Elastic Security combines the features of a security information and event management (SIEM) system with endpoint protection, allowing organizations to detect, investigate, and respond to threats in real time. This unified approach helps reduce complexity and improve the efficiency of security operations.

Additional offerings and benefits:

The platform utilizes advanced analytics, machine learning algorithms, and anomaly detection to identify threats and suspicious activities.
It offers extensive integration options with other tools and platforms, facilitating a more cohesive and comprehensive security ecosystem.
With Kibana, users gain access to powerful visualization tools and dashboards that provide real-time insight into security data.

Finally, Elastic Security benefits from a global community of users who contribute to its threat intelligence, helping to enhance its detection capabilities. This collaborative approach ensures that the solution remains on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, with up-to-date information on the latest threats and vulnerabilities.

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Sumo Logic

Sumo Logic is a cloud-based machine data analytics company focusing on security, operations, and BI use cases. It provides log management and analytics services that leverage machine-generated big data to deliver real-time IT insights.

Sumo Logic is developed as a SaaS solution, it processes and analyzes large quantities of IT infrastructure data, spotting patterns and anomalies that can indicate a potential threat or significant event.

The platform is designed to help IT, security, and business operations teams develop, manage, and secure their applications and cloud infrastructures. It collects, aggregates, and analyzes data from various sources including servers, virtual machines, and network devices, providing visibility into complex systems.

What are the key features of Sumo Logic?

Real-time Analytics: Continuous queries and live dashboards that provide insights into application performance, user behavior, and security threats.
Advanced Machine Learning: Utilizes machine learning algorithms to identify trends, anomalies, and patterns.
Integrated Threat Intelligence: Tools and workflows to enhance security postures by detecting threats and anomalies.
Multi-tenant Cloud Service: Allows users to operate in a shared cloud environment securely.

The solution aims to simplify data complexity, streamline operations, and provide actionable insights to businesses across various industries.

Sumo Logic is designed to handle high data volumes from multiple sources without diminishing performance. It is primarily deployed in the cloud with seamless integrations for AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. This flexibility allows users to leverage Sumo Logic’s capabilities regardless of their existing cloud infrastructure.

In summary, Sumo Logic is a comprehensive, AI-driven analytics solution ideal for businesses looking to enhance their IT and security operations through data-driven insights and real-time monitoring. Its flexible deployment options and scalable pricing model make it accessible for various business sizes and sectors.

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Texas A&M, U.S. Air Force, NuScale Power, Martin's Point Health Care

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