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Exabeam vs Huntress Managed SIEM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Exabeam
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
18th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Security Incident Response (5th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (11th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (12th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (9th)
Huntress Managed SIEM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
46th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Stephen-Armstrong - PeerSpot reviewer
The SIEM provides a user-friendly UI experience
When events come into the system, the dashboard categorizes them by the highest risk score, not when they appear on the system. When you've got multiple ongoing incidents you can only see the highest risk score at the top of the list rather than the most recent detection. Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection.
Nick Fletcher - PeerSpot reviewer
Centralized management streamlines log collection while providing valuable resources
We use it for log collection on customers that have compliance requirements The single pane of glass management with the other security products we use from Huntress is incredibly valuable. It allows us to manage multiple Huntress products in a central place, and we don't have ten different…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have customers that like the EUBA functionality of it. The solution has the ability to build a session, basically. It pulls a lot of information together, for example, everything a user does in a specific timeframe. It's quite helpful."
"The user interface and the timelines they use are the most valuable features. The price model is very simple so that one can understand it easily and there are no surprises within it."
"Exabeam Fusion SIEM has a good performance and more advantages than traditional solutions."
"The UI was very clean."
"The setup is not difficult. It was easy."
"Exabeam has improved our organization by speeding up the investigation process."
"It is user-friendly and quite simple to use."
"The most valuable feature of Exabeam is the timeline creation based on log sources, which helps in security investigations."
"Huntress is a great company and incredibly helpful with deployment."
"The single pane of glass management with the other security products we use from Huntress is incredibly valuable."
 

Cons

"The solution's reporting and dashboarding could be improved."
"Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection."
"Updating the new release of Exabeam Fusion SIEM takes time and slows our performance."
"We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules."
"I believe if it were more flexible it would be a better product."
"One area that needs improvement is interacting with Exabeam's API. There was a headache regarding the API; the documentation wasn't clear, and the syntax wasn't very precise."
"The only problem is that the UI is not very impressive."
"Exabeam should be a bit faster, especially in loading and vulnerability scanning."
"There should be better exclusions of log types and the ability to exclude specific types of logs that might be using a lot of data."
"There should be better exclusions of log types and the ability to exclude specific types of logs that might be using a lot of data."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Exabeam is not a cheap solution."
"Exabeam Fusion SIEM's pricing is reasonable."
"They have a great model for pricing that can be based either on user count or gigabits per day."
"There is an annual license required to use Exabeam Fusion SIEM. The price of the solution should be reduced."
"The solution is expensive."
"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Insurance Company
29%
Computer Software Company
11%
Educational Organization
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?
It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...
What do you like most about Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
The solution's initial setup process is easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.
What needs improvement with Huntress Managed SIEM?
There should be better exclusions of log types and the ability to exclude specific types of logs that might be using a lot of data.
What is your primary use case for Huntress Managed SIEM?
We use it for log collection on customers that have compliance requirements.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank
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