FileAudit vs NetWitness Platform comparison

IS Decisions and NetWitness are both solutions in the Log Management category. IS Decisions is ranked #37 with an average rating of 8.0, while NetWitness is ranked #35 with an average rating of 8.0. IS Decisions holds a 0.2% mindshare in Log Management, compared to NetWitness’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IS Decisions users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of NetWitness users who would recommend it.

FileAudit

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100% willing to recommend

NetWitness Platform

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

NetWitness Platform and FileAudit are two prominent solutions in cybersecurity and data auditing, respectively. Based on user reviews, FileAudit seems to have the upper hand in terms of deployment simplicity and cost-effectiveness, whereas NetWitness Platform stands out for its extensive features and strong customer support.

Features: NetWitness Platform is praised for its advanced threat detection capabilities, comprehensive security analytics, and extensive integration options. FileAudit, on the other hand, is valued for its simplicity, real-time monitoring, and detailed auditing reports.

Room for Improvement: NetWitness Platform could improve in interface intuitiveness, initial setup complexity, and scalability. FileAudit users suggest enhancing its scalability, adding more advanced reporting tools, and refining the user interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FileAudit stands out for its quick and easy deployment process, often highlighted by users as a major advantage. NetWitness Platform generally requires a more involved setup but is supported by strong customer service, providing thorough assistance.

Pricing and ROI: FileAudit’s pricing model is cost-effective, delivering a good return on investment by minimizing operational disruptions. NetWitness Platform, though more costly and with a longer ROI horizon, is justified by its extensive feature set and enhanced security benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

FileAudit

Ranking in Log Management

37th

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

45th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetWitness Platform

Ranking in Log Management

35th

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

31st

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of FileAudit is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetWitness Platform is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AntoSebastin

Cyber Security Consultant - APAC at Logon Software

A scalable SIEM solution for monitoring a user's activity in the file server

The most valuable features of the solution are its quick and simple features related to advanced permissions for files, allowing for what permission needs to be granted to the users when it comes to the monitoring folder in the solution. If someone who has been denied permission to use a particular folder tries to go to that folder, then the administrator gets a notification. In general, the administrator can easily gather and maintain records if a person who has been denied permission to a particular confidential folder tries to access it.

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MOTASHIM Al Razi

CISO at One Bank Limited

It is a stable solution, but they should make the user interface easier to understand

The solution's initial setup takes work. We have to organize multiple paths and many features. The deployment process takes less than a week. But it takes a month to complete if we want to make the solution smarter by integrating it with various devices. I rate the process as a six 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

"Alerting upon file changes is the most valuable aspect of the product."

"Our customer acquires the complete report which is kept for future auditing purposes."

"It is a good and stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"The most valuable features are the packet inspection and the automated incident response."

"The most valuable features are the threat prediction and network forensics."

"The most valuable features are the packet decoder, log decoder, and concentrator."

"The most valuable feature is the correlation. It can report in real-time and monitor the management."

"The product has a user-friendly interface and a valuable feature for threat intelligence integration."

"Possibility to investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets, such as extracting files sent over the network"

"Setting up NetWitness is straightforward. There are multiple connectors, including standard and specialized connectors. One purpose of the connectors is the enhanced capability integrate the custom applications. NetWitness comes with E6 appliances and application images that we use for the initial configurations and for the OS stack information. From there, you can consider the correlation rules, integrate the different log sources, and easily create correlation rules and backlog reports."

"I can have enterprise security, email security, next generation firewall security log, HIDS and NIDS logs, etc. all on the same dashboard. It makes it easy to pinpoint or correlate our server to this. I can find out if there is lateral movement. This is the biggest advantage of this solution."

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Cons

"The updates management and central management console could be improved."

"The DLP function, including installation of the agent on the workstation and controlling the DLP restrictions, are areas where the product lacks."

"Whenever someone cuts and paste, it shows as "file is deleted"."

"There is no support for this product in this country, so problems have to be resolved through global technical teams."

"We have encountered issues with unresolved crashes."

"Its technical support could be better."

"The user interface is a little bit difficult for new users and it needs to be improved."

"The threat detection capability and centralizing and upgrading capability need to be improved. The threat alert capability needs to be improved as well because there is some lag time at present. They need to work on their database search too."

"The system looks like it is a mix of a bunch of different systems, and nothing looked like it was quite together."

"Health monitoring of the event sources and devices."

"I'd like to see improvement in its ease of use. It's basically unusable. It's overly complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"FileAudit provides a trial license for 30 days, and after that, customers can choose between perpetual licensing or the annual-based licensing option offered by FileAudit."

"It’s cheaper to run virtual machines in a VMware environment."

"The tool is very expensive, so I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. The solution has an annual subscription."

"This is a pricey solution; it's not cheap."

"We have yearly licensing costs. The license fee can be based on the volume of EPS. Some organizations may have, as a gentlemanly gesture, 10,000 EPS and get a 3,000 EPS license but actually use 5,000 EPS."

"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."

"The product price was reasonable for my region and the market."

"It is cheap."

"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."

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Comparison Review

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at Deloitte & Touche

Feb 26, 2015

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FileAudit?

It is a good and stable solution...It is a scalable solution.

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What needs improvement with FileAudit?

The DLP function, including installation of the agent on the workstation and controlling the DLP restrictions, are areas where the product lacks. It would be great if the aforementioned details wer...

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What is your primary use case for FileAudit?

My company uses FileAudit as an SIEM solution, and it is used for monitoring the file server activity to find out what users did in the file server, which may include modifying the file, deleting i...

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What do you like most about NetWitness Platform?

The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?

The pricing is comparable to others, and I consider the cost to be intermediate. Specific cost details are unknown to me.

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What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?

There is currently no need for improvement in the SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ), though there could be potential enhancements by integrating with AI.

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Overview

Agentless, remote and non-intrusive, FileAudit offers a simple more user-friendly way to safeguard and secure file access in a Windows environment. FileAudit provides real-time monitoring and alerting on all access (or access attempts). FileAudit also implements contextual functions such as mass access and alteration alerts, tracking source IP address information for remote data access, and providing granular time and date alerting parameters to monitor folder and file access at unusual or unexpected times.

IS Decisions

NetWitness Platform is an evolved SIEM and threat detection and response solution that functions as a single, unified platform for ALL your security data. It features an advanced analyst workbench for triaging alerts and incidents, and it orchestrates security operations programs end to end. In short: NetWitness Platform is all you need to run an intelligent SOC.

NetWitness

Sample Customers

CommuniCare Health Centre, DP World, BAE Systems, Moet Hennessy, Ernst & Young, Honda, Volswagon, VTech, GlakoSmithKline, Lockheed Martin, US Navy, University of Alabama, Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia, Total

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