We performed a comparison between Graylog and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server 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."I like the correlation and the alerting."
"We're using the Community edition, but I know that it has really good dashboarding and alerts."
"The ability to write custom alerts is key to information security and compliance."
"The product is scalable. The solution is stable."
"We have scaled from a single machine installation (a VM with a Graylog + ES + MongoDB) to (2 Graylog + 2 ES + 3 MongoDB). This was done smoothly with a minimal impact on logging."
"Open source and user friendly."
"This had increased productivity for the dev and support teams, because we are directly notifying them."
"The build is stable and requires little maintenance, even compared to some extremely expensive products."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well."
"We are very happy with the stability of the solution."
"The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs."
"I would like to see some kind of visualization included in Graylog."
"Elasticsearch recommendations for tuning could be better. Graylog doesn't have direct support for running the system inside of Kubernetes, so it can be challenging to fill in the gaps and set up containers in a way that is both performant and stable."
"I hope to see improvements in Graylog for more interactivity, user-friendliness, and creating alerts. The initial setup is complex."
"Lacks sufficient documentation."
"I would like to see a date and time in the Graylog Grok patterns so that I can save time when searching for a log. I like how the streams and the search query work, but adding a date and time will allow me to pull out a log in a milli-second."
"I would like to see a default dashboard widget that shows the topology of the clusters defined for the graylog install."
"More customization is always useful."
"It would be great if Graylog could provide a better Python package in order to make it easier to use for the Python community."
"SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."
"I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard."
"Technical support could definitely be better."
"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release."
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Graylog is ranked 11th in Log Management with 18 reviews while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Graylog is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Graylog writes "Great detailed search features and easy Java integration, but needs improvement in integration with Python". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". Graylog is most compared with Grafana Loki, Wazuh, syslog-ng, Splunk Enterprise Security and VMware Aria Operations for Logs, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer. See our Graylog vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server report.
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