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Insights Hub vs rsyslog server comparison

 

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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

Insights Hub
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
rsyslog server
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
32nd
Average Rating
9.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of Insights Hub is 0.2%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of rsyslog server is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Insights Hub0.2%
rsyslog server0.2%
Other99.6%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

PT
OT Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Energy dashboards have given us clear cost insights and guide data driven production decisions
I hope Insights Hub can support a UMS idea and solution in the future. If we have a UMS hub or data center, Insights Hub could integrate with our database, allowing us to share one data center regardless of whether it is our MES system, SCADA system, or Insights Hub, which would be more efficient for a global company. Insights Hub could connect to our UMS data center, which would eliminate the need to rebuild a connection between the shop floor and Insights Hub. Additionally, Insights Hub could support MES functions, allowing us to integrate with the production line and transfer the ERP order from the ERP to our shop floor, thus helping the ERP be more efficient. This would include performing a buy-off from the shop floor to the ERP and adjusting the production plan for the ERP production order for greater efficiency in our production planning. I hope we can achieve MES functions in an IoT solution such as Insights Hub. One point I am not so satisfied with regarding Insights Hub is the gateway, which I believe runs on a Linux or Unix OS but does not display well for our end-users. This requires us to ask for help and support from our IT department as we cannot perform what we can do with a Windows device, such as RDP to the gateway and monitor any issues inside. Sometimes we do not know the issue exactly and have to check the log, which is very complex for the end-user.
Esther Sultaana - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Centralized logging has transformed infrastructure monitoring and supports proactive recovery
The best features that rsyslog server offers include the ability to filter, tag, and rewrite logs, with logs stored in databases and files, then forwarded to various destinations such as SIEM or files as needed. Of course, the client sends the logs. Out of those features, I find myself relying most heavily on the logging capabilities it pulls from everything that is connected to Unix or Linux boxes, allowing me to see any particular issues or errors that may be occurring. The logs are stored in files or databases and they can be forwarded to me, even emailed directly. rsyslog server has positively impacted my organization, particularly with disaster recovery logging, where alerts for failures allow me to see failover events and any replication issues, especially within managed healthcare environments. It can indeed be used for HIPAA, pulling data from the entire infrastructure including Unix and Linux servers, network devices, firewalls, and storage arrays. Regarding how rsyslog server has improved efficiency and compliance, it provides insight into what's happening within the infrastructure as a high-performance systems log daemon receiving logs from the entirety of the network through UDP and TCP, writing to files, databases, or SIEM systems. It's user-friendly for Unix and Linux admins or engineers because it's been familiar for so long, and it certainly is not outdated.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Insights Hub has provided significant positive impact to my organization, including 30 to 50 percent faster incident resolution, fewer SEV one outages, reduced alert fatigue by 20 to 30 percent, better SLA compliance, and increased customer satisfaction."
"Insights Hub is a good IoT solution and cloud solution, with easy to normal implementation difficulty for a company, and it can provide some help for our company to do modifications or adjustments."
"Insights Hub is an overall major good framework for everybody to monitor the shop floor."
"Given that great variety and diversity of machines, the main characteristic of Insights Hub is that it allows me to talk to that diversity of machines, and therefore I can extract data from them and monitor my plant without needing to use additional developments or additional configurations."
"These features make my day-to-day work easier and more efficient because whenever I find any failure or boot problems in a client machine, I can easily identify the issue."
"Rsyslog server's AI capabilities depict it as a data pipeline feeding AI systems, working hand in hand with AI for anomaly detection, ops automation, and log analysis through the collected syslog data."
"The impact of rsyslog server on my organization has been positive, making processes easier, faster, and more reliable, as before its integration with the firewall, we lacked insight into policies governing incoming and outgoing traffic."
"The easy configuration and quick monitoring of rsyslog server help me in my day-to-day work as it saves my time and makes my troubleshooting easier."
"The best feature rsyslog server offers is syslog recording, serving as the main and most important feature by recording syslogs and receiving them from TCP or UDP, other UDP servers, and forwarding those logs to even other servers, allowing for daily syslog handling in any direction, TCP, UDP, local, or remote."
 

Cons

"One point I am not so satisfied with regarding Insights Hub is the gateway, which I believe runs on a Linux or Unix OS but does not display well for our end-users."
"The learning curve is steep as it requires skill to fully utilize and is not very beginner-friendly, and querying can be complex."
"Insights Hub has a connection with Grafana, but I would like it to be improved."
"As of now, Insights Hub is an under-developed platform, so there is no organization-level impact."
"Currently, I use rsyslog server, but I think some features could be improved by going through other SIEM tools or IBM tools."
"I have not seen a return on investment; it is just about functionality for me."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
67%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Manufacturing Company
2%
Construction Company
34%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Insights Hub?
Insights Hub has a connection with Grafana, but I would like it to be improved.
What is your primary use case for Insights Hub?
Insights Hub is used for monitoring equipment in the plant, mainly for OEE calculation. Within Insights Hub, Mendix has an application called OEE Hub, which allows me to connect the machines to the...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for rsyslog server?
Our experience with pricing and setup has been very positive because rsyslog is open-source and highly flexible. The deployment and maintenance costs were minimal compared to commercial logging pla...
What needs improvement with rsyslog server?
rsyslog server can be improved; I wish it did something different or better, specifically regarding BRP.
What is your primary use case for rsyslog server?
My main use case for rsyslog server is syslogging. A quick, specific example of how I use it for logging is collecting any syslog from a Unix server, including syslogs from firewalls and routers.
 

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