Logz.io vs SolarWinds Security Event Manager comparison

Logz.io and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Logz.io is ranked #47 with an average rating of 8.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #36 with an average rating of 7.5. Logz.io holds a 0.5% mindshare in SIEM, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Logz.io users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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82% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

SolarWinds Security Event Manager and Logz.io are two prominent security information and event management solutions. Logz.io seems to have the upper hand with its advanced feature set and robust solution, despite its higher cost.

Features: SolarWinds Security Event Manager users enjoy centralized logging, real-time threat monitoring, and built-in compliance reporting tools. Logz.io is valued for scalable log management, powerful search capabilities, and integration with various cloud platforms, which make it a more versatile option.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds Security Event Manager could benefit from a more intuitive configuration process and better integration with external tools. Logz.io requires improvements in data visualization and sometimes experiences performance lags during peak usage. Each product has distinct improvement areas tailored to their core uses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Security Event Manager offers straightforward deployment but can face challenges with extensive initial setup and prompt, reliable customer service. Logz.io is easy to deploy in cloud environments but may require expert help for optimal configuration. SolarWinds offers better customer service, aiding faster query resolution.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is considered cost-effective with a good ROI and lower upfront setup costs. Logz.io, though pricier, offers higher ROI for users focusing on extensive log analytics and cloud integration. Logz.io's richer feature set justifies the price difference for advanced functionality seekers.

To learn more, read our detailed Logz.io vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Logz.io

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

47th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (36th)

SolarWinds Security Event M...

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

36th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Logz.io is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SolarWinds Security Event Manager	0.8%
Logz.io	0.5%
Other	98.7%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Derrick Brockel

Senior Manager of Operations at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The solution is a consistent logging platform that provides excellent query mechanisms

We can query a lot of data points and build dashboards. The vendor is good at adjusting their models. Most companies want us to forecast our yearly use and pay it upfront on day one. With Logz.io, we commit to use 14 TB in a year. However, they measure us every month and give us a monthly bill. Depending on our monthly usage, we pay for 14 TB divided by 12 months or a little extra. It's a little bit more like AWS. Other solutions do not do it. They want their money upfront. We really like the dashboards. We have 36 sub-accounts. Each sub-account is an app, and we could put restrictions on that app. Previously, there were capacity restrictions on the sub-accounts. If we have a sub-account of 1 TB and use only 100 GB, we waste 900 GB that day. We could not share it between sub-accounts. Now, they provide an overhead volume. We do a reserve, and any sub-account could use anything over the reserve. It utilizes our footprint better.

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Yashokanth Partkunan

Managed Services Engineer at Loop1 Systems

Has supported client needs efficiently but requires deeper analysis features and faster support

The log analyzing capability of SolarWinds Security Event Manager should go into more depth than the current environment. More modification and enhancements are required on the dashboard side in order to make it closer to optimal performance. From observation and feedback from users, they need more functionality related to monitoring, and in-depth analyzing needs to be improved.

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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

"It is massively useful and great for testing. We can just go, find logs, and attach them easily. It has a very quick lookup. Whereas, before we would have to go, dig around, and find the server that the logs were connected to, then go to the server, download the log, and attach it. Now, we can just go straight to this solution, type in the log ID and server ID, and obtain the information that we want."

"The query mechanism for response codes and application health is valuable."

"We use the product for log collection and monitoring."

"We use the tool to track the dev and production environment."

"InsightOne is the main reason why we use LogMeIn. This is mostly because of log data that we are pushing tools and logs in general."

"The other nice thing about Logz.io is their team. When it comes to onboarding, their support is incredibly proactive. They bring the brand experience from a customer services perspective because their team is always there to help you refine filters and tweak dashboards. That is really a useful thing to have. Their engagement is really supportive."

"The visualizations in Kibana are the most valuable feature. It's much more convenient to have a visualization of logs. We can see status really clearly and very fast, with just a couple of clicks."

"The tool is simple to setup where it is just plug and play. The tool is reliable and we never had any performance issues."

"The most valuable feature is the reporting."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use for the end user."

"The solution helps me to go back in time and search for different events. For example, if you wanted to know who activated an account; you could go back in time and find out."

"SolarWinds is easy to configure, and it provides timely alerts."

"It's easy to build rules and actions based on the logs and event types we collect with the software."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the visibility into both attempted and failed logins."

"The graphical user interface is very user-friendly. SolarWinds is a hybrid solution so you can use it across many platforms."

"Some of the rules are most valuable because you can be notified about various things, such as spyware or things that are going on in the internal network."

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Cons

"When it comes to reducing our troubleshooting time, it depends. When there are no bugs in Logz.io, it reduces troubleshooting by 5 to 10 percent. When there are bugs, it increases our troubleshooting time by 200 percent or more."

"The solution needs to expand its access control and make it accessible through API."

"I would like them to improve how they manage releases. Some of our integrations integrate specifically with set versions. Logz.io occasionally releases an update that might break that integration. On one occasion, we found out a little bit too late, then we had to roll it back."

"The price can be cheaper and they should have better monitoring."

"Capacity planning could be a little bit of a struggle."

"I would like granularity on alerting so we can get tentative alerts and major alerts, then break it down between the two."

"The solution needs to improve its data retention. It should be greater than seven days. The product needs to improve its documentation as well."

"The product needs improvement from a filtering perspective."

"We used the support from SolarWinds Security Event Manager and they are knowledgeable but challenging to get in contact with them."

"Training for this solution needs to be improved, as new employees are sometimes unfamiliar with the product."

"It can be difficult for users who are inexperienced with the solution."

"The product should improve the ease with which you can create event alerts. They are not as hard now but you need to have an easier way."

"The log analyzing capability of SolarWinds Security Event Manager should go into more depth than the current environment."

"The only issue is the pricetag. SolarWinds is a costly solution."

"One of the drawbacks of being so flexible is that it is also a fairly complicated software application to install, configure, and maintain."

"Under the new system, it is not upgradable the way they say. When you try to do an upgrade, it doesn't really work unless you dump everything and start from scratch. You lose a lot of your nodes. Whenever you set your nodes up and everything else, they don't want to bring those nodes back in, so you have to really go back and restructure all your nodes. I went from version 6.5 to version 6.6 and then to version 6.7. I then went to version 2019, and now it is version 2020. It would be good if we can upgrade without having to delete everything and start from scratch. They can maybe build more KPIs and other things for the dashboard. Some of the other systems already have built-in KPIs. SolarWinds is starting to catch up, but it is not there yet. They can include some of the business or industry standards for tracking the time, that is, the meantime to detect (MTTD) and the meantime to resolve (MTTR). They can also find a way to build a KPI that measures the number of instances of port scans experienced in a week or a month."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is cheaper than other solutions."

"At the time it was set up, we thought Logz.io was very reasonable for what we were getting in terms of how much time and hosting costs it was saving us, because you don't have to run the servers for it anymore."

"The product is a little expensive."

"The tool is an open source product."

"You pay for what you need, and that is a good model. They are also quite happy to talk to you about your uses and your use case. They will even go as far as suggesting things that you don't need to do in order to save you money. At one point, I was quite surprised at how cheap it could be if we wanted it to be or how much they would help us manage our costs."

"Licensing is on devices, so if you have many, then this may be high."

"It is in the appropriate mid-range. It is not as expensive as some of the other solutions. It is also not cheap."

"Licenses can only be purchased in blocks of fifty at a time."

"The pricing model would benefit from having package deals with other SolarWinds products."

"The price of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is reasonable."

"The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten."

"We do a yearly license renewal. For a year, the solution costs roughly $500,000 USD. There are no costs beyond this yearly fee."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

University

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Logz.io?

The query mechanism for response codes and application health is valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Logz.io?

The product is a little expensive. We're pushing 17 TB. It costs us one and a half million dollars a year.

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What needs improvement with Logz.io?

Capacity planning could be a little bit of a struggle. The product must add some AI capabilities to learn from previous behaviors. Instead of us setting thresholds, the tool should learn the thresh...

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What do you like most about SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

The solution helps you monitor database instances, application instances, other customer application things, Linux servers, IBM servers, and Oracle servers.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

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Also Known As

Logz

SolarWinds LEM, Solarwinds SIEM, TriGeo, Log and Event Manager

Overview

Logz.io is a leading cloud-native observability platform that enables engineers to use the best open source tools in the market without the complexity of operating, managing, and scaling them. Logz.io offers four products: Log Management built on ELK, Infrastructure Monitoring based on Prometheus, Distributed Tracing based on Jaeger, and an ELK-based Cloud SIEM. These are offered as fully managed, integrated cloud services designed to help engineers monitor, troubleshoot and secure their distributed cloud workloads more effectively. Engineering driven companies like Siemens, Unity and ZipRecruiter use Logz.io to simplify monitoring and security workflows, increasing developer productivity, reducing time to resolve issues, and increasing the performance and security of their mission-critical applications.

Logz.io

When TriGeo was acquired by SolarWinds, TriGeo SIM became known as SolarWinds Log & Event Manager. This product is a leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product and log management solution, which provides log collection, analysis, and real-time correlation.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Dish Network, The Economist, Forbes, Holler, Kenshoo, OneSpan, Siemens, Sisense, Unity, ZipRecruiter

NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.

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