Mezmo vs USM Anywhere comparison

Mezmo and LevelBlue are both solutions in the Log Management category. Mezmo is ranked #50, while LevelBlue is ranked #40 with an average rating of 7.5. Mezmo holds a 0.3% mindshare in Log Management, compared to LevelBlue’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Mezmo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of LevelBlue users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

USM Anywhere

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

USM Anywhere and Mezmo are key competitors in the cybersecurity domain, offering solutions for monitoring and managing IT environments. Mezmo appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features, leading users to feel it's worth the investment despite higher setup costs.

Features: USM Anywhere is recognized for its integration options, threat detection capabilities, and centralized logging and alert features. Mezmo distinguishes itself with advanced analytics, intuitive visualization tools, and a more robust feature set.

Room for Improvement: USM Anywhere users desire better reporting capabilities, fewer false positives, and enhanced accuracy. Mezmo users suggest improvements in scalability, logging capacity during peak hours, and better dashboard insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: USM Anywhere is favored for straightforward deployment and responsive support. Mezmo's deployment is more complex but delivers consistent results once established. Both have reliable customer service, with USM Anywhere preferred for its installation process and ongoing support.

Pricing and ROI: USM Anywhere offers competitive pricing and respectable ROI. Some users see Mezmo as a more worthwhile investment due to enhanced features and performance benefits over time, despite higher costs.

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Categories and Ranking

Mezmo

Ranking in Log Management

50th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (75th), Observability Pipeline Software (7th)

USM Anywhere

Ranking in Log Management

40th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (29th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (53rd), Compliance Management (14th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Mezmo is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 0.5%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Log Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
USM Anywhere	0.5%
Mezmo	0.3%
Other	99.2%

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Theodore Omtzigt

President and Founder at STILLWATER SUPERCOMPUTING INC

It consolidates all logs into one place and provides required features and functionalities

Every once in a while, our IBM cloud operational implementation gets behind. Sometimes, when we have a customer event, we do not get access to the latest logs for about 30 minutes, particularly for the sites that are heavily utilized. This is clearly not good. It is impossible to do RCA when you can't look at the logs that pertain to the time period in which the event occurred. It could be more of an operational problem than a feature problem. I don't have visibility about whether it is a LogDNA issue or just an operational issue.

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Kris Nawani

Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited

Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

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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

"LogDNA consolidates all logs into one place, which is super valuable."

"The solution aggregates all event streams, so that if there are any issues, it's all in the same interface."

"AlienVault provides a checklist answer when using SIEM."

"The most valuable feature is vulnerability management because it gives you insight into your environment to know what systems need to be updated or patched."

"The asset discovery and inventory capabilities in USM Anywhere is quite good."

"The asset management of nodes has been a large help in terms of being able to track applications with more detail and have changes made being monitored into one source."

"The solution also provides basic log storage options for periods of 15, 30, and 90 days."

"We had used previous products and found AlienVault centralized the logging for our security."

"The Event Correlation and vulnerability scans have been the most useful. As a 24/7 SOC, we use the incoming alarms to give an overview of suspicious traffic going through the network. It's easy to look at the correlated events and see the broad picture of traffic for that customer. Vulnerability scans are good for providing patch and remediation guidelines to keep customer systems secure."

"The AlienVault solution has enabled us to create a SOC on a budget with smaller than usual staff requirements, offering a wider range of solutions for our customers."

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Cons

"Every once in a while, our IBM cloud operational implementation gets behind. Sometimes, when we have a customer event, we do not get access to the latest logs for about 30 minutes, particularly for the sites that are heavily utilized. This is clearly not good. It is impossible to RCA when you can't look at the logs that pertain to the time period in which the event occurred. It could be more of an operational problem than a feature problem. I don't have visibility about whether it is a LogDNA issue or just an operational issue."

"No ability to encapsulate a query or a filter, and communicate or share that among the team."

"AT&T AlienVault USM can improve searchable data. It should be available for more than 90 days. If you need more than 90 days of data, you have to put a request and they give you raw data, which is not easy to search. A good addition would be to allow users to search data older than 90 days."

"Different functions to customize reports should be added."

"Their threat intelligence platform needs to be broadened. They should integrate it with more threat intelligence platforms. For the threat feed that they get from open intelligence, I would like them to add a few premium threat intelligence platforms. They can provide a bundle in which AlienVault has the threat intelligence background of other premium products."

"I think plugin management should be self-service on AlienVault USM. The other product is self-service but on the USM side. You have to submit a ticket then AT&T creates and updates the plugins."

"We develop additional rules and scripts to make it more usable."

"The only complex area of the setup was writing the custom scripts."

"There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks."

"Support can be slow at times, but the quality is high. Posted knowledge base articles could use improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price point is good."

"AlienVault is certainly not nearly as expensive as Splunk or QRadar. It's decently priced, but I don't have the exact figure."

"It has good pricing."

"I rate the price of AT&T AlienVault USM a four out of five."

"Do the one month trial and try to work out the kinks during it, as it has free support and service hours."

"The vulnerability management solution is worse than buying a Nessus Professional license."

"The price of this solution is reasonable, which is one of the reasons why we selected it over other solutions."

"It is a product that is priced in a medium range, making it neither a cheap nor a costly product."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

16%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	25

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What do you like most about AT&T AlienVault USM?

The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of deployment that it provides to users. The integrations that the product has with third-party applications are useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AT&T AlienVault USM?

The pricing is amazing and really cheap.

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What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?

There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.

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Also Known As

LogDNA

AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity

Overview

Today’s enterprises must manage a massive amount of machine data. They require a platform that enables engineering teams to deliberately route and store structured and unstructured data for different teams with unique use cases. Legacy platforms weren’t made for this moment.
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Mezmo, formerly LogDNA, lets organizations ingest, process, route, analyze, and store all of their log data. Purpose-built for modern engineering teams—including developers, SREs, IT Operations, and Security Engineers—the Mezmo platform is trusted by thousands of companies for SaaS, cloud, and hybrid applications.

Mezmo

USM Anywhere centralizes security monitoring of networks and devices in the cloud, on premises, and in remote locations, helping you to detect threats virtually anywhere.

Discover

Network asset discovery
Software & services discovery
AWS asset discovery
Azure asset discovery
Google Cloud Platform asset discovery

Analyze

SIEM event correlation, auto-prioritized alarms
User activity monitoring
Up to 90-days of online, searchable events

Detect

Cloud intrusion detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Network intrusion detection (NIDS)
Host intrusion detection (HIDS)
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Respond

Forensics querying
Automate & orchestrate response
Notifications and ticketing

Assess

Vulnerability scanning
Cloud infrastructure assessment
User & asset configuration
Dark web monitoring

Report

Pre-built compliance reporting templates
Pre-built event reporting templates
Customizable views and dashboards
Log storage

LevelBlue

Sample Customers

Instacart, Asics, Lime, Salesforce

Abel & Cole, Bank of Ireland, Bluegrass Cellular, CareerBuilder, Claire's, Hays Medical Center, Hope International, McCurrach, McKinsey & Company, Party Delights, Pepco Holdings, Richland School District, Ricoh, SaveMart, Shake Shack, Steelcase, TaxAct, Taylor Morrison, Vonage and Zoom

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