Mezmo vs USM Anywhere comparison

Mezmo and LevelBlue are both solutions in the Log Management category. Mezmo is ranked #57, while LevelBlue is ranked #36 with an average rating of 8.0. Mezmo holds a 0.7% mindshare in Log Management, compared to LevelBlue’s 1.0% 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

57th

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

36th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (31st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (41st), Compliance Management (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Mezmo is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Log Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
USM Anywhere	1.0%
Mezmo	0.7%
Other	98.3%

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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

"We haven't had anything yet that we couldn't do through LogDNA."

"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."

"With LogDNA, which brings all the logs together in an interleaved stream, it allows us to take a transaction and relate it to other contextual events making the gathering of evidence for auditors and our internal RCA much more productive."

"Log-monitoring and alerting enable us to know when things happen that we need to know about."

"The other big selling feature for us was its integration capabilities with all the other security-based products."

"SIEM capabilities, vulnerability scanning, asset discovery/management features."

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

"AlienVault has helped us in improving our visualization and incident response during cybersecurity situations."

"I highly recommend AlienVault USM for anybody that is seeking a SIEM solution that is easy to implement and easy to manage."

"Allowed us to help our customers satisfy compliance needs around logging and monitoring."

"Having everything in a central place has been helpful."

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Cons

"Scalability could be improved; we are using it through the IBM cloud deployment and on some of the data centers that are very heavily used, there is a significant lag in the event stream, sometimes 10, 15 minutes behind, which makes the RCA impossible."

"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."

"Adding a parsing interface for the customers would make AT&T AlienVault USM better."

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

"Reporting still needs a lot of work, especially on the vulnerability side."

"AlienVault needs to continue to integrate with other third-party technologies that clients want to have monitored."

"They should improve the reporting capabilities. Different functions to customize reports should be added."

"The solution doesn't scale well if you are talking about enterprises using it."

"I've been told that AlienVault doesn't have a full version of NES running in there, but I'm not sure if that's accurate or if my engineer made it that way. I'm not sure he was completely honest either because we had NES in the environment before. Those tools could be improved because AlienVault is a SIEM, and it added all these other features."

"The log query capability is pretty restrictive and I find myself searching through raw logs via command line more often than the GUI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"They charge a license based on the storage. ATT AlienVault USM is a less expensive solution than IBM QRadar."

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

"The pricing is a good value. The key thing is that for the new product, the licensing of it, is subscription-based and it's based on data. Clients need to be really careful when thinking about that, because odds are they're going to need to put a lot more data into it than what they initially estimate, which is going to drive their subscription costs up."

"The ROI is quite good."

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

"So far, it has been a good solution for a tight budget."

"Its price is in the medium to upper range."

"The price for this solution is very good, but since the features do not work the price is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

18%

Transportation Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	65
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	25

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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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What is your primary use case for AT&T AlienVault USM?

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools.

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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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