Netsurion vs Snare comparison

Netsurion and Intersect Alliance are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Netsurion is ranked #48, while Intersect Alliance is ranked #54. Netsurion holds a 0.8% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Intersect Alliance’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Netsurion users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Intersect Alliance users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Snare and Netsurion are leading products in cybersecurity. Netsurion seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set and perceived value.

Features: Snare is praised for its robust log management, real-time alert capabilities, and effective data analysis. Netsurion offers advanced threat detection, easy integration with existing systems, and comprehensive reporting. Netsurion's feature set is broader, leading to higher user satisfaction.

Room for Improvement: Snare needs enhancement in scalability, has a steep learning curve, and requires better user interface design. Netsurion could improve its user documentation, resolve occasional integration issues, and streamline its reporting functionality.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Snare is well-regarded for its deployment model but needs a more intuitive setup process and better support documentation. Netsurion offers smoother deployment and proactive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Snare is cost-effective with moderate setup costs and solid ROI, but users suggest better clarity in pricing tiers. Netsurion, while slightly more expensive, provides a higher ROI due to its extensive feature set and better user satisfaction.

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Categories and Ranking

Netsurion

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

48th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (19th), SOC as a Service (7th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (31st), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (43rd)

Snare

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

54th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (49th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Netsurion is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snare 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) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Netsurion	0.8%
Snare	0.8%
Other	98.4%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

John-Berry

Information Technology Manager at ProfitSolv

The SOC center monitors, hunts, and notifies us of threats around the clock

I know they are working to resolve this issue, but Netsurion is currently unable to retrieve logs from S3 buckets. We use WP Engine for a lot of web hosting as well as AWS, and both of these platforms use S3 buckets. I would like Netsurion to be able to pull logs from Linux devices. We have some of that capability, and I believe they can do it. However, the way it works with Amazon is strange and glitchy. Therefore, working something out with Amazon would be great. Netsurion's SOC can be a bit too aggressive at times. We have asked them to adjust their playbook because I am tired of being notified about the same issue multiple times a day. I am aware of the issue, and it is not a cause for concern. Let's only take action on this issue if we see an actual problem.

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Frank Eargle

Information Security Engineer at Glasshouse Systems

A highly scalable solution that is easy to manage and super easy to set up

We use Snare for picking up Windows logs, and we used to use it for SQL as well. We had used it for Linux once or twice. We're mainly using it for Windows and Windows flat files The most valuable feature of Snare is flexibility or the ability to filter all things you don't want and don't have…

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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

"Netsurion's 24/7 monitoring has enhanced the overall security of the company."

"The product satisfies our compliance, and thus, all of our auditors. All of the data that we use and store for all security events is required by our auditors to be kept in a central storage location."

"We don't have the eyeballs available to stare and watch for things, or even have the capability of building internal alert systems. So, the managed SOC has been huge for freeing up staff to work on other responsibilities. We are saving on at least one full-time employee."

"If I were to look at logs manually, there's no way I could do that. As an example, they are 48 million logs processed a day. There is no way I could look at all 48 million of those. So, it gives me a good structure to be able to look at the different incidents which are created and do different searches."

"The real-time alerting for things such as people getting dropped into a VPN group or the domain admin group — things like that which really shouldn't happen without proper change management, but we all know the reality, they do from time to time — gives me real-time visibility into what's going on."

"I like EventTracker's dashboard. I see it every time I log in because it's the first thing you get to. We have our own widgets that we use. For the sake of transparency, there are a few widgets that we look at there and then we move out from there... Among the particularly helpful widgets, the not-reporting widget is a big one. The number-of-logs-processed is also a good one."

"The managed service is great value which saves you a full-time employee on your staff by being able to outsource it to EventTracker to review all the logs and cull through the data to make recommendations and identify threats, then how to remediate them."

"When it comes to threat detection and response, it does a very good job detecting and blocking on its own. And the SOC is a nice added value because they're doing analysis on things that aren't as obvious, on things that you can't just detect with a signature or behavior. Also, any SIEM will come with a lot of noise, so having them do a lot of the initial analysis to find out what's critical and what issues are false alarms is very good."

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"The most valuable feature of Snare is flexibility or the ability to filter all things you don't want and don't have security value."

"The best thing about Snare is its format and consistency."

"Snare has good agents, especially for Windows."

Cons

"The threat detection and response is passive. We have asked if there were options for taking action, and we have not gotten any feedback on that, which would be useful to know. Depending on the situation and threat, some actions may not be possible, but we haven't gotten any feedback on what options could be directed and actionable with the understanding that it may have an extra cost. It would be nice to know or find out if it is actually possible to take actions by a SIEM service or a SIEM agent."

"I would like to see the dashboard come up more quickly."

"There are some issues with searches taking a long period of time, but they assured me that they have implemented a new search function that's available in version 9, but which requires a solid-state hard drive... Depending on how many logs you have it could take a long time to return the results if you're looking back prior to the last 30 days."

"They have their programs and tools that you have to put into your own environment. We basically ingest all the log data and then push it out to them. I wish it was a little bit different than that where we just push directly towards them. I do not know if that is a function that they thought would be better in terms of security, but I wish that instead of doing that, it should go from the device to them and not from the device to another system and then out to them. There seem to be some drawbacks to doing that."

"It would be great if they had a client for phones by which they could push a notification to us, as opposed to via email."

"The biggest problem is that we have too many domain controllers. So, we have to keep all the clients and main system updated with the latest versions along with making sure all the firewalls are open."

"I would like to see a faster response when we see things like 15,000 lockouts. I really wished that I had known that on Friday afternoon rather than waiting until I got the weekly report today. By the same token, they are looking at it from the point of view that this is a system or software malfunction. This is not a bad actor repeating the exact same password three times a second. Therefore, they can tell that this is not a bad thing. However, it's not a security event but it is an operational event for me. Knowing this sort of thing would help my team and me out more because then we would be able to clear out a lot of network traffic that we didn't know was going on. So, we would like quicker updates on non-high security events."

"Where there is an opportunity for improvement is in the interface used for performing the searches. You have to understand Elasticsearch search too well for the security team to be able to take really full advantage of that part of the product. It's not as intuitive as I would like it to be for new staff coming in. The general query capability is a little bit challenging."

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"Snare should modernize its GUI a little bit."

"The solution is now developing a SIEM-like feature on Snare Central Server, but it's not complete yet."

"Users will initially find it difficult to identify the event types and installation in Snare."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We put together the package of what we needed. It was based pretty much on the number of agents that we were deploying. If we needed to manage logging from certain specific applications, like Active Directory and SQL Server, there has been no additional cost for that. We had agents deployed for those specific servers and the applications were included, then there was just an additional installation that they had to do for us."

"When we first got the EventTracker product, we were using SIEM Simplified. At the time they didn't call it that, but it was more of a service thing. So, there was a bit more hand-holding and getting stuff set up, along with failure reports, that they did during the first one to two years. Then, we decided that the the additional money to have someone do these daily reports wasn't terribly useful, so we discontinued that service."

"The solution is fairly expensive, but in my experience, all of the SIEM applications that I've evaluated or looked at cost about the same."

"Our budget follows the calendar year. We just started a new budget year at the beginning of the month. We did budget for an increase in our threat management system selection. Therefore, we have the budget to implement and accommodate a threat management system change, including an increase for the quoted actions that we received to improve EventTracker. We are just waiting on our council to approve that budget, which might not be for a little while. Hopefully, when they do, we will be able to jump on doing something."

"I don't know if the pricing is by the seat but we're paying about $20,000 to 25,000 a year. On top of that, we pay for the managed support services. That runs us about another $35,000 or $40,000 a year."

"Netsurion's pricing is competitive. At the same time, they're the only ones who do what we want to do the way we want it. I can't say we would've paid more, but we would've had to have come up with our own solution if they weren't providing that."

"It is a bit expensive as compared to some of the other products that have come out in recent years. Expense-wise, the only downside is that it is not cheap."

"Licensing is very easy. Our CIO takes care of the billing, but in terms of price point, he hasn't complained, so it must be good."

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"Snare has reasonable pricing."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate Snare's pricing a four out of ten."

"Snare is a cheap solution because a lot of customers are using it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

14%

Construction Company

13%

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	7

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Also Known As

Netsurion Managed Threat Protection, Netsurion EventTracker

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Overview

Netsurion offers robust SIEM capabilities enhanced by managed services, facilitating efficient threat identification and response with real-time alerts and comprehensive reporting.

Netsurion stands out for its integration of SIEM, IDS, and vulnerability management. Its real-time threat alerts and dashboards enhance user response capabilities. With centralized logging from Windows, Linux, Cisco devices, firewalls, and Active Directory, Netsurion enables effective compliance support for HIPAA and PCI standards. Managed Threat Protection with the embedded MITRE ATT&CK Framework enhances threat intelligence, while its evolving interface aims to improve user interactions. However, some users find deployment and searching challenging, pointing to areas for improvement.

What are Netsurion's key features?

SIEM Capabilities: Efficient threat identification using real-time alerts and dashboards.
Managed Services: Provides remote monitoring and advisory support.
Comprehensive Reporting: Assists in compliance and actionable insights.
MITRE ATT&CK Framework: Enhances threat intelligence and management.
Seamless Integration: Works with existing systems for streamlined operations.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Threat Response Tool: Rapid identification and response to security incidents.
Usability: Efforts to evolve and simplify user interactions.
Operational Efficiency: Streamlined processes through integration and managed services.
Compliance Support: Assistance with industry standards like HIPAA and PCI.

Netsurion is frequently implemented in industries requiring comprehensive security monitoring and compliance, such as healthcare and finance. It aids businesses in consolidating security efforts, offering insights into user activities and system changes, an asset for companies lacking substantial internal resources.

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Snare provides scalable log management solutions tailored for enterprises seeking efficient security and compliance. It collects logs from diverse environments, enabling real-time monitoring and response.

Snare is designed to facilitate seamless integration of log data to aid in security intelligence and policy adherence. It's versatile in capturing logs across platforms, offering organizations the ability to centralize monitoring efforts. With its robust analytics framework, businesses can detect anomalies and ensure regulatory compliance more effectively.

What are Snare’s most important features?

Centralized log management: Consolidates logs from various sources for comprehensive analysis.
Real-time monitoring: Allows immediate threat detection and response across networks.
Compliance reporting: Provides built-in templates to facilitate quick compliance checks.
Scalability: Supports growing data volumes with ease, ensuring performance consistency.
Cross-platform support: Enables integration with systems like Windows, Linux, and more.

What benefits should users seek in reviews?

Operational efficiency: Reduces time spent on manual log aggregation and analysis.
Enhanced threat detection: Improves security posture by identifying risks proactively.
Cost-effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing compared to traditional log solutions.
User-friendly configuration: Streamlines setup processes without extensive training.
Flexible deployment options: Allows adaptable implementation in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments.

In finance, Snare helps meet compliance standards by providing comprehensive audit trails. Retail sectors use it for detecting fraud while maintaining data integrity. Technology companies leverage its scalability to monitor expansive infrastructures effectively.

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Sample Customers

The Salvation Army, The FRESH Market, Pacific Western Bank, NASA, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), and Talbot’s Stores

Military, Defence and Security Agencies, Banking Finance and Insurance companies, Retail, Health and Utilities.

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