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Red Canary vs USM Anywhere comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Red Canary
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
46th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (15th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (25th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (11th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (14th)
USM Anywhere
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
35th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
114
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (24th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (19th), Compliance Management (9th)
 

Featured Reviews

Sagar Shekhar - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 31, 2023
An open-source tool that offers great automation capabilities
My company uses Red Canary MDR to simulate MITRE ATT&CK, like spearphishing and updating domain names The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part. If we have to perform MITRE ATT&CK, we have to do it step by step, wherein we have to run all the commands, while Red Canary MDR…
Omer Jamil - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 16, 2024
An easy-to-deploy tool that needs to improve its vulnerability scanning feature
In my company, we use the solution in our security operation center to monitor the client environment and as a solution that provides us with continuous monitoring ability The benefits experienced by our company from the use of the solution stem from the fact that it has been working pretty well…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part."
"The valuable features of this solution are it integrates well with different EDR software, such CrowdStrike, and Carbon Black, and the information it provides is helpful."
"The solution works well for what we use it for and the support and protection are good."
"The near real-time review translates into near real-time action. So, in addition to alerting, Red Canary MDR has response playbooks built out."
"It has allowed us to see what is happening on our servers."
"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."
"Asset discovery and vulnerability scanner are good features. The integration between this solution and OTX, which is an AlienVault platform for Open Threat Exchange, is also a valuable feature. It is also quick and easy to deploy, so you can quickly engage with a customer's environment."
"Allowed us to help our customers satisfy compliance needs around logging and monitoring."
"Easy to use, scalable, stable, and very intuitive platform that provides protection against security threats."
"Using the communication within the security device, it is easier to create plugins."
"The IDS and the threat intelligence are very useful. They are very intuitive and data-rich."
"The ease of implementation is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"The most valuable feature of Red Canary MDR is the overall threat protection it provides."
"The price could always be better."
"In general, the solution currently fails to provide a summary to its users."
"I would like there to be an on-premise version of this solution for our data centers because of the proliferation of online threats."
"AlienVault needs to continue to integrate with other third-party technologies that clients want to have monitored."
"The only complex area of the setup was writing the custom scripts."
"The reporting tools are a bit lacking for building reports to give directly to customers, but support has been helpful in giving our requests for new features to the development team and following up with us."
"The lack of mature functionality and expertise in any of those areas is a strong negative."
"I want to see more compliance management capability. The quality of integrations seems to be a little bit low."
"The GUI needs to improve because it's not user-friendly."
"As this software is in the cloud, you do not have control on updates and general changes which are happening."
"There is room for improvement in Log parsing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I have not compared Red Canary to other solutions to know if the price is high or low. However, I have found the price of this solution fair and reasonable, it cost approximately $100 per year, per device. If they could provide the solution for $50 per year, per device, it would be better."
"The solution could vary in price depending on how many endpoints a company has."
"Red Canary MDR I use is an open-source tool."
"Pricing is very competitive with other products and you get much more functionality from AlienVault."
"We ran a few PoCs. The price and feature set were the best with AlienVault."
"They charge a license based on the storage. ATT AlienVault USM is a less expensive solution than IBM QRadar."
"AT&T AlienVault USM is an expensive solution and we pay for the license and the support separately. We paid for the license and support for three years."
"We checked out several competitors. For what it can do and the cost, it was the best option!"
"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."
"They are a little more expensive than Microsoft."
"AlienVault is certainly not nearly as expensive as Splunk or QRadar. It's decently priced, but I don't have the exact figure."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
19%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Educational Organization
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Red Canary MDR?
The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part.
What needs improvement with Red Canary MDR?
Red Canary MDR generates a lot of output, so it would be good if, in the end, it generates a summary of all the previous attacks and what was the outcome of a single attack, especially so that it b...
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AT&T AlienVault USM?
The price is really variable depending on what tier the customer is subscribing to. I think USM Anywhere recently started a 125, a 250, and then 500 and 1000 tier. So it depends on the organization...
What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?
The only issue that you need to bypass is the issue with integration with some other log sources, some other application security applications. The issue is still present. The process of collecting...
 

Also Known As

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity
 

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Sample Customers

DuPont, Quanta Services, Microchip Technology, Hopkins Public Schools, Henny Penny, Schumacher Homes
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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