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NetWitness Platform vs SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

NetWitness Platform
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (36th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (35th)
SonicWall Capture Advanced ...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (27th)
 

Mindshare comparison

NetWitness Platform and SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetWitness Platform is designed for Log Management and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection, on the other hand, focuses on Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), holds 2.1% mindshare, up 1.1% since last year.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetWitness Platform1.2%
Splunk Enterprise Security7.1%
IBM Security QRadar4.5%
Other87.2%
Log Management
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection2.1%
Palo Alto Networks WildFire6.7%
Microsoft Defender for Office 3656.0%
Other85.2%
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1130436 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Security and Infrastructure Expert at a government with 201-500 employees
Helps to deal with potential attacks and is available at a reasonable price
My company has had many benefits from the use of the product in the last eight years. The tool has streamlined our company's incident response process since it serves as a log repository, which allows us to correlate events and access different technology stacks. In our company, we were able to actually find some potential attacks, so it has been very helpful. The tool's integration capability isn't so great. In my company, we managed to integrate it with our Microsoft Azure Subscription, after which we managed to integrate it with other tools. You will face a lot of difficulties if you want to integrate it with your database monitoring tool, PAM solutions, or IAM products. The product has done well overall for my company's teams to deal with their workflow efficiency. I would not recommend the product to others. I rate the tool a seven out of ten.
MA
Technical Manager, NOC at TEXUM JORDAN
Has a good configuration but the price should be more competitive
Our primary use case of this solution is for security.  It's a good solution but the price is high. It also has an easy configuration. The feedback that we get from our customers is that it's a good product. Our customers are mostly smaller enterprises.  The price should be more competitive.  I…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution has a very good dashboard with a separate tab for incidents and alerts."
"RSA NetWitness is a SIEM and real-time network traffic solution that collects logs and packets, applies a set of alerting, reporting, and analysis rules on them, and thus provides the enterprise with full visibility of the networks and activities of the systems."
"The software is scalable to whatever is required, and you can also put a lot of resources in the cloud."
"Offers a good wireless feature."
"NetWitness Platform is valuable for creating rules that the solution must detect."
"The product has a user-friendly interface and a valuable feature for threat intelligence integration."
"The most valuable features are the threat prediction and network forensics."
"Alerting Module: It provides real-time event processing language on all the logs/packets stream for advanced alerting, i.e., using SQL LIKE statements."
"This is a solid solution that fills the requirements."
"We use it for protection against viruses and ransomware attacks."
"The most valuable features of the product are the application filters, application policies, that block certain websites and allow bandwidth for others, those kinds of things."
"I would recommend this solution, as a firewall product solution that has a similar sandboxing type of thing has become quite an essential part of a security footprint."
"It also has an easy configuration. The feedback that we get from our customers is that it's a good product."
"For the past four and a half years, we haven't had any breaches or issues of any kind."
"I like this setup for a firewall. You can set things up very easily and you can automate items as well. It's a very robust firewall solution for enterprise as well as small businesses."
"The most valuable feature is the alerting system."
 

Cons

"The multi-tenant capabilities are lagging compared to IBM QRadar."
"Security needs improvement."
"An area for improvement would be better automation and more inbuilt use cases."
"Nowadays, their support is a little subpar compared to other solutions. I rate RSA support six out of 10."
"Advance monitoring and alerting feature is not stable (Event Stream Analysis)."
"The solution should have more integration capabilities with different platforms."
"One thing to be improved in NetWitness is the capability to correlate event logs in a general sense."
"Technical support could be improved."
"Sometimes customers are not aware of which protection is best for their business and SonicWall doesn't provide them with information on security features."
"I would like to have better documentation before starting with deployment because the deployment is a bit complex."
"The setup needs improvement. It needs to be made more user-friendly."
"SonicWall had a recent layoff. This is a concern for us, because now we are missing the local presence from both the engineering and sales side."
"Could provide online training to allow customers to learn more about the product."
"We would like to get immediate alerts from the alerting system without using third-parties."
"If anything at all, it would be some very minor updates that need to be done, but in terms of changes, nothing comes to mind."
"Having an on-premise solution as well would be an option for some people, but they'll want to use a cloud solution for their sandboxing. Certain sites would want to keep all the checks done on an on-premise appliance. All the checking, rather than sending that up into a cloud engine."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."
"The licenses are good but the cost is very expensive."
"There is a licensing fee and the customer can choose whether he wishes this to be subscription-based or perpetual."
"It’s cheaper to run virtual machines in a VMware environment."
"We are on an annual license for the use of the solution."
"Compared to the competition, the is price is not that high."
"The NetWitness Platform may be affordable only for enterprise-level customers, as it may not be within the budget of small and medium-sized businesses."
"It provides tools to assist in selecting the appropriate license and usage scenarios."
"We get our value for our money."
"The best deal from SonicWall is to buy the HA pair. When you buy the initial one, you receive the second one at a significant discount. If there is an event and something happens to one firewall, then you have the second firewall to roll into. For the price, it's pretty to tough to beat and not a lot of other firewall vendors offer it. You battle for a discount on both. Where with SonicWall, if you buy one, the second one is at half price. It's pretty straightforward."
"When you compare it with other solutions, they are cheaper and more economical."
"It's thirty dollars per user and we have 30 users."
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Comparison Review

VS
Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 26, 2015
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Construction Company
14%
Media Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise20
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?
The pricing is comparable to others, and I consider the cost to be intermediate. Specific cost details are unknown to me.
What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?
There is currently no need for improvement in the SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ), though there could be potential enhancements by integrating with AI.
What is your primary use case for NetWitness Platform?
I use NetWitness Platform ( /products/netwitness-platform-reviews ) in the financial industry as a good product with excellent capabilities and integration with various devices.
What needs improvement with SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection?
SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection needs to reconsider the pricing, especially in the cloud environment. The product is good overall, but the GUI needs to be more stable. I chose nine out...
What is your primary use case for SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection?
My main use case for SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is that it helps us with sandboxing for analyzing and inspecting unknown files and URLs. A quick specific example of how I've used ...
What advice do you have for others considering SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection?
I advise others looking into using SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection to consider that it is truly helpful and very important to have great sandboxing with advanced threat protection to s...
 

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