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Wazuh vs rsyslog server comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 25, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

rsyslog server
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
AWS Marketplace (60th)
Wazuh
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (3rd), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

rsyslog server and Wazuh aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. rsyslog server is designed for AWS Marketplace and holds a mindshare of 0.2%, up 0.0% compared to last year.
Wazuh, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 4.4% mindshare, down 13.2% since last year.
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
rsyslog server0.2%
Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform0.4%
Freight Emissions API - Carbon data for shipping and logistics0.3%
Other99.1%
AWS Marketplace
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Wazuh4.4%
Splunk Enterprise Security7.3%
IBM Security QRadar5.3%
Other83.0%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Ms Ms - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at ONE Energy-IT GmbH
Centralized logging has simplified daily syslog collection and routing across diverse servers
The best feature rsyslog server offers is syslog recording. What I appreciate about the syslog recording feature is that it serves as the main and most important feature, recording syslogs and receiving syslogs from TCP or UDP, other UDP servers, and forwarding those logs to even other servers, allowing for daily syslog handling in any direction, TCP, UDP, local, or remote. rsyslog server has had the usual impact on my organization; it does not matter to me if it is rsyslog server or another syslog server; it is just my preference, and I do not have specific reasons why it became this preference. There has been just personal preference in noticeable differences in reliability, performance, or troubleshooting since I have used rsyslog server compared to others.
RS
Engineer Information Security at N-Able (Pvt) Ltd
Has faced limitations in AI capabilities and pricing flexibility
Pricing-wise, Wazuh stands out, along with deployment flexibility and its documentation which is extremely good in comparison to Forti. The community support is also incredible. They have helped quite a bit because previously, we had a separate tool and management dashboard to do our compliance. With Wazuh, we receive that information without having to do anything extra. We just set up the SIEM and all of that information was automatically populated. The dashboards are very easy to understand and very quick with no lag or delay. I have experienced delays on Forti's dashboards, but not with Wazuh. Wazuh is quite good. In comparison to Forti, they are quite similar. They are very good at detection.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"These features make my day-to-day work easier and more efficient because whenever I find any failure or boot problems in a client machine, I can easily identify the issue."
"The easy configuration and quick monitoring of rsyslog server help me in my day-to-day work as it saves my time and makes my troubleshooting easier."
"The impact of rsyslog server on my organization has been positive, making processes easier, faster, and more reliable, as before its integration with the firewall, we lacked insight into policies governing incoming and outgoing traffic."
"The best feature rsyslog server offers is syslog recording, serving as the main and most important feature by recording syslogs and receiving them from TCP or UDP, other UDP servers, and forwarding those logs to even other servers, allowing for daily syslog handling in any direction, TCP, UDP, local, or remote."
"It has efficient SCA capabilities."
"I find the PCI DSS feature the most valuable, along with the feature that monitors the compliance of Windows and the CIS benchmarks on other devices like Unix or Linux systems."
"I recommend Wazuh to everyone and believe more platforms, not just SIEM and XDR capability platforms, should be open source, allowing people to leverage these tools for the greater good."
"The MITRE ATT&CK correlation is most valuable."
"The reporting and attractive dashboard are the most valuable features."
"The product’s interface is intuitive."
"The solution is easy to maintain."
"Wazuh automatically scans the host for CIS benchmarks for the latest updates and vulnerabilities and gives a host score. It provides a percentage of perceived risk due to of non patches or any missing patches on that work."
 

Cons

"I have not seen a return on investment; it is just about functionality for me."
"Currently, I use rsyslog server, but I think some features could be improved by going through other SIEM tools or IBM tools."
"The implementation is very complex."
"So far, the recent updates have addressed most challenges we previously faced."
"The tool doesn't detect anomalies or new environments."
"There's not much I like about Wazuh. Other products I've used were a lot more functional and user friendly. They came with reports and use cases out of the box. We need to configure Wazuh's alerts and monitoring capabilities manually. It'd be nice if we could select from templates and presets for use cases already built and coded."
"The support channel is not optimal, and extensive research is required on our part to implement Wazuh effectively."
"I think that the next release should be more suitable for large enterprises, because currently they are not because large companies do not rely on open source solutions."
"Scalability is a challenge because it is distributed architecture and it uses Elastic DB. Their Elastic DB doesn't allow open source waste application."
"An issue I noticed is with tag values in certain rules not functioning properly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The current pricing is open source."
"The product is cheaper compared to other tools."
"Wazuh is totally free and open source. There are no licensing costs, only support costs if you need them."
"They have a good pricing strategy for market expansion."
"It is a free-of-cost solution."
"Wazuh is open-source, but you must consider the total cost of ownership. It may be free to acquire, but you spend a lot of time and effort supporting the product and getting it to a point where it's useful."
"Wazuh is not an expensive solution."
"Wazuh is a cheaply priced product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
37%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for rsyslog server?
Our experience with pricing and setup has been very positive because rsyslog is open-source and highly flexible. The deployment and maintenance costs were minimal compared to commercial logging pla...
What needs improvement with rsyslog server?
One area that could be improved is native support for Docker and Kubernetes container logging. While integration is possible, forwarding container logs into XDR or MDR platforms often requires addi...
What is your primary use case for rsyslog server?
Our primary use case for rsyslog server is centralized log collection, long-term retention, and security monitoring. We also use it as an intermediate logging layer before forwarding logs to our Cr...
What do you like most about Wazuh?
Wazuh is its flexibility and open-source nature, which allows us to tailor threat detection and response across diverse client environments. Its integration capabilities with SOAR, cloud platforms,...
What needs improvement with Wazuh?
Regarding compliance, I find it not stable. I do not recommend it for that purpose. It can comply with Wazuh NCA, which we have here in Saudi Arabia. Wazuh NCA has many frameworks starting with ECC...
What is your primary use case for Wazuh?
I have been working with Wazuh for two years, and I can explain how I use Wazuh. I did not use Wazuh as a SIEM solution. I use Wazuh as a tool for services we provide. This service is called compro...
 

Comparisons

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Also Known As

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Wazuh All-In-One Deployment
 

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