SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform vs USM Anywhere comparison

Secpod Technologies and LevelBlue are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Secpod Technologies is ranked #40 with an average rating of 9.0, while LevelBlue is ranked #44 with an average rating of 8.0. Secpod Technologies holds a 0.4% mindshare in EDR, compared to LevelBlue’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Secpod Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of LevelBlue users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

USM Anywhere and SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform compete in the cybersecurity management category. USM Anywhere seems to have the upper hand with its robust feature set and comprehensive incident response tools.

Features: USM Anywhere users highlight its strong capabilities in threat detection, compliance management, and incident response, finding these features highly valuable for comprehensive security operations. On the other hand, SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform is praised for its continuous monitoring, advanced vulnerability scanning, and integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: USM Anywhere users suggest improvements in the complexity of initial configurations and the speed of updates. SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform users feel there is a need for enhanced reporting capabilities and better scalability options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: USM Anywhere is appreciated for seamless deployment options and responsive support services, making it easier for organizations to implement. SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform also offers easy deployment; however, users sometimes note slower responses from customer support.

Pricing and ROI: USM Anywhere's pricing is seen as reflective of its comprehensive feature set, resulting in strong ROI for users who need an all-encompassing security solution. SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform is competitively priced, providing good value, especially for organizations focused on continuous monitoring and vulnerability management.

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.4%
SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform	0.4%
USM Anywhere	0.8%
Other	95.4%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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JAN MICHAEL UY

Information Technology Supervisor at DMCI Homes, Inc.

Can automate updates and manage software licenses more effectively

Our team uses the SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform for threat detection, focusing on features like vulnerabilities and asset exposure. The asset exposure feature is packaged with software licenses and machines. We get the latest updates and patches for Windows workstations and applications for remediation. We can automate these updates, which greatly improves our previous manual and scripting-based tools. Before, we struggled with setting policies and making changes to workstations. Now, we can automate updates and manage software licenses more effectively. We monitor who's using various licenses like Office, CAD, Visio, and Lumion.

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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

"It is a simple platform to use."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription."

"Cortex Xnor's playbooks predefine the workflow of the automation, such as response processes, alert triggering, and enriching the context, collecting relevant indicators such as hashes, IP addresses, or domains efficiently and can detect and block malicious attacks with firewalls."

"It's a nice product that's stable and scalable."

"Palo Alto is constantly adding new features."

"Cortex is a very good total solution on the endpoints."

"Cortex XDR lets us manage several clients from the same console, and its endpoint defense is more advanced than traditional antivirus."

"The initial setup is pretty easy."

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"Our team uses the SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform for threat detection, focusing on features like vulnerabilities and asset exposure. The asset exposure feature is packaged with software licenses and machines. We get the latest updates and patches for Windows workstations and applications for remediation. We can automate these updates, which greatly improves our previous manual and scripting-based tools."

"Although it is, in fact, a complete vulnerability management solution, the most valuable feature is the patch management functionality. Most of our customers give preference to this tool over other tools when it comes to patch management."

"We are very happy, the training was excellent, and the interaction with AlienVault is first rate - a real leader in customer service, and the OTX pulse feature is very useful."

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

"AlienVault is an amazing product that I would highly recommend."

"AlienVault gave our organization a centralized tool to manage our security with its intrusion detection, asset management, vulnerability assessments, along with all of its other features, it has become an invaluable asset for our small organization."

"AlienVault is willing to offer flexible and competitive pricing."

"This solution can identify many threats inside the organization (compromised endpoints, configuration issues), as well as "outside" threats (botnets, network scanners, web-attacks, etc)."

"Being the only Security professional in an organisation of well over 1000 people AlienVault lets me keep a watchful eye whilst getting on with my day job."

"Vulnerability scanning helped out shortcomings of what was not patched in the past and what needed to be patched. This assisted with fine tuning the environment for compliance."

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Cons

"One thing that was missing was the integration part. Currently, they don't have out-of-box integration with IBM QRadar, or if they have the integration, the integration doesn't work well."

"Cortex XDR could improve its sales support team, including better commission structures and referral programs."

"It'll help if customization was easier."

"They've been having some issues with updating their endpoint agents, and it has been quite frustrating."

"Limited remote connection."

"Product might have some bugs."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by offering remote management. It would be useful to look at the client's issue to fix it."

"Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth."

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"SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform needs to incorporate more documentation."

"SanerNow has good integration with the more well known ITSM tools, but at the same time there are many other ITSM (IT Service Management) tools available in the market, including local tools here in India, and I'm not sure how SanerNow plans to integrate with them all out of the box."

"We would like more plugins. This being the main point of improvement which would benefit the users."

"It would be great if there was a feature to add in watch lists, like McAfee or QRadar have -- to keep track of IPs, domain, etc. that I have identified as being malicious."

"I would like to see it be able to run on any hardware via just an installer."

"I've experienced frequent slowness, and we had to downgrade to filter out many logs."

"There isn't a day that goes by that the UI doesn't error out and I can't view events for an alarm."

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

"I feel that some areas of improvement would be vulnerability scanning. We use a separate product that seems to do a much better job."

"There could be some type of integration with our existing portal. We have our own customer portals, and it would be good if there was an integration so that our portal can provide reports. There could be some type of API into the AlienVault system with the USM system so that it is easy to show the customers high-level reports of the system through our portal."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR can be costly, especially when it comes to a hundred users. A license is required for each user, and the subscription must be renewed on a yearly basis."

"Very costly product."

"This is an expensive solution."

"The price of the solution is high for the license and in general."

"The cost of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is $55 to $90 USD per endpoint per month."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."

"Cortex XDR is a costly solution."

"I feel it is fairly priced."

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"The pricing is reasonable - we paid about 2.5 million for 3,500 nodes."

"As with several other solutions such as Microsoft MECM and SCCM, the licensing for SanerNow involves per-device pricing for each kind of product or service on offer."

"It's very reasonably priced. It was one of the lowest among the ones I looked at. Licensing is pretty flexible. They can do a two-year or a three-year, even a one-year, perhaps."

"It's affordable for most customers."

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

"It is affordable, and it also has many features that the premium products such as ArcSight and QRadar have. It is a very good platform for a SIEM solution. Everything is included in the price."

"Do the one month trial and try to work out the kinks during it, as it has free support and service hours."

"Use an MSSP instead. It is much cheaper."

"They are a little more expensive than Microsoft."

"It has good pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Real Estate/Law Firm

Construction Company

20%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	25

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SanerNow?

The pricing is reasonable - we paid about 2.5 million for 3,500 nodes.

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What needs improvement with SanerNow?

SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform needs to incorporate more documentation.

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What is your primary use case for SanerNow?

We use the tool for patch, application, and vulnerability management.

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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...

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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...

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Comparisons

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

AlienVault OSSIM vs USM Anywhere

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

IBM Security QRadar vs USM Anywhere

Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

SecPod SanerNow, SanerNow RP

AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

SecPod’s SanerNow CVEM prevents cyberattacks. It is a fully integrated, continuous, & automated platform designed to help enterprise IT Security Teams overcome security risks posed by vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. The solution offers seven modules driven by one agent & can be operationalized through an integrated cloud console.

SanerNow Continuous Vulnerability & Exposure Management (CVEM) platform offers an innovative approach to cyber-attack prevention and attack surface management.

SanerNow, with its CVEM capabilities, offers a new outlook on cybersecurity by evaluating enterprise IT infrastructure from a weakness perspective.

By integrating seven modules in one platform, the solution offers a unified approach to tackle IT infrastructure weaknesses - from scanning & detecting vulnerabilities & misconfigurations, asset exposure management, risk prioritization, patch management, endpoint management, and compliance management.

The seven modules are:

SanerNow AE: Discover and monitor usage of hardware and software assets in your IT network, manage licenses and more, daily.

SanerNow CPAM: Continuous assessment of 70+ anomalies on 2000+ data points of infrastructure/posture to detect outliers, trends, and security control deviations.

SanerNow VM: Detect, assess, and prioritize vulnerabilities on devices using industry’s fastest scanner & world’s largest security intelligence library of 160,000+ checks.

SanerNow CM: Detect and fix misconfigurations to harden systems and comply with regulatory standards or custom policies.

SanerNow RP: Prioritize risk of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other weaknesses, remediate effectively.

SanerNow PM: Integrated patch management to automatically deploy patches for 30+ version of Windows, Linux, Mac OSs and 400+ third-party applications.

SanerNow EM: Get complete visibility into your endpoints and use 100+ security controls for software deployment, system tune-up, application & device control, and more.

The platform offers infrastructure inventory visibility, network anomaly normalization, detection, prioritization, remediation & system hardening of endpoints across every infrastructure layer.

It improves risk visibility beyond software vulnerabilities, expanding the scope of vulnerability management by monitoring more than 100 endpoint health controls, deploying/uninstalling software system health monitoring, eliminating rogue processes and applications, identifying malicious connections and devices, applying system-level security controls, system tuning, fix deviations and anomalies and building queries to get instant visibility to security risks.

Secpod Technologies

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

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Siemens, Aruba, SironLabs, POS Aviation, Kotak, Kaizen Automotive, Amagi, McNeilus Steel, Claremont, Glassbeam, Marlabs, Amazon Web Services

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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