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Security Onion vs TheHive comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Security Onion
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (23rd)
TheHive
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
AWS Marketplace (80th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Security Onion and TheHive aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Security Onion is designed for Log Management and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, down 5.7% compared to last year.
TheHive, on the other hand, focuses on AWS Marketplace, holds 0.3% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Security Onion3.1%
Wazuh7.5%
Splunk Enterprise Security6.8%
Other82.6%
Log Management
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TheHive0.3%
Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform1.0%
Carasoft Services for Rapid 70.9%
Other97.8%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

Anish Bajracharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Postgraduate at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Provides good threat hunting by finding infected ports, but its initial setup is difficult
The most valuable feature of Security Onion for security monitoring is its ability to find infected ports. I have used the Squert tool within Security Onion the most for threat hunting The initial setup of the solution is a little bit difficult. I have been using Security Onion for one year.…
Karsh Trivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
Soc Analyst at Payatu
Automation has transformed incident response and case management has boosted daily productivity
TheHive is actually quite beautiful and very optimized. If I had to improve anything, I would say that it could improve costing. TheHive is pretty expensive right now. With a low number of users, it works for how the business runs, but I feel that it is pretty expensive when you want to go for the commercial versions, which is where people might not want to go with it. Cost is the only downside, but it is the major downside. I would like to share an incident with you about a recent meeting I had with a client regarding TheHive. The only trigger that they had not to go with TheHive was the cost. Everything looked very good and was very fine, but the costing part was hard. The costing part was something that made them hold off on TheHive and choose a different solution. Over the years, TheHive has improved significantly in how the platform is used and how cases are managed. One good feature that I appreciated when I moved from TheHive 4 to TheHive 5 was the dark mode. When Strange Bee did the rebranding and made it a closed-source product, they added the dark mode feature, which I need because I am not good with light screens. TheHive was the only tool having only white mode capabilities. Once they added it, they have improved a lot. Many connectors are added, and many more integrations are possible now with TheHive. Basically, the appearance, performance, and integrations have improved a lot over the years.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
12%
Government
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
15%
University
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Security Onion?
The most valuable feature of Security Onion for security monitoring is its ability to find infected ports.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Security Onion?
Security Onion is an open-source solution. On a scale from one to ten, where ten is expensive and one is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten.
What needs improvement with Security Onion?
The initial setup of the solution is a little bit difficult.
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