We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Log Analyzer and syslog-ng based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Splunk, Datadog, Wazuh and others in Log Management."SolarWinds Log Analyzer works for specific conditions, like when someone needs to monitor a specific log or do specific actions."
"Syslog-ng has a separate config file in addition to the core configuration."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the use of compound search for searching logs at a specific time, by a specific user, or specific behavior."
"Syslog-ng provides easy access to all my logs. It helps me show managers and other clients precisely where an incident occurred. I also like it because you can integrate syslog-ng with multiple solutions to allow real-time monitoring."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"The ability to extract and store the logs is the most valuable feature of syslog-ng."
"SolarWinds Log Analyzer should deliver more integrated products so you can manage the console and easily configure the solution."
"There is always the potential for additional integration and protocol extensions."
"It's hard to find people who know how to use syslog-ng. I often find problems with configurations, and solutions aren't integrated correctly with syslog-ng. For example, there might be data with extra decimals, or the collector agents are incorrectly named. It isn't a problem with the solution; it's a lack of professionals."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"There is room for improvement in terms of observability."
"The filtering has room for improvement."
SolarWinds Log Analyzer is ranked 46th in Log Management with 1 review while syslog-ng is ranked 17th in Log Management with 5 reviews. SolarWinds Log Analyzer is rated 0.0, while syslog-ng is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Log Analyzer writes "Can be used to monitor a specific log or do specific actions, but its initial setup is not so easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of syslog-ng writes "It's a user-friendly open-source solution that can replace or augment a commercial product in some cases". SolarWinds Log Analyzer is most compared with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, Wazuh, ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, Loggly and ManageEngine File Audit Plus, whereas syslog-ng is most compared with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, Graylog, Grafana Loki, Logstash and Elastic Security.
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